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Tips
First-Run Films
Orlando has a number of movie multiplexes in the mainstream tourist areas.
Most theaters offer discounted ticket pricing for children younger than 12 and
discounted matinees (though, really, who's going to sit in a movie theater instead
of the theme parks?); some also offer discounts to students and seniors (bring ID).
Some of the top draws include:
AMC 24
at Pleasure Island (
&
407/298-4488
);
Cinemark 20 Festival Bay
on North International Drive (
&
407/352-1042;
www.cinemark.com);
Muvico Pointe 21 Theatres
at Pointe Orlando on Interna-
tional Drive (
&
407/926-6850;
www.muvico.com), which also sports an IMAX
screen; and
Universal Cineplex 16
(
&
407/354-5998;
www.amctheatres.com)
at CityWalk.
401 W. Livingston St.
&
407/426-1733
for information;
&
877/803-7073
or 407/839-3900 to get
tickets via Ticketmaster. www.orlandoballet.org. Tickets $25-$80. Parking $8-$10.
FILM
Enzian Theater
This full-time, not-for-profit alternative cinema features first-run,
first-rate independent films in a 250-seat theater outfitted with a 33-foot screen. The
Enzian also hosts a variety of special events, including March's 10-day run of the Florida
Film Festival.
1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland.
&
407/629-1088
or 407/629-0054 for tickets and
showtimes. www.enzian.org. General admission $10; film society members pay $7.50. Prices
vary for special events. Parking is free in the theater lot.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
Kids get in on the classical action in a pro-
gram with roots reaching back to 1957. Its musicians, from a radius reaching 40 or so
miles from Orlando, play at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre and include joint
performances with the Orlando Philharmonic (see below), Orlando Opera (see above),
and Orlando Ballet (also above).
401 W. Livingston St.
&
407/999-7800.
www.fsyo.org. Tickets
$8-$30. Parking $8-$10.
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
The orchestra offers a varied schedule of clas-
sics and pop-influenced concerts throughout the year at the Bob Carr Performing Arts
Centre. The musicians also accompany the Orlando Ballet (see above). Some perfor-
mances are aimed solely at families (a past program set classical music to a host of kids'
cartoons).
401 W. Livingston St.
&
407/896-6700.
www.orlandophil.org. Tickets begin at $13
($13-$46 for students) and climb to $60 or more depending on seating and the scheduled
performance.
Parking $8-$10.
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DINNER THEATER
IN WALT DISNEY WORLD
Disney does not turn into a pumpkin when the sun goes down, offering plenty of night-
time entertainment, including laser-light shows, fireworks, IllumiNations (p. 233), and
