A house on the city side of Orlando for the I-Drive attractions

01ICON Park & International Drive

ICON Park is the entertainment complex in the middle of International Drive, built around The Wheel, a 400-foot observation wheel, with Madame Tussauds, SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium, restaurants and bars around it. A few minutes up the road, Fun Spot America is the family amusement park with go-kart tracks, a Ferris wheel and coasters.

The rest of I-Drive is restaurants, mini-golf, outlet shopping and the hotels that serve the Orange County Convention Center at its south end. It is a place to spend an evening after a park day rather than a park in itself.

Our homes are on the city side of Orlando, away from the tourist corridor; the drive to ICON Park from each one is in the table below. What you get in exchange is a whole house with a kitchen, a washer and dryer and free parking, usually for less than one or two rooms on the strip.

02What happens here, and when

• Year roundICON Park eveningsThe Wheel runs into the night; the complex hosts seasonal lighting and holiday events announced on its own site.
• Show weeks through the yearConvention trafficHotel rates on I-Drive climb during the biggest Orange County Convention Center shows; a house away from the strip holds its price.

Dates come from the organizers' own announcements; where a season has not been announced yet, we say so. Check the venue before you book around one date.

03Every home, by drive time to ICON Park / International Drive

Typical road-routing times without traffic; event-day traffic near the venue adds to these.

04How the homes line up

05Worth knowing

• ICON Park has its own parking garage; International Drive itself is slow-moving in the evening, so allow time.
• The I-Ride Trolley runs the length of International Drive, useful once you have parked for the evening.
• Fun Spot America is open late and works as a no-planning night out with kids.

06Common questions

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