22 Best Indoor Activities for Kids in Orlando (2026)

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I’ve taken my family to Orlando more than ten times across the last fifteen years, and I still remember the first time we got caught out by the rain.

When you think of Florida, you think of blue skies and sunshine. It’s the Sunshine State, after all. From June to September though, afternoon thunderstorms hit about three days a week, and most rides at major theme parks close while the storms pass through, making an indoor attraction a great backup option.

Indoor Action and Adventure

These action and adventure activities genuinely tire kids out. Most are 4-to-8-hour commitments, so the entry fee is justified.

1. Dezerland Park

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$ (free entry, $25–50 per activity)
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: A one-stop indoor entertainment day

The largest indoor entertainment complex in Florida at 800,000+ square feet. Includes:

• Go-karts
• Bowling
• Laser tag
• Axe throwing
• Mini golf
• VR arena
• Bumper cars

Entry is free: you only pay for the activities you choose, making it a low-commitment alternative when you want a break from the theme parks without buying another full ticket.

2. WonderWorks

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$$ (~$35 adult, $30 child)
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: Hands-on STEM experiences

The upside-down building of WonderWorks on International Drive is unmissable. Inside you’ll find 35,000 square feet of edutainment with 100+ exhibits covering physics, gravity, weather, optical illusions, and an indoor ropes course, making it a strong rainy-day hit for families who want kids learning while burning energy.

3. Andretti Indoor Karting and Games

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$$
👶 Age: 6+
🎯 Best for: Older kids and teens

Andretti Indoor Karting is similar in concept to Dezerland Park but smaller, with:

• Indoor Karting
• 7D Thrill Ride
• Bowling
• Escape Rooms
• Arcade

There’s also an Italian restaurant on-site serving both lunch and dinner. Andretti takes karting seriously. These are racing karts, not bumper-car style, so this activity is best suited to teens and adults.

4. iFLY Orlando Indoor Skydiving

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$$$ (~$80–120 per flight package)
👶 Age: 3+
🎯 Best for: A once-a-trip unique experience

This indoor skydiving simulator is inside a vertical wind tunnel. A standard flight package gives you two flights of about a minute each. Short on paper, but the experience itself is genuinely unique.

The experience is suitable for kids age 4 upwards though younger kids will fly with an instructor’s hand to support them. This activity is bookable in advance which is advisable at peak times.

5. Dave and Busters

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$ (varies by Power Card buy-in)
👶 Age: 8+
🎯 Best for: Teens who want an arcade-and-food day

Dave and Busters is an arcade, restaurant and sports bar space. Ideal if you’re wanting a family-friendly meal alongside some indoor entertainment. We’ve been here with our toddler but most of the arcade games are better suited to teens.

6. Splitsville at Disney Springs

📍 Location: Disney Springs
💷 Price: $$$ (bowling and food)
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: A no-park-ticket Disney Springs day

Splitsville is a boutique bowling alley inside Disney Springs, Disney’s free-to-enter entertainment village. It boasts a sit-down restaurant and sushi bar and is a strong indoor attraction for families looking to take a break from the parks without leaving the Disney bubble.

7. Universal’s Great Movie Escape

📍 Location: Universal CityWalk
💷 Price: $$$
👶 Age: 10+
🎯 Best for: Family puzzle-solving

Universal’s Great Movie Escape sits inside CityWalk and offers two themed rooms tied to Universal’s biggest film franchises:

1. Back to the Future: Recover Doc’s time machine before Biff can rewrite history.
2. Jurassic World: Get out of a secret genetics lab on Isla Nublar before a runaway predator finds you.

Each game runs 60 minutes plus 15 minutes for check-in. Best suited to older children and teenagers who can read clues and follow puzzle logic. Pair with dinner at one of CityWalk’s restaurants for a full evening.

Science, Animals and Hands-On Learning

There are several learning spaces in Orlando and three of the five I’ve listed here are clustered together at ICON Park on International Drive, which makes a strong combo half-day.

8. Orlando Science Center

📍 Location: North Orlando
💷 Price: $$ (~$25 adult, $19 child)
👶 Age: All
🎯 Best for: A genuine half-day STEM experience

The Orlando Science Center is set across four floors with hands-on edutainment for kids of all ages. Highlights include:

• 4D Theater
• Rooftop Observatory
• Crawl-around physics for under-fives
• build-your-own-circuit for older kids
• dinosaur exhibits across the whole age range

If you’ve got mixed-age kids, then this place is a better fit than WonderWorks, which is typically only best suited to older kids.

9. Crayola Experience

📍 Location: Florida Mall
💷 Price: $$ (~$25–30)
👶 Age: 3–12
🎯 Best for: Younger kids on a craft-heavy day

Another great option for younger kids is the Crayola Experience in the Florida Mall. We took our 18-month-old here and he absolutely loved it. Inside you’ll find more than 25 hands-on creative activities including:

• Name your own crayon
• Melt and mould wax
• Splat painting
• Art Studio

Being inside the Florida Mall, it’s easy to pair with shopping and a food-court lunch.

10. SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium

📍 Location: International Drive at ICON Park
💷 Price: $$$ (~$30–35)
👶 Age: All
🎯 Best for: Aquarium fans of any age

SEA LIFE, not to be confused with the theme park SeaWorld, is an indoor attraction at ICON Park on International Drive. This place also features Florida’s only 360° walk-through ocean tunnel for sharks and rays.

We got a combo ticket for SEA LIFE with Madame Tussauds next door and saved about 30%. The two attractions combined were great for us as a family of three and comfortably filled half a day.

11. SKELETONS: Museum of Osteology

📍 Location: International Drive at ICON Park
💷 Price: $$ (~$25)
👶 Age: 6+
🎯 Best for: Curious kids who love science and the macabre

Skeletons at ICON Park is the only osteology museum in the eastern US. Inside you’ll find over 500 real animal skeletons across nine galleries. This is a great choice for kids who love nature documentaries or biology.

A visit here lasts around 90 minutes so it’s best paired with the other attractions at ICON Park such as SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, or Museum of Illusions for a half-day of entertainment.

12. Kennedy Space Center

📍 Location: Cape Canaveral, 60 miles east of Orlando
💷 Price: $$$$ (~$75 adult, $65 child)
👶 Age: 6+
🎯 Best for: A full-day space-themed escape from theme parks

Kennedy Space Center is an active NASA launch site located in Cape Canaveral around 60 miles east of Orlando. I’m not a huge space fan so I had low expectations when we visited for the first time. I only expected we’d spend half a day here but in reality we were there from opening to close and still didn’t manage to see everything.

Quirky Days Out and Unique Indoor Picks

Quick visits, photo opportunities, and the harder-to-categorise venues. Most of these run 60 to 90 minutes and slot well between bigger plans.

13. Madame Tussauds Orlando

📍 Location: International Drive at ICON Park
💷 Price: $$$ (~$30–35)
👶 Age: 8+
🎯 Best for: Selfies with celebrities

Madame Tussauds is one of several attractions at ICON Park. Inside you’ll find more than 50 wax figures of famous characters including Disney, Marvel, sports stars, and music icons.

Much like the Museum of Illusions, this is a photo-based attraction. Fun for about an hour on its own, but a combo ticket with neighbouring SEA LIFE makes it feel more like a half-day.

14. Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$ (~$25)
👶 Age: 7+
🎯 Best for: A weird-and-wonderful afternoon

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! on International Drive has 16 galleries of oddities, optical illusions, and curiosities. If you like the concept of Museum of Illusions but want more variety, this is a strong choice.

15. Museum of Illusions

📍 Location: International Drive at ICON Park
💷 Price: $$ (~$23)
👶 Age: 6+
🎯 Best for: A photo-heavy 60 to 90 minutes

Much like Madame Tussauds, the Museum of Illusions is a photo-based attraction filled with different optical illusions for you to take photos with. While we did visit with our son at 18 months this attraction is better suited to older kids and teens.

16. Titanic Artifact Exhibition

📍 Location: International Drive
💷 Price: $$$ (~$30 adult)
👶 Age: 8+
🎯 Best for: A dignified, history-led indoor afternoon

The Titanic Artifact Exhibition is one of the most unique attractions on International Drive. Inside you’ll find genuine Titanic artefacts: recovered objects, replica rooms, period costumes.

The tours here are self-guided and last about 90 minutes. With the concept being more sober (especially the iceberg room and passenger memorial), I’d only recommend this for kids aged 8+.

17. Chocolate Museum and Café

📍 Location: International Drive at ICON Park
💷 Price: $$ (~$15)
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: A 30 to 45 minute treat stop

The Chocolate Museum at ICON Park is half museum, half tasting room. The museum covers chocolate’s history with samples included as you walk through. Meanwhile, the on-site café serves an extensive range of chocolate-based drinks and sweet treats.

18. Movie Theaters

📍 Location: AMC Disney Springs 24
💷 Price: $$ (~$15–20 adult)
👶 Age: All
🎯 Best for: An afternoon away from sun and queues

Orlando has several large multiplex theatres. The two best for a rest-day are at Disney Springs and CityWalk.

I’ve personally only been to the AMC at Disney Springs, which has 24 screens, recliner seating, and a Dolby Cinema. You don’t need a theme park ticket to visit Disney Springs: entry is free, and combined with the other Disney Springs attractions you could easily spend the day here.

19. Orlando Premium Outlets

📍 Location: Vineland (near Disney) and International Drive
💷 Price: Free entry
👶 Age: All (depends on patience)
🎯 Best for: A full UK-family shopping day

There are two Premium Outlets in Orlando:

1. Vineland
2. International Drive

Together they offer 180+ brand outlets including Nike, Adidas, Disney, Coach, and Levi’s. While the outlet itself is outdoors, a lot of it is covered. If I’m going to do any shopping while in Orlando, I’m always doing it here rather than at the malls.

Dinner Shows and Live Performance

Orlando has several unique dinner shows and live performances. Some of the prices here might look high but in select cases cover a 2-hour show plus a 4-course dinner.

20. Medieval Times

📍 Location: Kissimmee
💷 Price: $$$$ (~$70 adult, $40 child)
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: A theatrical evening with dinner included

Medieval Times is a two-hour live jousting tournament with a four-course dinner. Each of the sections within the arena cheers for a colour-coded knight. This is a real spectacle for kids with some genuinely impressive horsemanship. The show does sell out during peak times so it’s worth booking in advance.

21. Pirates Dinner Adventure

📍 Location: International Drive area
💷 Price: $$$$
👶 Age: 5+
🎯 Best for: A pirate-themed evening for younger kids

Pirates Dinner Adventure is the pirate version of Medieval Times. Pirate ship in a giant indoor lagoon featuring sword fights, audience participation and a four-course meal. This performance lasts two hours. Book in advance for Friday and Saturday to avoid disappointment.

22. Cirque du Soleil

📍 Location: Disney Springs
💷 Price: $$$$ ($75–200+ depending on seat)
👶 Age: 6+
🎯 Best for: A truly memorable indoor evening

“Drawn to Life” is the long-running show in the purpose-built Disney Springs theatre. World-class acrobatics tied to a Disney animation history theme. This is the most expensive attraction in this list, but the production justifies the price. If you’re visiting during peak season, book ahead as tickets sell out.

Map of Indoor Activities in Orlando

All 22 venues plotted on a single map, colour-coded by category. Tap any pin for the address and a quick description.

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