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Spring Break Family Vacations
Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida
A
single low-budget Hollywood movie changed Fort Lauderdale from a mild-mannered little town that happened to adjoin seven miles of palm-shaded white sands into a byword for
uninhibited beach life. Following the 1960 teen-exploitation movie Where the Boys Are, Fort Lauderdale instantly became the number-one Spring Break venue in the US, drawing
hundreds of thousands of frenzied students each year. Having fueled its economic boom on underage drinking and lascivious excess, however, the city promptly turned its back on
the revelers. By the end of the 1980s, it had imposed enough restrictions on boozing and wild behavior to put an end to the bacchanal, and Fort Lauderdale has transformed itself
into a thriving pleasure port, catering to individual yacht-owners and major cruise liners alike, that's also one of the fastest-growing residential areas in the
country.
Far and away the most exciting city in Florida, Miami is a
stunning and often intoxicatingly beautiful place. Awash with sunlight-intensified natural colors, there are moments - when the neon-flashed South Beach skyline glows in the
warm night and the palm trees sway in the breeze - when a better-looking city is hard to imagine. Even so, people, not climate or landscape, are what make Miami unique. Half of
the two million population is Hispanic, the vast majority Cubans. Spanish is the predominant language almost everywhere - in many places it's the only language you'll hear, and
you'll be expected to speak at least a few words.
Miami, Florida Special Events
Calendar
List of Miami, Florida
Attractions
Family Fun Beach- Haulover Beach Park and Marina--10800 Collins Avenue Between Sunny Isles and Bal
Harbour
Deep Sea
Fishing
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