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Area Attractions!
Things for Kids and Grownups who Think Like
Kids!
Waterville: A water Park with
wave pools, large waterslides, kiddies
pools, rides, the Lazy River and a roller
coaster.
Adventure Island: An
Arcade with laser tag, kiddies rides,
miniature golf, go-cart tracks and paddle
boats.
The Track: An Amusement Park
with 4 go-cart tracks, bungee jumping,
kiddie rides, bumper boars, arcade games,
sky coasting and miniature golf.
Zooland: A large zoo with over
250 exotic animals and birds! Petting Zoo,
Aviary and Animal Shows.
Gulf
Shores wins 'Readers's Choice Award for 2006
- Southern Living readers chose the Gulf
Shores/Orange Beach area as one of their
favoite beach towns/resorts in the
magazine's 2006 Readers's Choice
Awards. Year after year this quaint
beachside town is ranked with the best.
Other
attractions also won awards including the
Original Oyster House, which placed third in
the seafood restaurant category: The city
of Fairhope was ranked second in the small
southern town category, and Bellingrath
Gardens, which placed second in the public
gardens category.
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Local Resources:
 Orange
Beach, in the summer time, can claim a
tremendous population growth. At that time, the
population can swell to well over 200,000 making it
the fourth largest city in the state behind
Birmingham, Mobile and Gulf Shores (Gulf Shores,
adjacent to Orange Beach, can swell up to a
population of 300,000 during the summer).
The City of Orange Beach in past years has
outshown its neighbor city to the west by adding to
its city's landscape. Most of the city is on
Pleasure Island, a man-made Island formed when the
Intracoastal Waterway was formed which separated it
from mainland Baldwin County. Downtown Orange Beach
is situated on the end of the island so there in no
place for downtown to grow but westward along the
island. The Intracoastal Waterway, also known as
"The New Alabama Gulf Coast", is now under Major
development on both sides of the channel. 34
different projects are currently underway. Some of
the most notable development along the waterway are
The Wharf, Bama Bayou, Portage Crossing, Colonial
Pinnicales at Craft Farms, Bon Secour Village and
Five Waters.
Gulf Shores is one of only two major
(Orange Beach being the other one) seaside resorts
in the state of Alabama. (Dauphin Island also
contains a large number of beachfront homes.)
Because the nearby Mississippi Gulf Coast is
protected by barrier islands, Gulf Shores is the
only resort with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico
between New Orleans, Louisiana and the well-known
resorts of Florida.
Area
Information
Music Venues
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The Warf
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Orange Beach Art Center (Sunday Concert
Series) - Schedule and information on this can
also be found here:
www.fastpitchnetworking.com
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Flora-Bama - On the Alabama/Florida border.
Real Hot Spot if you want to party! The Flora-Bama
Lounge and Package, located on Perdido Key in
Pensacola, Florida, is a beachside oyster bar,
nightclub, and Gulf Coast cultural landmark,
touted as being America's "Last Great
Roadhouse". The Flora-Bama takes its name from
its location only feet away from the
Florida-Alabama border (it is officially located
entirely
in Florida).
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