Orlando on a Rainy Day: Indoor Attractions Kids Will Love

Central Florida gets sunshine most of the year, but it also gets sudden afternoon storms, especially in summer. A rainy day does not have to wreck the trip. Orlando has a deep bench of indoor attractions that keep kids busy until the sky clears.

Indoor attractions worth the drive

• The International Drive attractions — an observation wheel, a wax museum, an aquarium, and several interactive museums are clustered together, so you can hop between them under cover.
• Interactive science and "upside-down" museums built for kids to touch everything.
• Indoor karting, arcades, and entertainment centers with go-karts, bowling, and games under one roof.
• Indoor skydiving, which is a genuine thrill and completely weatherproof.

Shopping and dining as a plan B

When you just need to get out of the rain, Orlando's malls and outlet centers double as rainy-day destinations — big, air-conditioned, and full of food. See our guide to The Florida Mall for one easy option.

The best rainy-day backup: your own home

Here is the advantage of renting a vacation home over a hotel room. Many of the homes we manage have game rooms, home theaters, and private pools — a rainstorm outside barely registers when the kids have a pool table, a movie room, and an arcade at the house. Some of our homes have fully themed bedrooms and entertainment spaces that are an attraction in themselves.

A rainy afternoon in a hotel room is a long afternoon. A rainy afternoon in a home with a game room is just part of the vacation.

Browse our vacation homes with game rooms and theaters so a wet forecast never means a wasted day.