Editor's note: This week Scene is featuring popular spring break destinations.

Imagine this… the mound of snow covering campus are starting to melt, the days are getting longer. Midterms are over and you've time for a much needed break. Though the birds may be returning north, it's time for you to migrate south to Florida. Warm weather and plenty of activities await you…

Disney World

Perhaps the definitive sight to see for any Orlando visitor, Disney World is far more expansive than the familiar castle and rides you knew as a child. With four theme parks, three water parks, a sports center and Downtown Disney, you're sure to find enough activities to keep you out of your hotel room.

The major parks consist of the original Magic Kingdom — Haunted Mansion and all — Epcot center, MGM Studios and Animal Kingdom.

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom boasts seven fantasy lands all straight out of favorite Disney storybooks. There are over 40 attractions, shows and parades to be seen. While the rides at the Magic Kingdom can bring back fond memories, this park is definitely targeted more towards the small child — or your inner child, whichever you choose to bring along. It will take a full day to get through this park.

Should you find yourself getting hungry between the rides, stop in at Cinderella's Royal Castle, a high class restaurant located in Cinderella's castle. The cuisine is excellent and the service fit for royalty, and you are addressed as such when there. Every lady is a princess and every gentleman is a lord. Reservations are suggested.

Epcot Center

At Epcot center, you can enjoy international travel within a matter of minutes. The World Showcase provides a taste of 11 different countries, their culture and cuisine. The Future World features rides, interactive learning centers and a glimpse at the future of technology. The Test Track ride is a thrilling trip on a simulated GM car testing track that sends you breaking through barriers and speeding sideways along an oval track at tummy-turning speeds.

During the evening, don't miss the Tapestry of Nations parade or the Illuminations light show. Perhaps one of the most spectacular displays, this light show features lasers and fireworks from 360 degrees around you. It would be impossible to see all that Epcot has to offer, even if you devote an entire day to this endeavor. But the park is worth a repeat visit, so leave some time for this one.

MGM Studios

MGM Studios is Disney's own version of its neighbor, Universal Studios. Here you can ride a Rock'n' Roller Coaster with Aerosmith, fall down the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror or watch stunt dare-devils right before your eyes.

Animal Kingdom

The newest addition to the rapidly growing corporate logo that Disney has stamped on Florida is the Animal Kingdom theme park. In reality, this park is several parks in one. Aimed more at educating rather than marketing, this park is extremely enjoyable for both kids and adults.

In Dinoland, you can blast back in time to track down rare species of dinos, all while risking your life to a dinosaur attack. At the Boneyard, kids can get hands-on experience as an archaeologist while playing in a prehistoric wonderland.

When you board a Kilimanjaro Safari, it's hard to believe you aren't in Africa. With several hundred acres of flora recreating wild jungles and grasslands, the elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions and other African animals have plenty of places to hide from the "poachers" you have to track down while on safari.

Throughout the rest of the African section of this park you can taste authentic cuisine, purchase hand-made trinkets and dance to the rhythms of traditional music. Heading over to Asia, you can brave the white waters on the Kali River Rapid. While facing the trag-edy of illegal logging, you will rise and fall along the river, getting splashed at every twist.

Animals indigenous to Asia can be found here, including gibbons seen swinging through bamboo, giant bats hanging above and majestic tigers lounging in Asian ruins.

The Flights of Wonder show is an entertaining and educational extravaganza. Experienced ornithologists send beautiful, rare and stunt-trained birds swooping over the audience. You'll be wowed by their grace while you learn interesting facts about these majestic creatures. Other areas of the park are, again, more for the youngsters. But youngsters and adults alike can pass a few moments wondering at the awe-inspiring Tree of Life located in the center of the park.

Animal Kingdom is another park that will require a bit of time to truly enjoy, though you can feasibly get through it in half a day.

All of Disney's theme parks are equipped with a computer system called Fast-Pass. FastPass allows ticket holders quicker access to certain rides and events. When you use your FastPass ticket, you are assigned a certain window of time to enter the attraction. You are guaranteed entrance — no standing in long lines in the hot sun.

Passes can be purchased for individual parks, several parks or for all parks combined. Park-hopper passes are valid for several days, depending on which package you purchase. They can be tailored to your vacation preferences, allowing access to Disney's water parks and Pleasure Island as well.

Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island

Downtown Disney is one huge block party, full of shops, restaurants, Cirque du Soleil, House of Blues and more. When the sun has set and the parks are closing, Downtown Disney is the place to be.

Pleasure Island boasts eight clubs separated from the rest of the consumer mecca; all but two of the clubs are for the 18 and up crowd. While much of the partying pours out of the clubs and into the "street," be advised that security is strict. Underage drinking is not tolerated and will result in an embarrassing escort to the area's exit.

Universal Studios

Universal Studios is often overshadowed by its rodent entertainment counterpart. But this park has just as much to offer. The rides are more for the thrill seekers or those wishing to step into their favorite action movie, rather than their cherished childhood story. With the addition of City Walk, Universal Studios has combined great shopping and dining with even more entertainment opportunities. With the Hard Rock live amphitheater and Universal Cineplex, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, live music and their first on-site, luxurious hotel, Universal Studios is stepping up the competition for Disney.

When you visit City Walk, make sure you stop at the best eatery in all of Orlando — famed chef Emeril Lagasse's Restaurant. With three waiters to a table, an escort to and from the restroom and the best cuisine around, you'd be a fool not to go. Be warned, though, a full meal — appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts — is rather expensive, but definitely worth it.

Whichever parks or rides you choose to take advantage of while in Orlando, you won't be disappointed. There are enough forms of entertainment to appeal to everyone's tastes, the young, the old or the young again.

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