CitySurfing Orlando

It was a nice late fall day out, so my family and I went to CoCo Key Water Resort today, to check out their water park.

A while back, we had spotted them on Groupon. The offer was for day passes to their outdoor water park, so I bought 2 for us at “buy 1 get 1 free” for a day pass. We have been driving by it every Sunday on our way to church since it opened and the kids have been dying to go.

It’s nice that a hotel has realized that locals can provide revenue, too. It’s a small park, but that is not necessarily a bad thing with small kids. They have a good variety of slides for all ages. Our 6 yr old could ride all but 2 slides, and our 40″ 3 yr old could ride all but 3 slides. There are lots of slides and play things for very small kids too. And at 85 degrees, the pools were nice to just be in.

The fall/winter single day ticket price is $14.95 per ticket which makes it more affordable than other water parks. Florida resident discounts bring that price down to $9.95 per pass. But with the winter hours, I would recommend getting there as it opens.

We will go back, there is no doubt about that. But I may wait for another Groupon or other special with the winter hours (Thurs-Sat 11am-7pm; Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon-Wed). And I did not get any pictures as I was too busy playing, too.

Day passes to CoCo Key Water Resort are available based on water park capacity with certain restrictions and blackout dates. Admission to the water park is only guaranteed to guests of the resort.

[Image courtesy of CoCo Key Water Resort]

We have had a hard time finding decent Mexican food here in South Orlando, so we were pleased to see that Habaneros Mexican Grill had moved in where the old Village Inn used to be.

We ordered kids meals for my 3 and 6 year old, and they loved the chicken fingers and quesadilla. My daughter also got an enchilada, but it was not much more than ground beef wrapped in a tortilla, covered with chili sauce… needed some more flavoring and perhaps some sauce inside the meat mixture.

My husband, Kirk, got the chicken soup, which was VERY tasty and just what he had hoped it would be – in addition to a side tamale, which was good, but nothing extraordinary.

I got the fried chimichangas, one each beef and chicken, and they both were very flavorful. I especially liked the chicken seasoning.

I ordered a sangria, which was decent, and Kirk’s margarita was also acceptable, without being too fancy. The kids appreciated that they had horchata, one of their favorite drinks.

Overall, we were very pleased with the meal, and the service was good as well. We will be back! We would give it 4 out of 5 stars.

This review is for the Hunters Creek location. They have several other locations in Orlando, all listed on their website.

We were on the west side of Orlando when we decided to try out the Pho K5 Vietnamese Restaurant on West Colonial.

The four of us decided to start with the crispy egg rolls and they were great! We all loved them.

I had a large bowl of pho (#28, I think) and my husband had the same but an XL bowl. My daughter, Abby, ordered pho without the meat and ate about half of a small bowl, which is pretty good for her. We ordered a chicken and broccoli with steamed rice for our youngest, Matty. It was good! The portion size was big, even for an adult, but the 3 yr old ate all the chicken and a little bit of the veggies.

Service was fast and the food was quite good. The prices seemed reasonable, especially since we had leftovers to take home.

I do see us returning to this restaurant. We love finding small places as the food is seems to be better than the fancy big places.

Pho K5 is located at 5286 W Colonial Dr in Orlando. Phone is 407-532-7373. They don’t appear to have a website, but there is a Facebook business page.