We would like to celebrate Christmas in the US this year, and Norwegian has cheap flights to Orlando, Florida. The plan is to rent a car and apartment, and driving up to 4-5 hours from the airport is ok if it will get us to a better location. "We" consist of me, DH, two girls age 8 and 9, and my MIL. Timeframe: 8-12 days.
I'm looking at AirBnB, but it is difficult to find a decent place when we know nothing about what we should look for. All types of advice would be highly appriciated! Including ideas for entertainment. I don't think I have the stomack for Disney World, small weird local museums are much more our thing. DH's only demand is to see the sun, and MIL is extremely low maintenance as long as she has someone to talk to (or with, but she prefers monologues).
Wish list:
*Within safe walking distance of a town center where there is a little museum, green area, some place to people watch, maybe a few shops where MIL could browse and complain about the prices
*A porch, balcony, or similar where DH could sit in the sunshine and listen to MIL talk
*Access to water where the kids could go swimming (pool, beach, something similar).
*Three separate rooms for sleeping (or hiding from the rest of the group), (no problem if one of them doubles as a living room).