Best Of 2017

Best Adults-Only Hotel Pool
Photo courtesy of Four Seasons / Don Riddle

Oasis Pool at Four Seasons Orlando

10100 Dream Tree Blvd.

407-313-7777

fourseasons.com/orlando

The Oasis Pool at the FS Orlando on Disney property offers blessed quiet and tranquility. The infinity lap pool overlooks a wetland full of Florida wildlife where you can spot herons, ibis and gators, and music is pumped in underwater for ultimate free-floating relaxation.

Sports and Recreation

Sports and Recreation
Best Sportsball Booze

Double Mason jar cocktails at Orlando City Stadium

655 W. Church St. orlandocitysc.com

You're no longer confined to imbibing Bud Light or Heineken when taking in a game. At Orlando City Stadium, your drinking dollars are best spent on a plastic Mason jar filled with one of two signature soccer cocktails. If you're sitting in the Supporters Section, security will make you dump it into a plastic cup and ditch the jar once you enter the stands, so best to slurp one down at halftime at your leisure.

Best New Building in Orlando

Universal's Volcano Bay Universal Studios 407-363-8000

universalorlando.com

Chunky glass and steel towers rising oh-so-architecturally from the street? Bo-ring! Craggy Polynesian volcano bulging with yellow and green tubes, gushing with water and festooned with tiki heads?? Now that's more like it. There's another skyline besides Orlando's rather yawny downtown, and it's our theme-park skyline. The 20-story tall Volcano Bay, art-directed with authentic scenic painting, is uniquely Orlando and fun: Wave pools and water coasters replace parking garages and cubicle farms.

Best Adult Sports League

1. Orlando Roller Derby, orlandorollerderby.com

2. Orlando Sport and Social Club, 407-896-9510, orlandosportandsocialclub.com

3. Central Florida Soccer League, 407-869-1070, centralfloridasoccer.com

Best Attraction That's Not a Theme Park

1. Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., 407-514-2000, osc.org

2. Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave., 407-246-2620, leugardens.org

3. Gatorland, 14501 S. Orange Blossom Trail, 407-855-5496, gatorland.com

Best Bar Game That's Not Pool or Darts

1. Cards Against Humanity, cardsagainsthumanity.com

2. Cornhole

3. Skee Ball

Best Beach

1. New Smyrna Beach, cityofnsb.com

2. Clearwater Beach, visitclearwaterflorida.com

3. Siesta Key, siestakeychamber.com

Best Bowling Alley

1. Colonial Lanes, 400 Primrose Drive, 407-894-0361, coloniallanes.net

2. Splitsville, 1494 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, 407-938-7467, splitsvillelanes.com

3. Kings Bowl, 8255 International Drive, 407-363-0200, kingsbowlamerica.com

Best Canoeing/Kayaking

1. Wekiwa Springs State Park, 1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, 407-884-2009, floridastateparks.org

2. Wekiva island, 1014 Miami Springs Drive, Longwood, 407-862-1500, wekivaisland.com

3. Blue Springs, 2100 W. French Ave., Orange City, 386-775-3663, floridastateparks.org

Best City Park

1. Lake Eola Park, 512 E. Washington St., 407-246-4484, cityoforlando.net

2. Cranes Roost, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs, 407-571-8180, altamonte.org

3. Mead Botanical Garden, 1500 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park, 407-599-2800, meadgarden.org