Doctor Phillips, FL Indoor Activities

Snap! Orlando unravels a city-wide canvas for more than 50 renowned photographers and emerging local talents to showcase their shutterbug prowess. Stretched across a dozen different venues, including art galleries, cafés, and exhibition spaces, the multi-day celebration unites both photography novices and veteran collectors under the same creative banner. On Friday, an artist reception launches the festivities with live talks from featured visionaries, and on Saturday, a fashion show shifts the spotlight from portraits to patterns with bold new styles inspired by some of the event’s creative minds. Attendees can also drop in on a lineup of lectures, workshops, and guest speakers who will be on hand to discuss their areas of expertise or demonstrate their go-to dance moves for developing a Polaroid.

Moviegoers kick back in tiered stadium seats and absorb unobstructed views of Hollywood’s latest studio releases at Cobb Plaza Cinema Café 12. A Dolby Digital audio system ensconces audiences in a seamless cocoon of sight and sound while couples raise the armrests on their high-backed leather chairs for optimum cuddling. The concession stand entertains taste buds with theater classics such as popcorn, candy, and Coca-Cola along with a full menu of beer and wine options. Drivers can snag parking spots in the attached garage for $2.50 with validation, and youngsters can pedal their tricycles over to the theater in the summer months for free kiddie showings.

Since 1960, Orange Bowl Lanes has facilitated friendly competition on 12 lanes, which cradle the throws of bowlers during open hours seven days a week and the more gutter-hugging curveballs pitched by league bowlers at night. Open until midnight on Monday and Wednesday, Orange Bowl Lanes keeps its doors ajar until 2 a.m. the rest of the week, providing night owls with something to do instead of counting the rhinestones on Orion’s Belt.

At Happy Days Family Fun, a cautious driver is the biggest maniac on the road. Seated behind the wheels of sparkly bumper cars—rather than the vintage pedal fire trucks used for everyday commutes—motorists crash into each other in a huge indoor space bordered with tinsel curtains shimmering under an overhead disco ball. Players also collide with cushioned pillars during laser-tag matches in a galactic-themed arena, housed behind a 3-D spaceship hovering over the entryway. Fender benders are discouraged, however, at the go-kart track, where patrons speed to the finish line under the influence of cotton-candy sugar highs. In the arcade, skee-balls land in target rings, triggering streams of tickets exchangeable for a variety of toys at the prize counter.