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Things to Do & Family Fun in Gulf Shores Alabama and Orange Beach Alabama

Hot Air Balloon Rides over Gulf Shores
with "Taking Off” Hot Air Balloon Co.
Hot air ballooning over the Gulf Shores - Orange Beach, Alabama area is a wonderful outdoor recreation activity that can be enjoyed by everyone. The warm weather of the Gulf area allows ballooning all year round. Gently lift off into an adventure where you'll experience the scenic vistas of the Alabama Gulf Coast from a whole new vantage point!  Float over the countryside with virtually no sense of motion and the only noise is the occasional hiss of the burner. Bring your camera, and lots of film, and take pictures that will provide you with life-long memories. Check their website for lots of details and info.

Bird of Paradise Biplane

Take a ride in the Bird of Paradise, a 1928 Travel Air Biplane built by Beech/Cessna/Stearman at Gulf Shores Jack Edwards Airport. The open cockpit will allow one or two passengers to sit up front while the pilot sits in the rear seat. You can take an 8 minute, 15 minute or half-hour or more adventurous flight with the wind in your hair in this queen of the skies that won Best Biplane honors at 2001 Sun 'n' Fun Annual Fly-In. A certificate and photo is awarded to all who fly in this airborne time machine. Call toll free 866-687-8359 to schedule your adventure. You can see the plane at Jack Edwards Airport, just behind 'The Track' on Hwy 59 in Gulf Shores.

Our Local Museum

The Gulf Shores Museum located just off Hwy 59 on West 19th Ave in Gulf Shores contains exhibits about hurricanes, and the colorful history of the Gulf Shores area. Also on exhibit is fishing gear used over the years to fish and shrimp on the Gulf Coast and Little Lagoon. The Butterfly Garden is behind the Museum.
Free admission-donations accepted.
Open from 10 to 12 noon, 1 pm to 5 pm (closed for lunch) Tues-Fri. & 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat. Phone 968-1473  Read More & See Museum Photos

The Gulf Shores Pharmacy at 251 Clubhouse Dr, just one street over from the Museum, has an old fashioned Antique Soda Fountain serving floats and shakes and daily lunch specials. Phone 968-3784

Right in the same neighborhood as the above locations is the Gulf Shores Library. From there you can check your email or if you will be in Gulf Shores a while, check out a good book.
Library hours: 
M-Tues 10-8 p.m.
W 12-6 p.m.
T-F 10-6 p.m.
Sat 10-3 p.m.

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Dizzy Bean Coffee Shop with Wireless WiFi
2200 E 2nd Street #G
968-5992

Dizzy Bean Coffee Bar -with Wireless WiFi 
Inside Malouf Furniture
Located at 7745 Gulf Shores Pkwy (Hwy 59) 

	You will be thrilled to know that Gulf Shores has a super internet cafe. Dizzy Bean offers a free Wireless WiFi hotspot and if you do not have your own wireless Wi-Fi capable laptop, you can use the computers at Dizzy Bean. Dizzy Bean is a combination coffee shop/internet cafe. They offer food, drinks and internet access. Dizzy Bean also has TV with satellite dish, magazines and books. So if you are looking for internet access in Gulf Shores as well as a fun place to relax, eat and have coffee check out Dizzy Bean! Click here for a printable Dizzy Bean coupon

Orange Beach is lucky to have an AL's old fashioned 5 & 10. AL'S is a great "gettin' place" for so many things that you just can't find anywhere else. A great place to take small kids to shop-the prices are right. Plus they have a wonderful assortment of  water toys, fishing gear, souvenirs and shells in colors you didn't even know existed ! The Gulf Shores store on Hwy 59 closed but  the Orange Beach store is in the Winn-Dixie shopping center on Perdido Beach Blvd re-opended after a big fire We were all so afraid that it might not re-open, but it did--yea !

If you collect shells on your vacation--why not make a mosaic with them. Maybe even cover an old ugly lamp ! See this site for ideas: www.Mosaic-Tile-Design.com

Or turn your best vacation photos into scrapbook pages using the printable designs and scrapbook ideas from this site: www.ScrapbookScrapbook.com

The Track Family Recreation Center

The Track in Gulf Shores is your family headquarters for fun!  Their action-packed recreation center features everything from the ultimate in go-cart tracks, like their Wild Woody three-tiered go-kart/roller coaster hybrid, to big fun for little tykes at Kids Country. Challenge your friends to miniature golf, splash ‘em on Bumper Boats, or test your courage at their Sky Coaster. See the website for 10% OFF and FREE shipping on advance tickets.
www.gulfshorestrack.com