Endless Summer Florida is a multi generational Florida family that has lived in Palm Beach and Broward counties since the 1970s, and never really left summer behind.
Home sits a few minutes from the beach, with boats, paddleboards, and wave runners always in the mix, plus more weekends than anyone can count on the water or in the Orlando parks.
And for years our family has held annual passes at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando / Aquatica, Busch Gardens Tampa, Legoland Florida, and the Florida State Parks.
This site is how we share what actually happens here - the hotel rooms walked through, the lakes and beaches, the parks revisited, and the little local places visiting family gets taken to.
What you will find on this site
The guides aim for what would have helped before pulling into a resort driveway or anchoring off a sandbar.
- Hotel and resort tours: room layouts, pools, noise, fees, and whether the stay was worth repeating.
- Theme park and entertainment days: practical notes from passholder years, not encyclopedia dumps.
- Beaches, boating, and waterways: from Bird Island on the Butler Chain to John Pennekamp and home waters near Jupiter.
- Getting around: including how Brightline fits a South Florida to Orlando trip.
- Florida towns and “what it is like” pages: for places with real time on the ground.
If a page sounds like we were standing there with a camera bag and sunscreen, that is because we were.
Some of our favorite Florida days
Dinner table favorites still include:
- Boating along the South Florida waterways and the Butler Chain of Lakes in Orlando
- Mardi Gras and Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando
- Enjoying a cocktail at the Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale Beach
- Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival
- Snorkeling at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
- Climbing the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
- Watching the sunset at Mallory Square in Key West
- A white sand afternoon on Marco Island
- Airboating into Everglades country
- College bowl games and Florida State Parks days with the annual pass
- Seeing a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
Boats, parks, and a lot of weekends
Living close to the Atlantic and the Intracoastal waterway spoiled us early. A good Saturday might mean meeting friends at a sandbar, or pointing the car toward Orlando and using our annual passes.
Not every trip is perfect; traffic on I-95 and the Turnpike is still traffic. The useful version still matters: where to stay, what we liked, and what to skip next time.
A note on Florida real estate
Our family has been connected to Florida real estate for more than twenty five years through a long running, family owned company. Soft links sit within our content for anyone who wants to learn more. Living or buying pages say so plainly.
Thanks for riding along
The hope is simple - Endless Summer Florida helps plan a better day with family, in the Sunshine State or closer to home.
Endless Summer Jerry