Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP

K.B. · 01-18-2007, 08:53 PM

Ok so basically I'm gonna be stuck for a week at disneyland in sunny orlando florida but I'd like a day to get away and actually go do some sight seeing as the un-magical kingdoms got nothing for me.

so I need help on some of the local comic shops I should visit and other cool geek/nerd related things.

AndThePickles · 01-18-2007, 08:54 PM

.....you're complaining about being stuck in Disneyworld?!

Majik1387 · 01-18-2007, 08:56 PM

There aren't really many comic geek/nerd related places in Florida.

Darthphere · 01-18-2007, 08:56 PM

I don't know if you knew this, but Disneyland is in California, DisneyWorld is in Orlando.

Darthphere · 01-18-2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Majik1387

There aren't really many comic geek/nerd related places in Florida.

In Miami at least theres 3 different comic book stores within a 15 mile radius. I'll assume that up north, since more white people live there, there would be even more shops. There's always Islands of Adventure.

Majik1387 · 01-18-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Darthphere

In Miami at least theres 3 different comic book stores within a 15 mile radius. I'll assume that up north, since more white people live there, there would be even more shops. There's always Islands of Adventure.

I haven't seen any really. I only know of one in Longwood.

Darthphere · 01-18-2007, 09:03 PM

I haven't been in Orlando in a long time...

Ice-man · 01-18-2007, 09:06 PM

yea if you like comics and such island of adventure is madd good. but there are alot of museums, and tourism ****.

Erzengel · 01-18-2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by K.B.

Ok so basically I'm gonna be stuck for a week at disneyland in sunny orlando florida but I'd like a day to get away and actually go do some sight seeing as the un-magical kingdoms got nothing for me.

so I need help on some of the local comic shops I should visit and other cool geek/nerd related things.

Why don't you go to Islands of Adventure at Universal? It's a Marvel Themed Amusement Park?

Erzengel · 01-18-2007, 09:09 PM

Coliseum Of Comics Fashion Square Mall
3201 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, Fl
(407) 228-1210

Winter Park Family Comics And Cards
505 Park Avenue North
Suite 207
Winter Park, Fl
(407) 628-4779

Sci-fi City
6006 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, Fl
(407) 282-2292

Majik1387 · 01-18-2007, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Erzengel

Why don't you go to Islands of Adventure at Universal? It's a Marvel Themed Amusement Park?

Not exactly. It's like a land in IOA. The way Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland, IOA has a Marvel themed area.

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Coliseum Of Comics Fashion Square Mall
3201 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, Fl
(407) 228-1210

That's where I usually go. It's a pretty good place.

Ben Urich · 01-18-2007, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Majik1387

I haven't seen any really. I only know of one in Longwood.

That's ACME. They're solid. Lots of comics, but they're known more for their old action figures. That's what I go there for, anyway.

My favorite shop in town is Coliseum of Comics in the Fashion Square Mall (upstairs next to Dillards.) It's smaller than ACME and doesn't carry nearly as many toys, but they have a fantastic selection of trade paperbacks.

If you're out by Florida Mall, you can try Bad Apple Comics, just across Orange Blossom Trail from the Toys R Us. They're basically a smaller, hipper version of ACME.

Erzengel · 01-18-2007, 09:13 PM

Yeah that's what I meant.

Fanticon · 01-18-2007, 09:40 PM

DisneyWorld pwns DisneyLand...enjoy it and stop complaining like your above it. You watch their movies, you've grown up on it...I suppose you boycott other things like McDonalds and Coca-Cola...niether of those corporate giants have amusement parks...or monorails.

WorthyStevens · 01-18-2007, 09:43 PM

Oh great. A tourist info thread. Why not just invite all the camera-wielding old people with short shorts in here?

Majik1387 · 01-18-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WorthyStevens4

Oh great. A tourist info thread. Why not just invite all the camera-wielding old people with short shorts in here?

Because you're already here.

**Dew k. Mosi** · 01-18-2007, 10:23 PM

Speedball · 01-18-2007, 10:25 PM

I've never been to Disneyworld or Disneyland...
My parents suck

**Dew k. Mosi** · 01-18-2007, 10:49 PM

Disneyworld opened the day I was born

Speedball · 01-18-2007, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dew k. Mosi

Disneyworld opened the day I was born

So...You're like it's twin.
That's so AWESOME!

Catman · 01-18-2007, 10:51 PM

^ You're old, Dew.

**Dew k. Mosi** · 01-18-2007, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Catman

^ You're old, Dew.

Yeah I know

K.B. · 01-18-2007, 11:20 PM

Yup I'll be going to Orlando.
Yeah I grew up and do love Disney and all and dont boycott coke or McD's. I'm not a godamn hippie.
Basically..let me break it down for you...this is a family trip, now to use the term "family" would be useing it losely. Put it this way...my birthday isn't celebrated or even acknowledeged and it's on christmas f--kin day.

its my oldest sister her husband and kids, my other sis and her husband and kids and my mom and dad and myself going. Basically, I'm by myself (which is retarded cuz I had even suggested I bring a friend or "friend" along) so I'm looking for other things to do around Orlando that I would like to do/try/see.
Call me retarded but when I travel I like to see OTHER comic shops. It's neat to see other peoples stores.

Besides a week being emerssed in all things Disney? Who else would throw themselves in front of an oncoming monorail.

Majik1387 · 01-18-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by K.B.

Basically..let me break it down for you...this is a family trip, now to use the term "family" would be useing it losely. Put it this way...my birthday isn't celebrated or even acknowledeged and it's on christmas f--kin day.

WWJD?

Abaddon · 01-18-2007, 11:25 PM

Universal Studios has the Islands of Adventure and they have comic shops there.

01-18-2007, 08:53 PM	#1
K.B. Side-Kick Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Posts: 4,050	Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Ok so basically I'm gonna be stuck for a week at disneyland in sunny orlando florida but I'd like a day to get away and actually go do some sight seeing as the un-magical kingdoms got nothing for me. so I need help on some of the local comic shops I should visit and other cool geek/nerd related things. __________________ I know nothing has even been filmed yet but Keir Gilchrist would have made a WAY better Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Andrew Garfield. There I said it!!!

01-18-2007, 08:54 PM	#2
AndThePickles Kiss the girl Join Date: May 2005 Location: under the sea Posts: 21,648	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP .....you're complaining about being stuck in Disneyworld?! __________________ *“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love." ~Albus Dumbledore* ~FHM~ Last edited by AndThePickles; 01-18-2007 at 08:57 PM.

01-18-2007, 08:56 PM	#3
Majik1387 Casting Extraodinaire ;D Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Theme Park central Posts: 35,942	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP There aren't really many comic geek/nerd related places in Florida. __________________ Batman Beyond Casting Call - Emily VanCamp is Sharon Carter - Alexa Davalos as Wonder Woman My Top 10 movies of 2012 Avengers - Perks of Being A Wallflower - Pitch Perfect Amazing Spider-Man - Cabin in the Woods - Rock of Ages Ruby Sparks - 21 Jump Street - ParaNorman - Hunger Games MY ART THREAD and my DEVIANT

01-18-2007, 08:56 PM	#4
Darthphere Kneel before 'Drox! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Phantom Zone Posts: 82,216	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP I don't know if you knew this, but Disneyland is in California, DisneyWorld is in Orlando. __________________ "When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma."-BKV

01-18-2007, 09:03 PM	#7
Darthphere Kneel before 'Drox! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Phantom Zone Posts: 82,216	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP I haven't been in Orlando in a long time... __________________ "When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma."-BKV

01-18-2007, 09:06 PM	#8
Ice-man Side-Kick Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: new york Posts: 1,867	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP yea if you like comics and such island of adventure is madd good. but there are alot of museums, and tourism **. __________________ "To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness; chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself. Think for yourself... Question authority" -PS3 ID: BurntSk8a-**

01-18-2007, 09:09 PM	#10
Erzengel \|-o-\| (-o-) \|-o-\| Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 58,965	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Coliseum Of Comics Fashion Square Mall 3201 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl (407) 228-1210 Winter Park Family Comics And Cards 505 Park Avenue North Suite 207 Winter Park, Fl (407) 628-4779 Sci-fi City 6006 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl (407) 282-2292 __________________ What SHH Class Are You?

01-18-2007, 09:13 PM	#13
Erzengel \|-o-\| (-o-) \|-o-\| Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 58,965	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Yeah that's what I meant. __________________ What SHH Class Are You?

01-18-2007, 09:40 PM	#14
Fanticon Sneaky-Snake! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,767	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP DisneyWorld pwns DisneyLand...enjoy it and stop complaining like your above it. You watch their movies, you've grown up on it...I suppose you boycott other things like McDonalds and Coca-Cola...niether of those corporate giants have amusement parks...or monorails. __________________

01-18-2007, 09:43 PM	#15
WorthyStevens Green Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Gobias Industries Posts: 14,247	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Oh great. A tourist info thread. Why not just invite all the camera-wielding old people with short shorts in here? __________________ FROM THE DESK OF: TOBIAS FUNKE "OFF TO WORK" - T (TOBIAS)

01-18-2007, 10:23 PM	#17
Dew k. Mosi Hype Award Winner SHH! Administrator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: On the Edge of Glory Posts: 64,491	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP __________________ Innocence alone is not enough. It is only when a person's innocence is tested by experience, purged and strengthened by the struggles and sufferings of the world that it attains its full value.--- Longshot Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.... But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.--- Conan O'Brien.

01-18-2007, 10:25 PM	#18
Speedball Don't. Blink. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Tardis Posts: 18,899	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP I've never been to Disneyworld or Disneyland... My parents suck

01-18-2007, 10:49 PM	#19
Dew k. Mosi Hype Award Winner SHH! Administrator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: On the Edge of Glory Posts: 64,491	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Disneyworld opened the day I was born __________________ Innocence alone is not enough. It is only when a person's innocence is tested by experience, purged and strengthened by the struggles and sufferings of the world that it attains its full value.--- Longshot Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.... But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.--- Conan O'Brien.

01-18-2007, 10:51 PM	#21
Catman Banned User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 29,055	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP ^ You're old, Dew.

01-18-2007, 11:20 PM	#23
K.B. Side-Kick Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Posts: 4,050	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Yup I'll be going to Orlando. Yeah I grew up and do love Disney and all and dont boycott coke or McD's. I'm not a godamn hippie. Basically..let me break it down for you...this is a family trip, now to use the term "family" would be useing it losely. Put it this way...my birthday isn't celebrated or even acknowledeged and it's on christmas f--kin day. its my oldest sister her husband and kids, my other sis and her husband and kids and my mom and dad and myself going. Basically, I'm by myself (which is retarded cuz I had even suggested I bring a friend or "friend" along) so I'm looking for other things to do around Orlando that I would like to do/try/see. Call me retarded but when I travel I like to see OTHER comic shops. It's neat to see other peoples stores. Besides a week being emerssed in all things Disney? Who else would throw themselves in front of an oncoming monorail. __________________ I know nothing has even been filmed yet but Keir Gilchrist would have made a WAY better Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Andrew Garfield. There I said it!!!

01-18-2007, 11:25 PM	#25
Abaddon Watching Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Riding an elephant in a snake Posts: 38,941	Re: Stuck in Florida for a week...need HELP Universal Studios has the Islands of Adventure and they have comic shops there.

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