A Travel Diary
Miami, Wynwood, and the Orlando parks — December 2024
The holidays back in Florida — Miami Beach and the Atlantic sunsets, the spray-painted walls of Wynwood and Little Havana, and then Orlando: the safari giraffes and elephants of Disney's Animal Kingdom, Spaceship Earth glowing at Epcot, and the dragon over Diagon Alley at Universal. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.
Another Florida holiday, this time leaning into color and the parks. Miami gave us the Atlantic at sunset and the spray-painted walls of Wynwood and Little Havana — whole blocks turned into open-air galleries.
Then inland to Orlando, where the days belonged to the theme parks: the giraffes and elephants of Disney's Animal Kingdom safari, Spaceship Earth glowing over Epcot after dark, and a dragon breathing fire over Diagon Alley at Universal. Murals in the morning, a safari by afternoon, fireworks to close it out — Florida doing a little of everything.
This trip ran 11 days, December 24, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Along the way we spent time at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana, Epcot, and Universal & the food. The gallery below tells it day by day, in 34 photographs.
Tue 24 Dec
Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana
Wed 25 Dec
Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana
Thu 26 Dec
Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana
Fri 27 Dec
Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana
Sat 28 Dec
Miami — beaches, Wynwood & Little Havana · Disney's Animal Kingdom
Mon 30 Dec
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Tue 31 Dec
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Wed 1 Jan
Epcot
Thu 2 Jan
Epcot
Sat 4 Jan
Universal & the food
Sun 5 Jan
Universal & the food