{"id":377977,"date":"2026-08-22T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377977\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:16:08","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-the-11th-annual-orlando-kids-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377977\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know about the 11th Annual Orlando Kids Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The 11th annual Florida Kids &amp; Family Expo returns to the Orange County Convention Center West Concourse on Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, 2026. It blends high-energy amusement park entertainment with practical community parenting resources on a huge scale.<\/p>\n<p>1. It&#8217;s Big: Touted as the largest kids and family event in the country, it brings together over 200 exhibitors.<\/p>\n<p>2. Mom-Created Concept: Two local moms founded the expo to give Central Florida parents a convenient, &#8220;under-one-roof&#8221; discovery experience for regional schools, healthcare, and services. &#8220;Everything that you can think of, that I can think of as a mom, I wanted to put all in one place for parents to find new opportunities, new info and new resources,&#8221; producer Brandi Zrallack told us.<\/p>\n<p>3. Interactive Animal Encounters: Kids can get hands-on with a petting zoo, pony rides, camel rides, and exotic interactions featuring kangaroos and alligators.<\/p>\n<p>4. Meet Favorite Characters: Photo opportunities span multiple universes, including Star Wars characters, Ghostbusters, and interactive princess or superhero makeovers.<\/p>\n<p>5. Nonstop Action: The floor features four live entertainment stages, aerial acts, a wrestling ring, bounce houses, and interactive local sports zones hosted by the Orlando Magic, among others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/florida-kids-family-expo-2026-orlando-central-florida-11th-year-tickets-1908163080139\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets start at $10.<\/a> A family 4-pack bundle is $32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The 11th annual Florida Kids &amp; Family Expo returns to the Orange County Convention Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4093,4092,115,4094,1335,139,141,140,106,835],"class_list":["post-377977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-allison-walker","tag-app-things-to-do","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}