{"id":384761,"date":"2026-08-29T19:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T19:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:02:33","slug":"orlando-ranks-among-americas-most-fun-cities-wdbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384761\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Ranks Among America\u2019s Most Fun Cities \u2013 WDBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Orlando is once again being recognized as one of the most fun cities in the country. A <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-fun-cities-in-the-us\/23455\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-fun-cities-in-the-us\/23455\">new WalletHub study<\/a> ranks Orlando second nationwide, behind only Las Vegas. Miami came in third. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/on-demand\/orlando-morning-news-express\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/on-demand\/orlando-morning-news-express\/\">LISTEN TO ORLANDO\u2019S MORNING NEWS EXPRESS PODCAST ON WDBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The rankings looked at more than 40 factors, including entertainment options, nightlife, and affordability. Two other Florida cities also made the top 20, with Fort Lauderdale ranking 15th and Tampa 16th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Orlando residents may not be surprised by the ranking. The study noted that the city places among the nation\u2019s best for spas, performing arts theaters, arcades, pool halls and lounges, highlighting attractions that go well beyond its world-famous theme parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">What do you like best about the City Beautiful? Sound off in the OpenMic tab inside the WDBO App. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/fp\/download-wdbo-app-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/fp\/download-wdbo-app-today\/\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wdbo.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wdbo.com\/newsletters\/\">click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando is once again being recognized as one of the most fun cities in the country. A new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6029,6030,147,28,139,141,140,5597],"class_list":["post-384761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-580am","tag-am580","tag-central-florida","tag-florida","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-wdbo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384761","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=384761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}