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A well-liked Fort Lauderdale playground with restrooms, picnic tables, a pavilion and plenty of sports space for siblings.

Playground, beach access, bathrooms, showers, grills and picnic tables make beach days much easier with younger kids.

Playground, nature trails, butterfly garden and bike paths make this a full outing, with free parking and restrooms.

All-suite hotel with cribs, connecting rooms, childcare, an outdoor pool and in-room kitchens for easy family stays.

A free splash pad and playground with courts, trails and a three-hole golf course for whoever has outgrown them.

A private beach with water sports, a lagoon pool with cabanas, and a kids club to hand them over to for an hour.

A free water play area across the road from the beach, so a rinse and a run-around happen in the same stop.

More than 200 hands-on exhibits plus a Discovery Spot made specifically for children 6 and under.

The lazy river is the reason to book it, with a zero-entry pool beside it and a kids' ocean camp on the private beach.

Children feed the tarpon off the dock between courses, which is the reason to sit downstairs.

Two pools and a private beach, with bike rentals and family shows for the hours between swims.

A playground on the property, two big pools and 500 feet of private beach, plus courts for whoever is old enough to want them.

Sand underfoot and the water in view, which makes lunch part of the beach rather than an interruption.

Go-karts, bowling lanes, a ropes course and glow-in-the-dark laser tag indoors, which is the answer to a wet afternoon.

Airboat rides, alligator shows and animal encounters make this an easy first Everglades wildlife outing with kids.

A sightseeing paddleboat down the New River with a barbecue stop, so lunch and the ride are the same outing.