The latest attraction in Orlando is the USA's largest hot-air balloon: a 24-passenger behemoth that stands about 11 stories high, stretches 90 feet wide when fully inflated and holds 24 passengers in a 1,600-pound basket.
The massive balloon, which started flying in mid-December, was custom-ordered from Spain and is the first of its kind in the USA.
The basket sports higher-than-average walls made of aircraft-grade stainless steel wrapped in wicker, and partitions that divide the standing space into what Orlando Balloon Rides' CEO Jason Schulke calls "the Bentley of hot-air balloons."
Rides cost $175 per person for a four-hour experience that includes a champagne breakfast, inflation and packing time, and about an hour of flight time, depending on weather conditions.
So would this attract you to Orlando for a US holiday?
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