Tom Wuckovich goes off the tourist track in Central Florida and discovers the state's best-kept secret, Streamsong Resort - a palatial escape from the real world.

ORLANDO, FLA. — Thanks to movie magic, we found out what toys do when the lights go out nightly — Pixar’s 1995 blockbuster film Toy Story spotlighted that for us. And now, thanks to Disney magic, we’re about to find out what it’s like to be a toy.

I look out on the savanna that spreads out below my balcony and admire the morning sun shimmering in the small pools created by an overnight rain.

LONGBOAT KEY, FLA - When Gail Loefgren talks about the “lure” of Longboat Key, she speaks from experience. Loefgren, the president of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, is originally from St. Louis. So, just like many of the people she has served in her position over the last 18 years, she is a transplant.

DAYTONA BEACH - As the dim light of day casts a long shadow along Daytona’s golden beach, guests at legendary The Shores Resort & Spa gather in front of the open fire pits on a terrace overlooking the Atlantic surf.

PALM BEACH - We cross the bridge connecting West Palm Beach with this posh playground for the rich and powerful and are instantly impressed by the rows of pencil-straight palm trees lining trendy Royal Palm Way.

MIAMI - If the way to man’s heart is through his stomach, then maybe the path to a city’s soul is through its cuisine. A food tour through Miami’s famed South Beach district might just answer that question.

DELRAY BEACH, FLA. - Recently, this seaside retreat known as “Florida’s Village by the Sea” was voted the “Most Fun Small Town in America” by USA Today.

FERNANDINA BEACH, FLA. - Felix, known in these parts as the “Peanut Man,” offers to sell me some of the fresh mangoes sitting in the wicker basket on his three-wheeled bike.

MIAMI BEACH - My impatience with the lack of attention being paid our table at Jerry’s Famous Deli in trendy South Beach was beginning to show when a server came up from behind and assured me: “I’ll be right with you, sir.”