June 10 Kennedy Space Center. . .
Today we got up early again so we could leave our hotel by 7:45 for the drive to KSC. Once we were ready we headed down to have breakfast that was included at the Holiday Inn Express at Seaworld. The breakfast was actually above average. Many times continental breakfast is just cereal and danishes. Not this one! This one had eggs, omelets, several different breakfast meats, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, bagels, cereals, various juices, milk, and coffee. So after a heart breakfast we were ready for our next adventure.
I had been to KSC before and it wasn’t the best experience. It rained the entire time I was there and the mosquitoes were terrible. Thankfully today wasn’t raining!!
Once we arrived at KSC, it’s about an hour drive from Orlando, we ran into an issue at the entrance. I had purchased our tickets from
Undercover Tourist and the security employee sent me over to Will Call to exchange what she thought were vouchers in for actual tickets. The lady at Will Call told me we were fine and to go back over to get in line. Thankfully I knew the employee at the entrance had made a mistake and I told the boys to stay in line just passed security. Once I left Will Call I told the employee Will Call said my tickets were fine and we were able to enter.
Once inside we tried to catch on of the IMAX movies but they weren’t running until 10am, so we hopped in line for the bus tour.
I had read to sit on the right side of the bus during the tour, so we did. The bus tour takes you to see the various launching sits. Some of the buildings are huge!! One has such large garage doors that the Statue of Liberty would fit inside!! After touring the launch sites from the bus, the first stop is at the Apollo/Saturn Center. Here you’ll see an introductory video and a launch experience. There was also an Apollo 11 experience. We spent a little more than and hour here but also had a snack.
Then we boarded a different bus and headed back to the main visitors center. Next we headed to Atlantis Center for the Space Shuttle video and to ride the launch experience. We also had lunch and toured the Rocket Garden and Astronaut Memorial. Every time we would try to catch once of the IMAX movies, we would just miss it.
We were getting tired and hot so we decided to head back to Orlando. We had a relaxing night tonight and watched the Electric Ocean fireworks from our window.
One bit of advice . . . make sure you have about $11 in small bills or change for the tolls out to KSC and back.