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Duration: 11 hours (approx.)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Product code: 2855KENNEDY
We have lift-off! Don't miss taking the family to one of Florida's best attractions, the Kennedy Space Center. With your transport organized, you'll take a virtual flight to the moon and back on this full-day trip from Orlando.
Likely to Sell-out: Dine with an Astronaut at Kennedy Space Center regularly sells out weeks in advance, so book ahead to avoid disappointment.
Your day trip from Orlando to Kennedy Space Center starts with one of the center's world-renowned tours from the Visitor Complex. You'll see all the awesome NASA facilities, including the massive launch pads, gigantic Vehicle Assembly Building and awe-inspiring Apollo/Saturn V Center.
View rockets from all eras of space exploration in the Rocket Garden, enter a full-size Space Shuttle mock-up, see IMAX space films on five-story screens, and an actual Gemini program capsule on display in Early Space Exploration.
Options:
- Choose admission only.
- Add on the popular "Dine with an Astronaut" and have the chance to meet a member of NASA's Astronaut Corps while enjoying a delicious meal.
- Go for the Ultimate Space Pass, including all of the above plus the NASA Up-Close Tour for up-close views of the Space Shuttle launch pads, Vehicle Assembly Building, massive crawler-transporters and a special stop at the International Space Station Processing Facility.
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- Day trip to the Kennedy Space Center from Orlando
- Choose the admission option, "Dine with an Astronaut" option or the Ultimate Space Pass
- Tour of NASA's launch headquarters, the Shuttle Launch Experience, two IMAX films, all shows and exhibits, and Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Unforgettable opportunity to dine with an astronaut
- Ultimate Space Pass also includes NASA Up-Close Guided Tour
- Pick-up and drop-of from selected locations in Orlando
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Tour options:
Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center
Daily, except Thursday
Departure Point:Tour departs from selected meeting points in Orlando including:
- Howard Johnson Maingate West
- Best Western Lakeside
- Howard Johnson Maingate East
- Ramada Eastgate
- All Star Music Resort
- Cirque Du Soleil
- Comfort Inn LBV
- Holiday Inn I-Drive
- Quality Inn I-Drive
- Sizzler South I-Drive
- International Resort
Returns to original departure point
- Roundtrip transportation
- IMAX Films, all shows and exhibits
- Admission to Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Hotel pickup and drop off (selected hotels only)
- Kennedy Space Center Tour of NASA's Launch Headquarters
- Local Taxes
- All of the above
- Lunch with an Astronaut
- All of the above
- NASA Up-Close Tour
Admission only:
Dine with an Astronaut
Ultimate Space Pass:
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 5 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
A day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex includes; KSC Tour of NASA's Launch Headquarters, Shuttle Launch Experience, both IMAX films, all shows and exhibits and a visit to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. The tour includes a stop at the LC-39 observation gantry for a bird's eye view of the Space Shuttle launch pads.
Stop at the Apollo/Saturn V Center where you will walk beneath a massive Saturn V rocket, relive Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon and experience the thunderous rumble of a Saturn V moon rocket lift-off. Continue with IMAX movie screenings of "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D" narrated by Tom Hanks, or "Space Station 3D," which takes you on a virtual trip to the International Space Station.
Enjoy other shows and exhibits at the Visitor Complex including a chance to meet an astronaut at the Astronaut Encounter Show. The Shuttle Launch Experience is a journey of vertically launching into space and orbiting Earth aboard the Space Shuttle. Strap in for an authentic simulation, replicating the sights, sounds and feelings of a shuttle launch.
Finish your day with a visit to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. This attraction features the world's largest collection of personal astronaut mementos, historic spacecraft and hands on activities. Sit in a mission control console, take a virtual moonwalk, feel the pull of 4Gs in the G-Force Simulator and land the Space Shuttle!
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Large, clean coach and friendly, helpful and knowledgeable driver who was happy to tell us different ... Read more ›
Joanne C, Australia, November 2009
We had a most enjoyable trip to Kennedy Space Center through Viator. The bus transport was excellent, ... Read more ›
Allan S, Canada, September 2009
