| Upon arrival you will select the tour package you | | | | them "suitcases") for the next flight to space. |
| wish to take. The basic admission is plenty all in itself | | | | On the lower level, walk through actual modules and |
| but if you want to spend the extra money for the | | | | see how the things astronauts use are stored, see |
| Cape Canaveral tour, be sure to bring a photo ID for | | | | how they sleep, what their kitchen, shower and |
| everyone in your party aged 13 and over and plan to | | | | bathrooms looks like. It's probably nothing like you've |
| spend the extra $20 per person. | | | | imagined. |
| The tours and activities included in the basic | | | | Tour Stop: Apollo/Saturn V Center: The Apollo/Saturn |
| admission include a bus tour with three stops. Tours | | | | V Center features a 363- foot moon rocket. Don't |
| start at 10:00 a.m. and run continuously every 15 | | | | miss the Firing Room Theater which re-creates an |
| minutes. The buses are very comfortable and are air | | | | Apollo launch and the Lunar Theater which depicts |
| conditioned. It's tempting to take your time at each | | | | the first moon landing. Touch a moon rock. Here at |
| of these tour stops but if you lollygag too much, you | | | | the Apollo/Saturn V Center, you'll find a sit down |
| won't have time to see it all and you'll want to plan | | | | cafeteria with hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, and |
| this as a two day outing. Here are the three stops: | | | | snacks. |
| Tour Stop: Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry: | | | | At the end of your tour, you'll board the bus and |
| Space Shuttle operations are the main focus at the | | | | head back to the Visitors Complex about 14 minutes |
| Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry. First, check | | | | away. It's possible to view a 700 pound eagle nest |
| out the briefing film and interactive exhibit area. Then | | | | on the way. Be on the lookout to your right. |
| go straight to the top of the gantry for a 360 | | | | Back at the Visitors Complex, enjoy many activities: |
| degree view of the Launch Pads, the Crawlerway | | | | The IMAX theater with 3D 40-minute presentations, |
| (the eight mile gravel road that the space shuttle and | | | | Shuttle Launch Experience, Astronaut Encounter, |
| launch pad travel on from the Vehicle Assembly | | | | Robot Scouts, New Millennium Theater, Rocket |
| Building to the launch pad, an 8 hour, 8 mile trek) and | | | | Garden Tours, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, NASA Art |
| the Vehicle Assembly Building. There's a snack bar at | | | | Gallery, Space Walk of Honor, Astronaut Memorial, |
| this facility. Bring some change with you if you want | | | | and the Launch Status Center where live briefings go |
| to use the viewing telescopes to see a close up of | | | | on, just to name a few. |
| the launching pads. | | | | There are plenty of water fountains, places to sit |
| Tour Stop: International Space Station Center: | | | | and restrooms for your convenience. For up the |
| Dozens of launches and spacewalks will be required | | | | minute information about the Kennedy Space Center, |
| to complete construction of the International Space | | | | visit their website at If you're planning to be on |
| Station. On a tour stop dedicated to this huge | | | | vacation in the Orlando, Kissimmee Florida area for a |
| project, you'll get a closer look at Space Station | | | | week, take advantage of the travel club membership |
| components as they are prepared for flight on the | | | | offered through Global Resorts Network. It's not |
| upper level. You will be asked to not take flash | | | | unusual to find a 2 bedroom condo for as little as |
| photography in this area so as to not interfere with | | | | $298 for the entire 7 nights, 8 days. Many resorts |
| operations. You can spend as much time as you like | | | | are located just minutes outside the gates of Disney |
| watching workers as they load modules (they call | | | | World and offer all the comforts of home. |