A tour into the Space Centre is a definite must for your trip to Florida. Only an hour east of Orlando, you'd be daft to miss it. Take the bus tour around the Space Centre, follow the path of the shuttle and see the huge building it is kept in and the giant vehicle it is transported on. Definitely catch one of the IMAX movies and be sure to get there early so you can chose a good seat! The gift shop sells some tat but also some fantastic souvenirs you'll want to take home. We bought photos of launch, posters of photos from the moon and astronaut ice-cream! A lot of the souvenirs are of excellent value and quality.
Undoubtedly, the best thing will be if you happen to time your trip to incorporate a launch. Often these are postponed by a day, so we stayed over in nearby Cocoa Beach, which was nice, but not spectacular. There is Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, but I didn't get the time as our launch did go on time! So good that we're going back in December!
You'll probably want to watch Apollo 13 when you get back, just because you feel closer to it all!
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Advantages: entertaining day out, interesting, playgrounds to keep children entertained, plenty of restaurants and places to buy a drink, spread out, different museums on different things to do with space, reasonable entrance fee Disadvantages: none
Jul 15th, 2000
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