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CHEK · 10-15-2012, 02:58 PM

After 5 previous visits, my eldest DD has requested a visit & I know my Dh would secretly love to go, is it worth a visit?

wayneg · 10-15-2012, 04:19 PM

Not everyone enjoys it but we do. We got AP one year, they were same price as a 1 day ticket so we visited a couple of times within the year. Even DW enjoyed which we never expected.

queendisney · 10-15-2012, 04:51 PM

We normally end up going each time and I must admit after a couple of hours I've had enough and I go and park myself in the cafe...DH is very much into all things space and takes forever IMO

But this last time we went (September) we took in the new tour to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and also saw Launch Pad 39a and I really enjoyed this. We were so close to Endeavor just days before she was moved and she looked so small inside the VAB which is just unbelievably huge.
I would say go to KSC its worth the trip.

starrysky · 10-15-2012, 10:41 PM

We were just there on Saturday it was awesome. We did lunch with an astronaut and that was great good food And we got to meet Fred Gregory who is a veteran of 3 shuttle missions and was also acting head of NASA. We did the tour which included the VAB and that was really cool I had wanted to see inside since I was a kid. Well worth it. Only thing was we only got o see one of the IMAX movies due to time. We booked through Florida tix which it turns out are just Florida dolphin tours but slightly cheaper.

queendisney · 10-16-2012, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by starrysky

We were just there on Saturday it was awesome. We did lunch with an astronaut and that was great good food And we got to meet Fred Gregory who is a veteran of 3 shuttle missions and was also acting head of NASA. We did the tour which included the VAB and that was really cool I had wanted to see inside since I was a kid. Well worth it. Only thing was we only got o see one of the IMAX movies due to time. We booked through Florida tix which it turns out are just Florida dolphin tours but slightly cheaper.

We booked through Florida Dolphin Tours and they are great. They put one of the imax movies on in the bus down because of the time restraints. Obviously not the same as watching on a huge movie screen but hey ho it did for me..

We had plenty of time at KSC with them and the tour guide was hysterically funny!

consumermonkey · 10-16-2012, 04:49 AM

I can understand that after the first visit, it could get a bit boring. The first visit is AWSOME.

higgy66 · 10-16-2012, 04:59 AM

I LOVE KSC

We can't wait for the girls to be a bit older to take them there.

I love all space movies and can't count the number of times I've watched Apollo 13 - this is just a dream day out for me!

CHEK · 10-17-2012, 03:28 PM

Thank you all for your great comments

Look's like a trip to KSC it is then

starrysky · 10-18-2012, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by queendisney

We booked through Florida Dolphin Tours and they are great. They put one of the imax movies on in the bus down because of the time restraints. Obviously not the same as watching on a huge movie screen but hey ho it did for me..

We had plenty of time at KSC with them and the tour guide was hysterically funny!

Our driver was great plenty of info on the drive to KSC. Think we just ran out of time with not getting there until after 9am lunch being at 12pm and our tour was 1:30pm once we were done with the tour and the Saturn V area we ran out of time for more than one IMAX. Bus picked us up at 5:15pm and we were back at DTD by 6:30pm.

Reb101 · 10-19-2012, 04:21 PM

we rented a car from the Dolphin hotel 2 week ago and had a drive down. We spent 2 hours there but it was something we probably would do once and never again.

kevin_cambs_uk · 10-20-2012, 08:06 AM

We go every time, love it, the wife loves it and the kids loved it.
Really fascinating stuff, makes me realise just how incredible it all is.

I would not go to Florida and not visit for the day. Much better than Animal Kingdom, a park I find difficult to like.....

Hobbes · 10-20-2012, 12:51 PM

I think any of us of a certain age (ie child of the sixties) remembers the moon landings, and it makes it exta interesting for us. I didn't know that VAB is now on the tour list- DH and I will definitley have to go again! Last time we went to WDW, we flew in over KSC and it was amazing to fly over the VAB and all the launch pads!

10-15-2012, 02:58 PM	#1
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10-15-2012, 04:19 PM	#2
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10-15-2012, 04:51 PM	#3
queendisney DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camberley, UK Posts: 2,332	We normally end up going each time and I must admit after a couple of hours I've had enough and I go and park myself in the cafe...DH is very much into all things space and takes forever IMO But this last time we went (September) we took in the new tour to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and also saw Launch Pad 39a and I really enjoyed this. We were so close to Endeavor just days before she was moved and she looked so small inside the VAB which is just unbelievably huge. I would say go to KSC its worth the trip. __________________ Vanda x Walt Disney World resort 16 times for 3 weeks at a time. Off resort 2 times but never again as I just didn't feel the magic. Disneyland Paris untold amt of times as its very close and easy to get to. Disneyland California

10-15-2012, 10:41 PM	#4
starrysky DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,051	We were just there on Saturday it was awesome. We did lunch with an astronaut and that was great good food And we got to meet Fred Gregory who is a veteran of 3 shuttle missions and was also acting head of NASA. We did the tour which included the VAB and that was really cool I had wanted to see inside since I was a kid. Well worth it. Only thing was we only got o see one of the IMAX movies due to time. We booked through Florida tix which it turns out are just Florida dolphin tours but slightly cheaper. __________________ Me (33) DH (40) Bailey (5) 1986 Hilton Downtown Disney, 1992 Offisite Kissimmee, 2006 Offsite (sheraton vistana) 2009 POFQ, 2010 POR, 2011 OKW, 2012 OKW, 2013 POFQ

10-16-2012, 04:59 AM	#7
higgy66 I have to force myself to go on Splash Mountain so the kids won't end up like me - a baby! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1,812	I LOVE KSC We can't wait for the girls to be a bit older to take them there. I love all space movies and can't count the number of times I've watched Apollo 13 - this is just a dream day out for me! __________________ Janet Steve Maisie (10) Bronwyn (9)

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10-16-2012, 04:49 AM	#6
consumermonkey Mouseketeer Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Deepest, Darkest South West Wales. Posts: 137	I can understand that after the first visit, it could get a bit boring. The first visit is AWSOME.

10-17-2012, 03:28 PM	#8
CHEK DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 1,906	Thank you all for your great comments Look's like a trip to KSC it is then __________________ Karen April 2003 Wyndham Orlando May 2004 Highlands Reserve May 2006 Westridge May 2007 Tuscan Ridge Feb 2009 Tuscan Ridge April 2013 Highlands Reserve

10-19-2012, 04:21 PM	#10
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10-20-2012, 08:06 AM	#11
kevin_cambs_uk Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England Posts: 250	We go every time, love it, the wife loves it and the kids loved it. Really fascinating stuff, makes me realise just how incredible it all is. I would not go to Florida and not visit for the day. Much better than Animal Kingdom, a park I find difficult to like..... __________________ 1997 Ho Jo Maingate West 1998 Orange Lakes 2000 Ho Jo Maingate West 2002 Ho Jo Maingate West 2003 Carribbean Beach 2004 Forgot where we stayed ! 2008 Pop Century 2012 Disneyland Paris for the day !

10-20-2012, 12:51 PM	#12
Hobbes DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Robin hood country Posts: 1,428	I think any of us of a certain age (ie child of the sixties) remembers the moon landings, and it makes it exta interesting for us. I didn't know that VAB is now on the tour list- DH and I will definitley have to go again! Last time we went to WDW, we flew in over KSC and it was amazing to fly over the VAB and all the launch pads! __________________ Mrs Hobbes-Snorky Me DH '91 Honeymoon off site 2001 Happily divorced ASMo 2004 Touring Fla off site 2005 40th b'day ASSp 2007 Introducing my DBf to the World-Pop 2010 DBf's birthday at Pop and we got engaged 2011 Our Disneymoon-me and Snorky at POFQ

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