Ok here goes, now that we have returned and I have full internet access again as opposed to trying to use my cell phone which didn't work as expected we will give this trip review what it deserves. Mainly pictures and more descriptions.
Anyway we left for Florida on August 28th leaving Kansas City at some ungodly hour in the morning here is Patrick at the airport.
We managed to fit everything we needed for 13 days into 1 checked bag and everyone carried a carry on and a personal item. Here are our bags minus the checked bag which weighed in just under 50 pounds.
And our AirTran plane to take us from Kansas City to sunny Orlando.
We had a nice flight Dani stated she wanted the window and Patrick and I decided to give it up without much fighting and then she chose to read the entire flight.
When we arrived we rode on the first monorail of several and a picture had to be taken to document this momentous occasion.
We then retrieved our luggage and proceeded to the Budget rental counter to obtain our transportation for the first couple of days. I had the brilliant idea of using the Sprint Navigation program built into the cell phone instead of taking a GPS and this worked once I decided to trust it. I'm sure Dani will chime in more here.
We checked into our hotel in Cocoa Florida without difficulty and for the price we payed through priceline it was okay but it wasn't anything to write home about. We were supposed to have an internet connection but according to the desk the only way to get internet was to go to the lobby of the hotel next door.
We then checked the news and found out their was a scheduled shuttle launch for that night. Now this is one of those opportunities we just couldn't pass up and decided we wanted to take the opportunity to view this rare night launch of the shuttle.
We drove around a bit and got lunch at a Mexican / Cuban restaurant which was very good. I had photos somewhere but can't find them at the moment.
We then got a nap and set out to find a spot to watch the shuttle launch.
and my phone not wanting to play modem like I think it should. 
When we were down in FL in 1994, we saw the space shuttle launch from our hotel room in Kissimmee. I was so glad my late husband got to see that - I was standing out on the balcony drinking morning coffee and saw something in the sky & remembered from the news that it was launch day. This was one of the many things we experienced on our cross-country trip from Oregon to FL. (My husb never got to visit WDW, he had a heart attack in the hotel room & passed away but he fulfilled his dream of traveling across country seeing Vegas, Grand Canyon, etc. so we cherish those memories).
