Hi All,
Thanks for your replies! I was there a total of 9 days!
As for Kennedy Space Center- It took us 4 hours to do it- no kids- it was rather boring and dated- all about the Apollo or Moon missions mostly, nothing about the more current mission to mars or such, and all the videos except for the IMAX 3D Films, were very dated- 70's or early 80's probably- I don't remember anything differenet from when I was there in 1990, and stuff was priced worse than Disney- $3 for a bottle of pop! The views out on the bus tour are spectactular and we seen dolphins swimming and feeding along side the causeway on the way in and that was the highlight of the trip. I'm not saying don't do it, but it is costly, with coupons it was still $81 for 2 adults, and I'd definetly not do it again, they are opening a ride similar to mission space at Epcot in June though. (PS. go into Titusville and grab some lunch there before heading across the causeway to the space center to save some $$)
Cocoa Beach was REALLY NICE! Nicest beach I've visited in Florida but I haven't been any further south than ft. Lauderdale, it has some great surf and lots of miles of surf line and white sand, it seemed very clean and also a lot of places nearby to rent body boards or surf boards. The water was extermely warm and there is a GREAT VIEW of all the cruise ships headed out. Apparently it is one of the best places to surf in Florida however one half of the beach was realtively calm near the pier, wave wise, and appeared great for swimming and kids. We arrived at Kennedy before noon left around 4 PM and went to the beach for a couple hours. It would definetly be hard to do both fully in a day with kids and depending on how much time you wanted to spend at the beach. A couple hours was sufficent for us and the crowds were low late in the afternoon and lots of parking available (by the way you have to pay to park or use a meter at the beach).
We like Florida Mall but there are a lot of pushy vendors in the centre of the aisles selling basically 'seen on TV" crap in my opinion, I picked up some perfume and a nice saphire ring at least 50% below the cost of comparable product here in Canada. They have all the stores there Macys, JC Penney, Nordstrom's, Sears etc. JC PEnney and Nordstroms had the best selection and prices for what I was looking for. There is also a store called Adrenaline that has a indoor surf park which is pretty cool, it's like a little enclosed wave to learn to surf or body surf on, it was $15 a session and there was a big crowd watching, it was pretty neat.
The BEST outlet is Lake Buena Vista near Disney, it is just a short jaunt down from the Nickelodeon Suites Hotel on Apopka Vineland Road, it has EVERYTHING, Gap, Eddie Bauer, Children's Place, Disney Outlet, Rack Room Shoes, etc, etc, and a really great place called VAnity fair which had some great prices on brand names and a big Nascar selection. MUCH BETTER than any of the international drive outlet centres, and much easier to walk around, no street crossing required, just basically a big cube of stores you can easily walk around.
and we are planning a day at Kennedy Space Center. Did it take you the entire day? Could we do a quick visit to Cocoa Beach the same day or is it too much to attempt? 
Our last trip was the first two weeks of August and we found that to be pretty quiet in comparison, the Florida schools had just gone back.
