From Orlando: Kennedy Space Center Trip with Transport

About This Experience

This is a transfer-based day trip from Orlando to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, lasting about 10 hours. What you get depends heavily on the option you pick. Transportation only gives you a door-to-door transfer from Orlando, Kissimmee or Lake Buena Vista, and you buy admission yourself. Transport from Orlando and Entry Ticket adds your ticket, collected at the door. Kennedy Space Center Express has you board at ICON Park, the final stop, so you skip the other pickups.

The Small-Group Tour is the most complete option. It caps the group at 12 people, picks you up at your hotel and hands out a breakfast bag on the way. At the complex you ride the KSC Explore Bus tour inside the NASA gates, with photo stops near the launch pads and at the Vehicle Assembly Building, and you receive a $15 voucher for food on site. The includes list mentions an Eat & Play Card and a guide only where your option provides them.

On the drive, your driver and guide share stories and practical tips about the center. Once you arrive the visit is self-paced, so you choose between the Rocket Garden, the Shuttle Launch Experience simulator, an IMAX film and the Gateway complex. The bus out to the Apollo/Saturn V Center lets you stand beneath the Saturn V and touch a piece of moon rock, and there is a chance to encounter a real astronaut.

Tips are not included, and food is your own cost unless your option carries the breakfast bag, voucher or Eat & Play Card. This trip suits travelers without a car and families who want the logistics handled. If you already have a rental car and want to arrive at opening and leave when you like, a standalone entry ticket gives you more control over the day.

Highlights

• Walk beneath the Saturn V and touch a piece of moon rock at the Apollo/Saturn V Center
• Stroll the Rocket Garden among real rockets
• Ride the Shuttle Launch Experience simulator and watch an IMAX film
• Encounter a real astronaut during your day at the complex
• On the Small-Group Tour, take the KSC Explore Bus tour with photo stops near the launch pads and the Vehicle Assembly Building
• Hear facts and stories about the space center from your driver and guide on the transfer

What's Included

• ✓ Round-trip transportation between the Orlando area and Kennedy Space Center
• ✓ Kennedy Space Center entry ticket (only if your option includes it)
• ✓ Guide (only if your option includes one)
• ✓ Eat & Play Card (only if your option includes it)
• ✓ Small-Group Tour option: hotel pickup, breakfast bag and a group of up to 12 people
• ✓ Small-Group Tour option: KSC Explore Bus tour and a $15 food voucher for the complex

Not Included

• Tips
• Kennedy Space Center admission on the Transportation only option
• Food and drinks, apart from any breakfast bag, voucher or Eat & Play Card your option includes

What to Bring

• Camera

Good to Know & Caveats

• What is included changes by option: check whether yours has the entry ticket, a guide and the Eat & Play Card before booking
• Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral are working launch facilities, so tours may be altered or closed for operational reasons
• NASA can cancel or change tour locations and security requirements without notice
• Admission is not available on certain launch dates; check with Kennedy Space Center that the Visitor Complex is open on your date
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start for a full refund
• Expect a long day of about 10 hours, with self-guided time inside the complex

Meeting Point

It depends on your option: Transportation only offers door-to-door pickup and the Small-Group Tour hotel pickup, while the Express option boards at the ICON Park bus pickup area on Via Mercado Street, near the Slingshot ride and across from the La Quinta hotel.