Kennedy Space Center: Entry Ticket with Explore Bus Tour

About This Experience

This ticket combines 1-day or 2-day admission to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with the KSC Explore Tour, a bus tour led by a space expert. The Explore Tour goes further than the standard Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour, stopping so you can get off and photograph spaceflight icons such as the Vehicle Assembly Building and historic Launch Complex 39 on the way to the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Transport to the complex is not part of the deal, so you arrive on your own.

Both bus tours finish at the Apollo/Saturn V Center, so you do not need to take the standard one as well. The operator suggests allowing about an extra hour there to stand beneath the Saturn V, the largest rocket ever flown, and around 15 minutes for the ride back on any visitor complex bus. Last entry to the complex is at 4:00 PM, which makes an early start sensible.

The rest of the day is yours. Your admission covers all shows and exhibits and most attractions, including Space Shuttle Atlantis, the Shuttle Launch Experience, the Rocket Garden, Heroes & Legends with the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and the Gateway complex with its Spaceport motion theater. Journey to Mars: Explorers Wanted adds a live theater presentation, and the 3D space films and the reimagined gantry at Launch Complex 39 are also included.

Food and drinks, the Astronaut Training Experience and any guided tour of the complex beyond the Explore bus are extra. With the 2-day option you can return a second time within 6 months. This suits travelers with a car who care about the launch pads and want an expert's commentary. If you only want the exhibits and do not mind the standard bus, the plain admission ticket covers the essentials.

Highlights

• Step off the bus to photograph the Vehicle Assembly Building and historic Launch Complex 39
• Hear a space expert's commentary on America's multi-user spaceport
• Stand beneath the Saturn V, the largest rocket ever flown
• Feel the rumble of a simulated liftoff on the Shuttle Launch Experience
• See Space Shuttle Atlantis and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Heroes & Legends
• Try interactive simulators, live shows and educational exhibits across the complex

What's Included

• ✓ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admission (1-day or 2-day, depending on option)
• ✓ KSC Explore Bus Tour led by a space expert
• ✓ All shows and exhibits and most attractions
• ✓ Apollo/Saturn V Center
• ✓ 3D space films and the Spaceport motion theater
• ✓ The reimagined gantry at Launch Complex 39

Not Included

• Guided tour of the visitor complex beyond the Explore bus
• Astronaut Training Experience
• Food and drinks
• Transportation to Kennedy Space Center

Good to Know & Caveats

• You do not need the standard Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour as well: both tours end at the Apollo/Saturn V Center
• Allow about an extra hour at the Apollo/Saturn V Center and around 15 minutes for the bus back to the main complex
• Last entry to the complex is at 4:00 PM
• With the 2-day ticket you can return for a second visit within 6 months
• This ticket is not listed with free cancellation, so check the terms before you book

Meeting Point

There is no pickup: you make your own way to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, and the details for joining the Explore Tour depend on your 1-day or 2-day option and are on the voucher.