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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

1. Purchase Your Tickets Online While ticket prices are the same whether you buy them online or in person, we do recommend going with the former option. For one thing, if you print your tickets at home prior to your visit, you can proceed directly to the entrance turnstiles when you get there, rather than having to wait in line at Will Ca

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

2. Book Way in Advance if You Plan to See a Rocket Launch One of the coolest experiences in life is being able to watch a real liverocket launch with your own eyes—not to mention hearing and even feeling it from a few miles away. For many folks, this is a bucket list item, and there's nothing else on Earth quite like it. At Kennedy Space

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

3. Eat Lunch Early or Late Rather than contending with the lunch-rush crowds, we suggest enjoying your mid-day meal earlier or later than the typical noon lunchtime. Whether you choose to purchase Lunch With An Astronaut or Dinner With An Astronaut, or you plan on bringing your own food to eat, you'll be glad you picked an “odd̶

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

4. …and Be Prepared for Being Outdoors Many of the exhibits at KSC are inside, but there are a few outdoor ones, and you'll be doing some walking between buildings as well. Just as you would in Orlando, bring ponchos or small umbrellas for everyone in your party. If it's particularly sunny outside, wear sunscreen. You know the drill

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

5. Be Ready to Walk You know those comfy shoes we're always suggesting you bring to Disney World? Wear them to Kennedy Space Center too. You'll be doing plenty of walking during your visit there.

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

6. Have a Game Plan Going In Again, anyone who's ever planned a Disney trip will understand the importance of making a plan for what you intend to do once you're at Kennedy Space Center. The daily admission ticket—which is $50 per adult, $40 per child—includes the following attractions: Space Shuttle Atlantis Shuttle Launch Experience Her

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

7. Arrive Early! This one will sound all too familiar to you Disney World fanatics: Because there's somuch to see and do at Kennedy Space Center, you should plan to arrive in time for opening at 9am. The lot opens at 8:30am, so if you're coming from Orlando, you should be on the road by 7am. If that's too early for you, consider booking a

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7 Tips for a Fabulous Day at Kennedy Space Center

As much as we adore and obsess over all things Disney World, sometimes it's healthy to step outside the “magic bubble” and make a visit to another neat place, even if just for a day. Luckily, Florida's own Kennedy Space Center—situated in sunny Cape Canaveral—is only about an hour-and-a-half car ride east of WDW. With a bit of

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We’ve Ranked the Attractions at Magic Kingdom and Here They Are!

5. Space Mountain Celebrate a “retro future” inside Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom with a ride aboard a glow-in-the-dark rocket ship that blasts off for a journey through the galaxy. This dark coaster ride (and by dark, we mean pitch black dark, like outer space!) lasts almost 3 minutes and features breathtaking views of comets, meteors, p

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We’ve Ranked the Attractions at Magic Kingdom and Here They Are!

10. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad It seems that several theme parks have a runaway mine train—but you’ve never ridden one like Big Thunder! Legend says that this neck of the woods is haunted. And from the looks of the ghost town called Tumbleweed, that legend might just be true! Board your mine cart deep in the mine and zoom past bedrock

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