SAVINGS FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FLORIDA

THe Offer

Between May 1, 2024 – August 18, 2024, Florida residents can save on admission to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex with a special offer!

For $159+tax, residents can pick up 4 tickets to use by August 18th. This is a savings of $141+tax if 4 adults visit or a savings of $130+tax for 2 adults and 2 children.

This ticket offer is only available at the park as you must show proof of Florida residency. You can do this by showing a valid Florida’s Driver’s License or utility bill.

How to Redeem

To redeem download and print off the ticket from the Kennedy Space Center Website. Arrive at the park! Walk past the self-service kiosks, the NASA Meatball and, the President Kennedy Presentation screen to the Will Call to Purchase the tickets.

What to do During Your Visit

The Kennedy Space Center has a lot to offer and thankfully, with Summer temps already upon us, most of the attractions are indoors!

Here are some of the things we think are must-do attractions!

  1. Take the Bus tour. – We highly recommend the Bus tour and if you get into the park early, when it opens, you can check out the rocket garden for a few minutes before hopping in line for the first Bus out to the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
  2. Apollo/Saturn V Center – The presentation at the Center will take you through the history of the Apollo Program from the failure of Apollo 1 through the climax of Apollo 11! See space suits, an actual Lunar Lander, a full-length Saturn V rocket and, much more!
  3. Atlantis – After you get back from the Bus Tour you are just a short hop away from the building where Atlantis is housed. Follow the progression of the Shuttle’s development in a presentation that ends with the grand reveal of the Shuttle Atlantis!
  4. Gateway – Within Gateway you will find more flown space hardware from a SPACEX CARGO DRAGON COTS-2, SPACEX FALCON 9 BOOSTER, to an ORION EFT-1 CAPSULE!
  5. ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO! – If you have little ones, you should definitely see All Systems are Go a presentation by Snoopy, Charlie Brown and, their pals about the Artemis Program and future space flight.
  6. Hero’s and Legend’s – Last on our list of must-do things, is the Hero’s and Legend’s building. Here you get a great presentation by the early astronauts and at the end, you get to explore the memorabilia from many astronauts and end up in the Astronaut Hall of Fame!

As you prepare for your visit to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, enjoy this video about Micahel Collins the Command Module Pilot on Apollo 11.

SeaWorld Pass Member Rewards – February

February 3rd marks the start of the Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld Orlando. We talk briefly about that and Pass Member rewards for the month in this week’s video. Enjoy!

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The American Space Museum

The American Space Museum is a small Space Museum located in down town Titusville, less than a mile from great river side launch viewing.

The museum has a collection of items from all eras of the space program from the early days of the space race to flight control panels that were used during the Shuttle program.

Enjoy the video below and then visit when you can!

Enjoy!

Aimee

Castillo De San Marcos

When people think of Florida, they think sand between their toes as they relax on the beach, or about getting a photo with their favorite character at the happiest place in Florida (You know where I am talking about).

But there is so much more to Florida, than the stereotypical image people have of the Sunshine State. In this video I will share with you one of the oldest attractions in Florida, the Castillo De San Marcos in St. Augustine Florida.

Timeline taken from the National Park Service Website

1513 Sailing from Puerto Rico, Spanish claim Florida.


1565 Spanish found St. Augustine and destroy French at Fort Caroline and Matanzas Inlet.


1672 Ground is broken on October 2 for Castillo de San Marcos.

1695 Castillo de San Marcos (curtain walls, bastions, living quarters,
moat, ravelin, and seawall) is finished in August.


1702 War of the Spanish Succession pits Spain and France against Austria,
Great Britain, and others. Coastal Georgia missions are destroyed by Carolinians en route to St. Augustine. Carolinians occupy and burn St. Augustine but the Castillo successfully resists their siege.


1738 Spanish governor at St. Augustine grants freedom to runaway
British slaves. Black families settle at new town called Fort Mose.


1740 St. Augustine successfully endures siege by British, Georgian, and
South Carolinian forces. Spanish attack and defeat British Highland
troops camped at Fort Mose.


1740–42 Fort Matanzas is built to block southern approach to St. Augustine.


1756–62 Fort Mose rebuilt in masonry. Earthworks at Mose extended
to complete northernmost defense.


1763 Peace of Paris gives Florida to Great Britain in exchange for La Habana. Castillo becomes known as Fort St. Mark.


1783 Peace of Paris recognizes independence of the United States and returns Florida to Spain.


1821 Spain cedes Florida to the United States.


1825 Castillo de San Marcos renamed Fort Marion.


1924 Fort Marion and Fort Matanzas are proclaimed national monuments.


1933 Fort Marion and Fort Matanzas are transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service.


1935 National Park Service begins exclusive administration of both
national monuments.


1942 Original name— Castillo de San Marcos— is restored.