I took this tour with the admission ticket add-on as well as lunch with an astronaut Tom Jones I believe and I wasn't disappointed at all. it was AMAZING! The space center has tons of interactive exhibits, a couple of imax movies and lots of presentations by experts. There's lots for people to do of all ages. The rocket yard was really cool as well at the actual Atlantis space shuttle! The tour guide with Dolphin Tours was funny, and personable. Next time I'm in florida, they're at the top of my list of tour guides for me and my family.
The full day trip out to the Kennedy Space Centre was a fabulous trip and was a Bucket List item for me. Having grown up watching the Gemini and Apollo space programs to finally get to go out to the famous launch pad 39A where all the Apollo launches were made, as well as all the Space Shuttle launches was for me very special. The tour guide and driver were very professional and knowledgeable and made for a good day. There is so much to see that I wasn't able to see it all. A bit more time at the end of the day would have been much better. The coach was well equipped and comfortable. I just wish that there were a few more hotel pick-up as I had to walk a fair distance in order to pick up the coach at a designated pick-up hotel. As well as seeing all things space we were also able to see alligators in the wild. They were all over the place in the creeks and open road drains out to the KSC. We also saw a couple of Manatees which was so lovely. This trip was very good and can highly recommend it particularly for anyone who has a real interest in the space program.
This is definitely a must see for anyone going to the Orlando area, especially first timers! The tour operator gives museum geeks like us sufficient time on site to absorb all the information available once the tour is over. The only negatives were the fact that as a captive customer base you had to pay exorbitant prices for really bad stadium food in the visitors cafeteria and initially we were just in front of a REALLY ROWDY group of high schoolers on a field trip. Kudos to our Space Center tour guide who waived these philistines through.