Second time I've done this tour, second time there's been no mock-up space shuttle to walk through. Very disappointed with the hotel pickups. The location I was given was an hour's quick walk from where I was staying near Universal and once we were on the bus, the drivers instructions regarding our day (when we should get back to the bus etc) were chaotic and difficult to understand. The coach also returns to Orlando too early (Kennedy is still open) and takes a ridiculous route around the hotels. It got to within half a mile of my pickup hotel, then drove all the way to Disney Land before returning to my hotel last. There were more passengers for my stop than any other, so making us all wait an extra 45 minutes was nonsense, especially as we could have walked the half mile in 10 minutes. Kennedy itself is OK. The shuttle ride is too quick and I was hoping for G-force (there isn’t any). Their tour round the various launch pads is a little dated as there's only one big shuttle pad left, however the Imax films are reasonable and there are a number of actual rockets to view (though no shuttle at the moment). The new Star Trek theatre show is clearly aimed at kids and the Kennedy museum on the other side of the causeway to the cape is disappointing as always, but for anyone interested in this part of America's history this is a must do tour (though based on your hotel location, the number in your party and the fact that the coach is effectively just a taxi to a theme park, you may decide that a hire car is the cheaper way to get there).
Fantastic trip. Would highly recommend. Worth the extra money to see out of the way parts of KSC plus very interesting to talk with the Astronaut at lunch. 3D IMAX of Hubble telescope was incredible
Wasted 1 1/2 hrs in front of KSC since we did not have tickets for ultimate tours. Driver PETE blamed to KFC. But I believe it is the fault of Pete and his company. He even did not talk about ultimate tour details in the bus. He kept explaining about regular tour always and he had those tickets handy with him. Ultimate tour should be the best but we could not see so many things because of morning long delay. Very frustrated. wasted big money.