Theme Park and Travel Guide

The Space Shuttle Atlantis was in service for 26 years. She launched as a Rocket, flew as a Spacecraft and landed as a Glider. The Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) was wonderful. If you were just racing through, it is entirely possible to do in one day. But if you were like us reading the exhibits, doing the guided tours and meeting the astronauts, engineers etc, then one day is not enough. Although, I think we achieved a lot in our one day. We went on an organised bus tour (Take Tours/Grayline), which left Disney’s All Stars Music hotel at 8am and picked us up again at Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) at 5:30pm (the Centre shuts at 6pm). We only saw half of what was there at NASA!! There is a tour bus on site that takes you to the Apollo/Saturn V centre and it is recommended to do this first. Make sure you sit on the right hand side of the bus!   On the bus tour we saw the rocket launch sites, past and present (Space X) and launch viewing areas. There was a rocket l...

We went on a Wednesday and did not find it that busy at all. There is no need for Express passes we think during the week - provided you stay until park closing time, which was 7pm. However, being a weekday, there was also no parades on, so depends what you are into I guess. About 5pm, the rides are only 5-10 minutes long, and we got to ride the Transformers ride 3 times this way. Singapore is quite hot and hum id as you know. Quite a few of the rides had cooling down areas outside of them and fans running whilst you wait , particularly noticeable in the Madagascar ride queue. The Ancient Egypt area of Universal Studios was visually stunning. I  had heard that Universal Studios Singapore was very very photogenic, and I must say I think it is too! The Statues in Ancient Egypt were huge The Transformers ride was our favorite ride. Its a 3D ride. You board these futuristic cars and go on a journey from scene to scene and it appeared you ...