I moved to Florida in May of 2013 for college, fro...

I moved to Florida in May of 2013 for college, from the Midwest. Sure, my hometown was great in its own way, but lacked any sort of excitement, so moving to Orlando was pretty high on the list.

In my first few weeks in Orlando, I was walking out of the grocery store, pushing a cart to my car, when I happened to look out of my peripheral and saw something I had never seen before. I know now that I was looking due West, and saw a bright light, moving up into the sky, with a smoke trail below it. Here I was, poor Midwesterner, standing in the middle of the parking lot, chin on top of my shoes, awestruck without knowing what I was looking at.

Obviously this is not something new to Florida, but definitely new to someone new to Florida. Another store patron walking through the lot definitely saw me gazing in the distance, leaned over and said, "They must've had a rocket launch tonight,". I had no idea that 50 miles East of where I was standing, I could see a rocket up close and personal.

I was 23 when this happened. At that exact moment, I felt every bit of childhood imagination rush back to my body, and excitement came over me. The next weekend, I drove out to Kennedy. I was a broke college kid, so I couldn't go inside, but I had to see this place. As I'm driving over the NASA Causeway, I can see the big orangish-red fuel tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis in the distance. I had goosebumps.

When I finally could visit the complex, I couldn't stop smiling, and who better to accompany me than my dad. The guy who gave me the world and then some, the guy who witnessed Apollo 11 in black and white glory, standing underneath a Saturn V rocket with me.

Have you ever had that overwhelming goosebumps feeling, with the overwhelming feeling of wanting to cry but not knowing why?

Picture this, you're on the free bus tour, sitting amidst children and octogenarians alike, driving through the main gates to the complex, taking a left turn, and seeing the VAB, a building you have grown accustomed to seeing, growing closer ahead. You drive up next to it on a day that the shutters are open, giving a glimpse inside the tallest single-story building in the United States.

This is the most underrated attraction in Orlando, but the absolute best value in more ways than one. Don't skip on this one to go to another Orlando attraction. This is one that your kids and you alike will enjoy and remember for years to come.