If you're in Florida you absolutely must make at l...

If you're in Florida you absolutely must make at least a day available for visiting the Kennedy Space Centre.

It may sound like "organised fun" but it pays to plan ahead. Take the bus tour as early as possible.

There's a free bus tour with a video guide, but we paid for the KSC Explore bus tour which has a live tour guide (ours was a retired NASA engineer whose claim to fame was being the guy who did the countdowns).

The Explore tour also includes three stops. One is at a quite remote set of bleacher seats used for launch viewing, the next at the launch complex 39 viewing gantry and the last one at an observation camera site close to the launch pads. They're about as "up close and personal" as the operation of the space center allows.

Everything about the Visitor Complex is well staged and well curated. It may feel like it's managed more like a theme park but there is something for everyone.