The Commander's Club

When we got accepted for this internship dreams of fun weekends filled my mind.  Growing up my parents took us on vacation here (mostly to Disney World) pretty often. Often enough that when I think of Florida I instantly think of FUN. Knowing that Disney World is just a tinsy part of all the fun things to do here, I got really excited. Rigby Lake and the Riot zone just don't compare to the Atlantic ocean, and miles of endless beaches. Not to mention Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Sea World, just to name a few... And the best part is we're about an hour or two from everything FUN. While we won't be able to do everything Florida has to offer ($$$) we are going to make the most of our stay. 

First up, The Kennedy Space Center. 

When we decided to go there was only a few dollar difference between a once time entry and an annual pass aka, The Commander's Club. Living close, we decided to become members of The Commander's Club and get neat badges, 20% off any food, 10% gift store stuff, get our free coins (totally worth it just for these bad boys), and revisit as often as we wanted. It was a blast! We watched one of the IMAX movies, saw about half of the sites, and ended with some Alien Vanilla Crunch Space Dots: the ice cream of the future! Yum. We'll be going back no doubt. 

There was a lot of facts and figures that I can't remember about all things space. One neat thing I do remember is the details about this building and flag:

The building is the tallest one story building ever built. It's where they build the space shuttles! The flag is painted on and it's HUGE. To give you an idea the blue area behind the stars is the size of a basketball court. Each star is the size of a king size bed, and you could drive a bus up each stripe. They repainted it about a year ago and it took over 700 gallons and almost a year to paint! 

This is one of the pads they launch space shuttles off. We're hoping to get to see one take off in August! We'll keep our distance though. Within 400' the heat of the take off will kill you and within 800' the sound will kill you! They pour 300,000 gallons of water on the pad during take off to help muffle the sound. Crazy. 

I won't bore you with anymore details but you should come visit us and we'll take you! We'll even get you $10 off your admission (perks of being apart of the Commander's Club!)

We had a really fun time and can't wait until our next visit.