Chris:

The new community opposite the entrance to CL looks just the same as it did when we were here in April...just a big expanse of bulldoxed earth with no buildings in site at all.

Daniel:

Just back in from the day out - we paid for the Combo Max tickets (got very carried away - cost a fortune) - these are the Max ticket with the up-close extra tour included.

All I can say is it was well worth the money. The guide on the extra tour was very good and answered all my techie questions. Also you get to get a LOT nearer things than on the standard tour...you get to get our of the bus at a seaftront location between launch pads 39a and 39b - the bus then includes right up to the base of both launchpads, a photo opportunity by the shuttle assembly building, the shuttle landing facility and lots of other behind the scenes stuff like the boneyard where sections of the originbal Appollo gantry and laying rusting away.

The tour lasts 2 hours after which you join up with the normal tour at the Appollo 5 building.

Then moved to the astronauts hall of fame and tried my hand at landing a Space Shuttle as KSC with their simulator...got it onto the runway first attempt but made a bad landing and crashed it...second time lucky though - not much different then landing a normal light single except much faster, very much steeper approach and a HUGE flare to land .

Fantastic day out - not enjoyed myself for so much for ages - children loved it too as they got to see loads of rockets and get inside them.