Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour — Local services in Cape Canaveral

The initial bus tour that gets you to the Apollo visitor’s center is both essential, and worth it. But one thing that you just have to mentally prepare for is that you won’t be able to see everything clearly — some stuff will be off to the right, and some off to the left.

If you sit off to the right, you’ll have a clear view of the iconic rocket staging building and one or two of the launch pads. But if you sit on the left, you’ll have a clear view of the Space X launch pad and staging area. It’s a mixed bag — don’t be afraid to lean in over the people across the aisle and snap photos. Just don’t hesitate to let them do the same.

It’s about a 20-minute ride and is reasonably informative, mostly from a pre-recorded video presentation that seems to be timed with the bus tour.

It eventually drops you off to the Apollo visitor’s center. Do yourself a favor and go right to the presentation right there. We made the mistake of hopping right off to go to lunch and ended up having to go back and view the experience with another crew coming off...

The bus tour included with general admission is informative and has a stop at the Saturn V building. Our bus ride was about 30 mins to get to the building and about 15 mins to return. The return trip is more of a direct path. The trip out diverted around the VAB and also paused near another set of buildings. The first bus we were on seemed like it was almost brand new. The second bus was a little older and a little more cramped. Our youngest had a hard time seeing the video screens overhead on the second bus. Tip: sit on the right side of the first bus! We didn't get a full appreciation for everything as we couldn't see well from the left side. I've attached two photos to give you a comparison. Since the bus takes different paths to and from the drop off point, we missed out on some great photo...

Arrived at Space Center at 9 am on a Monday, 2/1/2022. Parking lot was pretty empty. Ticket kiosk reported bus tour tickets were unavailable for the day. At the place people were catching the bus, staff were loudly announcing have tickets ready. It was assumed there was another way we needed to get tickets ahead of time. Found out 3 days later bus tour was included in admission but kiosk did not help us make a reservation for the bus. We missed a major part of our visit because the park and it's website does a really poor job in helping people get the needed bus ticket. Website should allow you to reserve a time. OLD SYSTEM OF VISITONG THE SPACE CENTER...