Originally Posted by
SensFan
One thing to watch out for if you do decide to go - the traffic will be absolutely brutal on the way back. I went to STS-133 and it took the bus 5 hours to get back to Orlando.
Have a great time if you do go, it does end up being a long day but it is a sight to behold.
At least with STS-133 you avoided a last minute launch scrub. I was watching it on NASATV via Internet and was wondering if they would launch and at the very end they did...
I hope there will be no launch scrub this time either. No mechanical bugs or weather problems.
The air fares from Europe to Florida are frigging unbelievable at this time of the year. Why are they so high I wonder. I had to pay lots more than I thought for a stupid transAtlantic flight. Continental was the cheapest so this is what I got.
I am now investigating hotels. My best bet is the airport and bidding on Priceline.
I will be going to the KSC Visitors complex with a tour company. They will provide transport from various pick up points in Orlando and back.
I will be dead jetlagged as I will just get in late in the night and off to KSC the same day. I figured I can sleep on the bus.
I believe traffic will be a mad house maybe even more than for STS-133 as this is the one before last launch ever.
Atlantis with STS-134 will fly in June and then no more.
It will be years until they can do human flight again from KSC. The old Soyuz will be the transport of choice to the ISS. Old fashioned but efficient.