Houston level 9 tour booked for a Monday, worth it to see the space center on Sunday?
Aug 25, 2019, 5:18 am
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Houston level 9 tour booked for a Monday, worth it to see the space center on Sunday?
I will only have 2 full days (a Sunday and a Monday) in Houston. I hadn't originally planned on going on the very pricey level 9 tour but decided to go ahead and book it. Level 9 tours are only on weekdays.
I've called the space center visitor info and they said it's ok that I use my included entrance into the SC the day before the level 9 tour instead of the usual day after.
Space Center Houston is a ripoff gives me the impression that perhaps I shouldn't bother going to the space center at all on Sunday and should see something else. I will be by myself and kid-oriented displays wouldn't be of interest to me. And, it sounds like the 90 minute tram tour w/the (normally $30) ticket would be redundant.
Thoughts?
I've called the space center visitor info and they said it's ok that I use my included entrance into the SC the day before the level 9 tour instead of the usual day after.
Space Center Houston is a ripoff gives me the impression that perhaps I shouldn't bother going to the space center at all on Sunday and should see something else. I will be by myself and kid-oriented displays wouldn't be of interest to me. And, it sounds like the 90 minute tram tour w/the (normally $30) ticket would be redundant.
Thoughts?
Sep 8, 2019, 2:00 pm
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I've only done the Space Center tour once, and it was before Sep 11, 2001 (just a few days before), and things were much different. Plus a co-worker got me some VIP tickets, which gave us nearly free reign of the place. It was amazing!
Sep 24, 2019, 3:28 am
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To answer my own question, it turned out to be well worth it to visit the exhibits at https://spacecenter.org/exhibits-and-experiences/ as the level 9 tour spent 0 time there. I did skip those tram tours (due to lack of time) as it seemed like they'd be redundant with some (or all) of the places the level 9 tour goes to. Seems like the tram tours would be a inferior subset.
Sep 24, 2019, 5:07 pm
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To answer my own question, it turned out to be well worth it to visit the exhibits at https://spacecenter.org/exhibits-and-experiences/ as the level 9 tour spent 0 time there. I did skip those tram tours (due to lack of time) as it seemed like they'd be redundant with some (or all) of the places the level 9 tour goes to. Seems like the tram tours would be a inferior subset.
Glad you found what you wanted.
David