You get to see up-close NASA’s launch and landing facilities including the chance to view a space shuttle launch! There’s no point in the debate if the NASA educational tour should be a part of your curriculum!
Departing from the Airport. Keep space in your baggage for gifts and shopping. Remember – Staying lighter is the key to a trouble-less tour experience. Your flight will arrive at the first port of entry into the USA, where you will be subjected to an Immigration and Customs check, thereafter you identify your luggage and leave it at the baggage belt for your next flight into Orlando International Airport. For most of you, this would probably be your First Long International Flight, and taking proper rest on the flight while making plans with your friends and colleagues what to see and what to buy, this journey will be enjoyable.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) located in Orlando; Orange County, Florida; is the closest commercial airport to Orlando’s world-class attractions, the Orange County Convention Center, and the downtown business district. On arrival in Orlando, you will meet your Tour Director check in your Hotel, Relax and get rid of your jet lag, If the time permits experience a walking tour of Orlando with eye-capturing views all around with your Tour Director. Dinner & walk back to your
After early Breakfast, Visit the Island of adventure: Island of adventure has perfected an excellent recipe for adventure – Around every bend is another epic adventure. Around every corner awaits another once-in-a-lifetime thrill. Take an unforgettable journey through the uniquely themed islands of Universal’s Islands of Adventure, where the world’s most cutting-edge rides, shows, and interactive attractions bring your favorite stories, myths, cartoons, comic book heroes, and children’s tales to life. It also has a state-of-the-art attraction that brings the magic, characters, and stories of Harry Potter.
After Breakfast, we’ll take you to visit Universal Studios; Universal Studios Orlando is growing faster than any other park in Orlando. In the spring of 2010, Universal Studios unveiled their 3rd theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Experience Star Tours & Tower of Terror.
The 200 square mile is part of Florida’s “Space Coast”, midway between Jacksonville and Miami, and 35 miles east of Orlando. Communities here include Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers many exhibits and experiences for the public; visitors also take a bus tour through restricted areas used by NASA for space launches. The Center is named for the President who committed the US to “race to the moon” in 1962. The Kennedy Space Center is entirely oriented to educational visits and intended to thrill and inspire kids with the history of the space program and the vision of space exploration. An action-packed educational tour starts with a guided bus Tour of Restricted Areas that takes you past: two giant launch pads; the Vehicle Assembly Building, the largest building in the world; the 3-1/2 mile crushed-rock “crawler way” along which the Space Shuttle gets hauled to the launch pad; the gargantuan “crawlers” that do the hauling (and crawl at about one mile an hour, traveling only 35 feet per gallon of gas.) Visitor Complex – your point of entry to the Kennedy Space Center. The Tour includes a stop at Launch Complex 30 Observation Gantry and the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Spend a few hours in the Apollo/Saturn V Center. In this Center is a fully restored 363-foot Saturn moon rocket- click above for a photo. Kids will wonder if this giant rocket is “real”: it is authentic, but is made up of stages for Apollo missions that were canceled. Also at the Apollo/Saturn V Center are the Lunar Surface Theater and the Firing Room Theater, which bring to life dramatic milestones in the Apollo moon landing series. At the Visitor Complex / Space Center, there are lots to see and do: Two I-Max Theaters A $60M “Shuttle Launch Experience” attraction Children’s Play Dome A replica of a NASA shuttle orbiter — you can tour inside Giant gift store, with space-themed Lego, K’nex, and lots, lots more The Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center that includes a resource center for teachers Space Explorer Program Lunch with an Astronaut The Astronaut Hall of Fame has brief simulator “training rides,” such as a simulated mission to Mars: can’t compete with any of the theme parks but still, this area is fun for kids and gives them a chance to run around and try different spacey stuff. Also visit Cocoa Beach & Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart Stores is an American public corporation that runs the largest chain of discount department stores.
Board your flight to Buffalo to Discover the beauty and awesome power of Niagara Falls on a trip from Buffalo. You’ll take a motorcoach for the tour of the falls on the US side, see all the sights, including a ride on the historic “Maid of the Mist” boat or the Journey behind the falls. Overnight at Hotel.
Board an early morning flight/Motor Coach to New York. Transfer to hotel (relax and freshen up). After Lunch visit Empire State Building, Take a guided tour of New York’s: Times Square Central Park World Trade Centre Site (Ground Zero).
Take a tour of United Nations Office Statue of Liberty: The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated in October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France Visit Ellis Island: Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the site of the nation’s busiest immigration station from 1892 to 1954. Take a guided tour of Midtown Manhattan, Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Centre, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trump Tower, FAO Schwartz. Overnight at Hotel.
Board your Motor Coach & Depart for Washington DC, Take a tour of the National Air & Space Museum, National Building Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Arlington Cemetery. Take an Illumination tour of Washington in the evening.
Take your flight back to India with lots of memories AH! What a tour. Arrive at “Home” by next day in the evening. Must have lots of stories for your friends, school, and family. Do not forget to share your picture album with them. Yes! You really experienced the
“World as a Class Room during last 12 days” isn’t it?
Here ends our NASA educational tour!
This information is primarily for parents: All our tours are teacher led. If you’re interested in sending your child a tour, please send us the contact information of the concerned teacher in his/her school. We will contact the school authorities and pursue it further. Once the school approves the tour, students can register for the tour.
Registration and Documentation: You need to fill in the registration form provided and submit the necessary documents (which will be informed to you) along with the registration fees.
Manage Deadlines: Triplou Educational Tours makes all the arrangements for your tour months in advance. It is important for you to adhere to all the payment deadlines provided to you to ensure that your child’s reservation is secure.
Get Prepared For The Tour: You will receive a detailed itinerary, details of hotels and a copy of your ticket from us. Students should spend some time on preparation work. Your child should read up about the places they are about to visit.
Read our instructions for students and packing tips. It is important to read the code of conduct for students and explain it to your child.
