Where can we see a space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center in Orlando without a ticket?|100966

My girlfriend are going to Orlando for a week between December 1st and December 8th. We_d love to see the STS-120 Discovery launch on December 6th but it looks like they are sold out. Is their a place we can go to watch the launch without paying?

You can see it from anywhere in Central Florida. lol but if you want to get close you can really be on Coccoa Beach and really see it!

stand on the mainland or if you are lucky outside the fence . you should get a good view that way without paying even for parking

u can_t see it from orlando~~

You will want to try this park. It_s awesome, my friend and I traveled a few years ago to Florida and saw an STS launch. It was awesome from this location.

Have a blast (no pun intended).

You can_t see it from Orlando. Orlando is 60 miles west of Kennedy. I watched the last Discovery go up in Oct. From Orlando, take the 528 east towards Coco/Cape Canaveral. You will see lines and lines of cars parked on the side of the overpasses. You will be on the mainland but you will get a nice view I promiss. You will even feel the ground shake. You will see people who see to do this all the time, they bring thier chairs, coolers, radios and listen to the countdown. It is a nice area right along the causeway/water we watched the manatees play and even saw some dolphins. If you can go into the cruise/ports parking lot and park. We go their too late so we parked along the side (with everyone else) but actually it was worth it because we got out smoothly.

If you can_t get a launch pass I suggest you come to Titusville. Go east on
State Road 50 from I-95, to US-1. Go north on US-1 to the _Miracle City Mall_
at Harrison. Park somewhere north of this spot. Anywhere north along highway
1, or east (as far as you can) along highway 406 (402) is good (specifically
Sand Point Park), just as long as you can see the VAB and don_t have trees
blocking the view. If you can afford it, just pay the $10 to park in
someone_s yard along the river. Also you can try Jetty Park at Port Canaveral
(you will be south of the launch looking north). Space View Park claims to be
the best place to view Shuttle launches from Titusville

http://www.nbbd.com/godo/spaceviewpark/i��

If the tickets are sold out, an alternate source is Central Florida Tours

http://www.centralfloridatours.com/
They recently sold tickets for STS-114 for
$109 and seemed to have tickets for sale right up to the launch date. This
company picks you up and drops you off at your hotel in Orlando/Kissimee
(Disney World) area, and provides you with the same tickets you get from the
KSC Visitors Center. The commercial tour company has a more restrictive
cancellation and _relaunch_ policy than getting tickets direct from KSC
Visitors Center, and you don_t get a parking placard.