While watching the space shuttle launch was our main reason to go to Florida, we also visited Downtown Disney which resembles a huge boardwalk with shops, restaurants, and lots of fun activities for kids. We rode this Peter Pan inspired balloon ride which went 400 ft up into the air. Downtown Disney also has an enormous Lego shop and Ben loved building with the duplos.
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The End of the Space Shuttle
On July 8, 2011 we watched space shuttle Atlantis take off from the Kennedy Space Center which marked the end of the manned space shuttle program. It was soo hot that day. We watched the launch with a hundred thousand of our closet friends. We were on the beach in Titusville just across the water from the Space Center. See the dock in the background? Those are all people crammed onto the dock. After the launch we headed over to the space center. Part 2 of our Florida adventure coming to the blog tomorrow!