I will be heading to Kennedy Space Center late March. Going to be touring the center with my wife and her 91 year old mother. Mom is pretty mobile, does not need a wheel chair or a walker, but, does get tired after hours of walking.

I am looking for any tips, tricks, what to see, what to avoid items from anyone who has been there. Are there any guided tours we can get?
Having never been there, it looks like we will be spending about 6 or 7 hours visiting, hoping to get information to best guide us for the visit.
We have already booked a local hotel to facilitate an early morning arrival.

Thanks in advance.

I was there 25 years ago or so and yes there were guided tours in a bus as many of the displays are scattered over the facility.
It was a great experience and I can’t wait to take my granddaughter there in a couple of years.

We were just there in December over the Christmas-New Years week. To say it was crowded is an understatement. I told my wife we need to go back in a couple years, during a low tourist period if there is one.

We went to Universal and did a bus tour to Kennedy. Basically it was a bus ride from Universal to Kennedy with the guide telling us what to look for and gave us a map with the recommended sequence of attractions. The guide said for whatever reason that 3rd party guides were no longer allowed KSC so she gave us a ton of info on the ride out.

The only thing that really mattered as far as timing was going to the Apollo center. I would say definitely go out there and you'll want to go earlier rather than later.

https://www.kennedyspacecenter...ons/race-to-the-moon

You can only get there by bus from the Kennedy center, the bus is included with your ticket. Bus run continually every 15-20 minutes but they stopped early the day we were there due to a launch scheduled that evening.

If I remember correctly we got on the Apollo bus around 12pm, an hour or two before they stopped running them due to the launch.

We didn't do any of the pay-extra attractions as we wanted to make sure we saw as much as we could.

We stayed in Orlando and booked a Bus Tour. Bus picked us up at Hotel, drove to Kennedy and then did many stops to get out and look at exhibits. Kennedy is huge and Bus tour is needed. At the 'Center' they have displays, rockets, shuttle, etc. and gift shops. IIRC they don't give straws and cup lids so as not to pollute the environment. Thunderstorms popped up and if we were outside, the whistle blew and everyone had to get under something so as not to get hit by lightening. First time I have ever had to do that. Same at the pool at the Hotel.

Check reviews on Bus Tours to find a good one.

Have fun. It's an all day adventure

Kennedy Space Center has 2 areas. The area closet to the parking lot has exhibit halls,Space Shuttle ,Imex theater, rocket garden, food courts and souvenir shops.
The buses take you to the actual launch areas, the Apollo/lunar exhibit hall, food court and souvenir.
I like to see the exhibits in the time line- Sputnik, Test pilots, Mercury — Space Shuttle. Then take bus to see Saturn rocket, LEM, luner exploration. Return to see Imex , then to the car.

Thanks for the suggestions. I see that a two day ticket is a minimal extra charge. Looks like a two day visit could be best, afternoon the first day and a morning the second day to keep everyone from over doing it.

agreed - you will need two days to really absorb and enjoy the history and the science - you will go into overload pretty quick

I was last at KSC five years ago, and wish to go back - for me one of the better tours was the 'Then and Now' tour - don't know if they still operate that one.