An Unparalleled Luxury Experience: Door-to-Door Helicopter Service to the Heart of Space Exploration

Grande Lakes Resorts is proud to offer an exclusive, high-end adventure for our esteemed guests—a VIP Helicopter Tour to Kennedy Space Center, combining aerial sightseeing, private guided experiences, and world-class dining. This one-day intensive excursion redefines space tourism with unmatched convenience, luxury, and exclusivity.

Your journey begins right at your doorstep. Guests are picked up in the sleek Eurocopter EC130 helicopter from the Grande Lakes property, bypassing the usual 60–75‑minute car commute with a swift 18‑minute flight to Florida’s iconic Space Coast.

Before touching down, you will embark on an exhilarating sightseeing flight, soaring above some of the most historically significant locations in spaceflight:

• Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB): The iconic NASA facility where Apollo, Shuttle, and Artemis rockets were prepared for launch.
• Launch Pads 39A & 39B: Legendary sites for Apollo, Space Shuttle, and modern SpaceX/Artemis missions.
• Shuttle Landing Facility: Overlook the 15,000‑foot runway where Space Shuttles once glided home.
• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: An aerial view of NASA’s public visitor area, adjacent to the Blue Origin campus.
• Port Canaveral: Fly over Florida’s busiest port, with potential SpaceX booster landings on drone ships.

This awe‑inspiring aerial perspective sets the stage for the immersive ground experience ahead.

Upon landing at a nearby regional airport, luxury transportation awaits to take you directly to the entrance of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Your day is meticulously curated to include:

• VIP access to key exhibits, including the Apollo Saturn V Center—featuring the actual rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon.
• A guided tour of NASA’s operational facilities, with proximity access to the Vehicle Assembly Building and other restricted areas.
• Exploration of interactive pavilions such as the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit, astronaut encounters, and the Rocket Garden.

At midday, guests will enjoy an exquisite lunch at the Space Bar—a premier rooftop dining venue with breathtaking views of the Indian River and the Kennedy Space Center, just six miles away. The experience is enriched with special guest speakers, including esteemed figures such as Dr. Kirby Runyon.

Following lunch, guests are chauffeured back to the regional airport for a champagne toast before boarding the helicopter for a breathtaking return flight. As the sun sets over Florida’s coastline, you’ll reflect on a day of unparalleled adventure.

By early evening, guests are seamlessly transported back to Grande Lakes Resorts. With door-to-door helicopter service, luxurious amenities, and exclusive access to America’s space frontier, this tour is an experience unavailable anywhere else in Orlando.

This tour offers a fusion of aviation, space exploration, and elite hospitality—delivering an unforgettable journey into the past, present, and future of space travel, all wrapped in the luxury and sophistication that Grande Lakes Resorts guests deserve.