Arrive in Orlando, FL, where you check into your hotel for a six-night stay.  Dinner is included this evening at the Hard Rock Café.  Located at Universal Studios Orlando in the CityWalk entertainment complex, Hard Rock Café Orlando is the biggest HRC in the world.  With large, statuesque pillars, it stands majestically as a Roman Coliseum of rock, and boasts more pieces of music memorabilia than any other location. (D)

Today, enjoy a full day at Universal Studio’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  Follow in Harry Potter’s footsteps as you walk through the streets of London, and enter Diagon Alley™ where you’ll find many of the wizarding world’s most famous establishments.  Dine at the Leaky Cauldron™, see a wand choose a wizard at Ollivanders™ wand shop, and get ready to travel deep below Gringotts™ bank for a multi-dimensional thrill ride.

You will be able to hop back and forth between Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure with the convenience of a Park-to-Park ticket.  With a Park-to-Park admission ticket you can board the Hogwarts™ Express at King’s Cross Station in London at Universal Studios Florida and travel to Hogsmeade™ Station in Universal’s Islands of Adventure, or the other way around. (B)

Enjoy a day at Universal’s Islands of Adventure – Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade.  Explore the Wonders of This Wizarding Village.  Nestled at the foot of Hogwarts™ castle, you’ll find this snowcapped wizarding village bustling with enchanted shops, an inviting tavern and more.  Explore the corridors and classrooms of Hogwarts™.  Take off with Harry Potter™ and his friends to soar above the castle on a journey like no other.  Go far beyond the school grounds with Hagrid™ to brave the wilds of the Forbidden Forest on an all-new thrilling roller
coaster. (B)

Today, head to Florida’s Space Coast.  Enjoy free time at Cocoa Beach, known as the Last Stop Before Space.  Cocoa Beach is where astronauts and their families enjoy their time before launching to the stars.  Stroll down the Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier like Alan Shepard, and head to his park located behind Ron Jon Surf Shop, to enjoy the sun, sand and surf.  Dinner is included at a local restaurant this evening. (B,D)

Enjoy a full day at the Kennedy Space Center and see what’s its like to be an astronaut.  The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has many must see attractions, from space-flown artifacts to behind-the-gates tours.  This is your chance to tour – up close – NASA’s launch and landing facilities, experience interactive simulators, enjoy live shows and have jaw-dropping encounters with massive rockets.  Your Kennedy Space Center admission includes IMAX® space films, all exhibits and shows, the Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, and so much more.

The day also includes a chef-prepared lunch and the chance to meet a NASA astronaut.  Imagine hearing about life in space from someone who has been there firsthand!  You’ll enjoy a personal presentation by a veteran astronaut and an open question and answer session.

Explore the future of space exploration in Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Experience the interstellar travel of tomorrow while celebrating what is happening right now within our space program.  Discover the current innovations of space exploration by getting up close to actual spacecraft and see visionary designs for solutions to propel the pathway of human deep space travel.  Then, enter the spaceport of the future, preparing yourself to launch on one of four spectacular deep space journeys.  The thrill is within reach. (B,L)

Be a part of the next generation of space explorers that prepare for human’s deep space travel in the all-new Astronaut Training Experience^® Center – Exploring with Lockheed Martin, the newest attraction at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.  Mars Base 1 will bring you as close to training, living and working on the Red Planet as possible without ever leaving Earth.

Mars Base 1 is the only place on Earth where you travel to Mars to live and work for the day.  Set in a landscape of the future, Rookie Astronaut teams have the unique opportunity to manage the Base Operations Center on Mars, harvest vegetables in the Botany Lab, program robots to optimize solar energy intake and adapt to the challenges of living in the Martian environment.

Dinner is included at a local restaurant this evening. (B,D)

After breakfast, depart for home. (B)