SKYVENTURE

OK SO IF YOU ARE EVER IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, ALL YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT IS DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL AND OTHER TOURIST TRAPS BUT SKY DIVING IS PROBABLY THE BEST TRAP TO EVER FALL INTO! IT IS ACTUALLY COSTS ABOUT THE SAME IF NOT LOWER THAN A PARK TICKET, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY COASTER OR RIDE IN ANY OF THE DISNEY/UNIVERSAL PARK! AFTER GETTING SUITED UP, YOU JUMP INTO A VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL THAT SIMULATES FREE-FALL! EACH RUN IS THE SAME AS ONE ACTUAL JUMP AND YOU GET TWO RUNS! AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT IT REALLY IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH TOURISTY! YOU DO NEED TO CALL FOR RESERVATIONS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASONS THOUGH. THIS PLACE IS COMPLETELY LEGIT THOUGH, PROFESSIONAL SKY DIVE TEAMS AND EVEN THE MILITARY USE THIS PLACE TO PRACTICE BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING UP IN PLANES HUNDREDS OF TIMES! I HAVE RIDDEN EVERY RIDE AT BOTH UNIVERSAL AND DISNEY PARKS IN ORLANDO AND THIS IS THE ALL-TIME BEST THING TO DO EVER! 

EARLY MORNINGS

SO ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, WE WOKE UP AT 12AM TO DRIVE FROM ORLANDO TO TITUSVILLE, FL TO GO TO SPACE VIEW PARK TO SEE THE SHUTTLE LAUNCH! IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EPIC THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! THE ENGINES LIGHT UP THE SKY ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANTED TO! A SHORT WHILE AFTER YOU SEE IT, YOU HEAR AND FEEL IT. THE RUMBLE IS HEARD AND YOU CAN FEEL THE AIR PULSING AROUND YOU! ONCE IT IS HIGHER, THE BOOSTERS FALL OFF, AND THEY ARE OFF TO SPACE AND AN AWESOME GLOW APPEARS AROUND THE SHUTTLE WHEN IT IS EXITING THE ATMOSPHERE. THE LAUNCH WAS AT 6, BUT WE HAD TO BE THERE AT 3 TO EVEN GET A PARKING SPACE! AFTER SOME CAMERA TROUBLES, THESE ARE THE BEST PICTURES I HAVE.