Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The space shuttle just launched, and we watched it from Epcot. I was at Epcot near the SSE camera center, and I noticed that it was 2:30pm edt. Looking off to the northeast, there was the contrail, with the tail of fire at the tip of it! I started to holler out to all the passersby to Look up! Over there! It's the space shuttle!! It's launching now!! How cool is this? This sort of thing hardly ever happened back in Rochester, MN. I told all the folks nearby that "Disney had arranged this shuttle launch just for their July 4th visit to Epcot!"
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Tell us 'bout it! I swear!! When is they gonna' stop launchin' those hunks a junk in the sky, anyways?! It's 'nuff ta blast a whole coven a witches on their way back ta Morva plumb off their broom sticks an' outta the sky--whilst one of us was just 'bout ta chomp down on a frog leg!!
Originally Posted By Labuda How very cool, ss! If I was one of the guests ear you, I'd have had you get a quick Photopass pic of me with SSE & the shuttle in it if at all possible. hehe
Originally Posted By trekkeruss There no bigger firework than the Shuttle! Too bad it wasn't a night launch hahaha.
Originally Posted By Crazy4WDW Witches - I'm so sorry that I've never even considered you poor dears! You must have been frightened half to death!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom How exciting! In terms of no greater fireworks, lets just hope this is going to be a successfull Shuttle mission. My 6 year old neice just got back from Robotics camp in Ohio. Apparently the familys of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew created a Robotics Camp for your children in the state of Ohio.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Oh course you all realize that the minute I heard that the Shuttle was up I immediately thought I would have liked to have been at EPCOT watching it take off.
Originally Posted By debtee Please excuse my ignorance. I had no idea that WDW and the launch pad where in the same proximity to each other! That sounds so cool. Did you get any pix??
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've always heard about seeing it from Epcot, but is it possible to see it from other parks? It seems like it could be seen from anywhere, but for some reason it only gets reported from Epcot. Maybe there is something about the Future World that just puts people in the shuttle mood.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN It's possible to be seen from most of Central FL in fact. All you have to do is look to the east and as long as you don't have a tall building or tree in the way... you will see it. I missed this one today since I have been doing chores around my home but I have seen it already a gazillion times. It's always fun to watch. I do enjoy the dual sonic BOOM! when it re-enters Earth. It sets off car alarms every where.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 How very cool-- I really want to see a shuttle launch one day...good luck to them all..hopefully a highly successful trip !
Originally Posted By hopemax Our very first trip to WDW, my parents drove out to the cape to watch Endeavor launch. Since I was majoring in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at the time, it was WAY cool. My husband (same major) has never forgiven me for that. However, I was a basketcase because my parents decided we should eat at 1900 Park Fair before we went, and on the monorail ride over, they were doing testing so it took longer. I was so afraid we wouldn't get there in time. We made it but only with about 20 minutes to spare. A couple years later, we saw another launch, but this time from the roads in WDW. DH was with us that time, so he did get to see it, but he missed out on the ground shaking, and the noise. We were at Castaway Cay when the Columbia did not make it home. We were hoping to get off the ship and go to the Space Center for the day in the aftermath of a successful trip, but that did not happen. But now my parents live there, and we have friends that live in Rockledge, so we hope that there will be many opportunities for him to see one.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I was soooo stoked to watch on TV today. I was cooking during the launch and when the actualy time came I stopped and watched in the usual awe and amazement. I am very drawn to the space program and it was a proud moment for our Nation, and on July 4 !!!
Originally Posted By Friar Tuck and Roll The shuttle launches are visible from most of the state of Florida, especially on the east coast. I have seen launches while I was Jacksonville and down here in Palm Beach county. Unfortunately for me, it was cloudy here so I did not get to see it today except on television.
Originally Posted By Roger55 Even though I don't live in FL, I have witnessed TWO lanches of the Space Shuttle. One time was at the cape, and the other time was at Epcot... well to be exact, above Epcot. I was in the Monorail from the MK on the way to Epcot and the launch took place. The monorail driver came on the intercom and announced that it was visible from the Monorail. We actually came to a stop and watched for several minutes before pulling into the Epcot station. How cool is that???
Originally Posted By smedley Yay, sounds like fun guys! We've seen a rocket launch, but never quite managed to be there for a shuttle launch. Although we were there once just before the launch, and saw the shuttle (sorry forget which one) on the shuttle pad with the surrounding scaffolding open, even that was pretty awesome. I have promised DH that at some point we will try and time a visit so that he can see an actual launch. Fingers crossed for a successful mission and reentry.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy I am at a loss why this topic got moved to "Community." Sure, we're talking about the shuttle launch, but it was about being able to see it from EPCOT, not from my back yard. The Admin group at LP.com is really stretching things here. My question -- if I'd managed to get a picture of the contrail rising up above Mission:Space, would the thread have been moved?
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Very cool about seeing the shuttle! We watched the International Space Station pass overhead last night. It was right on time at 9:40 pm. We stopped the fireworks and spend the five minutes tracking it from horizon to horizon.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m <<I am at a loss why this topic got moved to "Community." Sure, we're talking about the shuttle launch, but it was about being able to see it from EPCOT, not from my back yard.>> Aside from being able to see it from Epcot, this thread had nothing to do with WDW. Including in the subject line "Visible at Epcot" was a ploy to keep it in the WDW section because you only post in that section.
