Space Camp

I can’t say enough good things about Space Camp! My 7 year old son and I attended the 3 day family camp and had nonstop fun! Before we went I was wondering how my son’s attention span would hold up but he was genuinely interested in everything we were doing. From mission simulations to building and launching model rockets to learning how astronauts live in space, the whole weekend was so interesting! I want to include a few things in my review that I had questions about before going. - Families are assigned rooms in a dorm style facility onsite. There are bunkbeds and community bathrooms. If you don’t sleep well with noise or like community bathrooms (like me!) then I stayed at the Marriott hotel. It’s within walking distance to Space Camp so we didn’t even have to drive our car. - The days are long but so worth it! The days start early and you’re going from one event to the other. - You are fed breakfast, lunch and dinner in the cafeteria and the food is pretty good! They had a salad bar each day. - Our camp counselor, Rachel, was amazing! They work really hard and are with you the entire time. My son has already been asking when we can go back. I highly recommend!

Good experience.. but need information on how to join the kids camp.. my boy having a blast for the day! Need also more food option inside..

This is the 2nd year our child has attended Space Camp and his first year attending Aviation Challenge. They absolutely love this place, the kids has activities planned all day. Activities like ISS resupply missions, scuba diving, flight simulations and much much more. The team building aspect is on point. Considering it’s 6 days 5 nights with meals and lodging the cost is on point. If you have a child who likes space, or flying I would recommend they attend a week, they won’t forget it.

I am an Advanced Space Camp Graduate from Perth, Australia. I cannot stress how amazing Space Camp was! My mates and I had the time of our lives crashing NASA Space Shuttle simulators and having half of our crew go insane and mutiny on a day-long simulated mission to Mars! The F-15's at Aviation Challenge were amazing too, and the Crew Trainers are incredibly patient, passionate and incredibly knowledgeable on their subjects. It was clear to us all that they WANTED to be there, something you don't find very often in teaching these days! Mark was our crew trainer!!! Mark, if you ever see this review, I cannot thank you enough for all of your effort that you put into our group and the enthusiasm and encouragement you brought to the experience was literally life changing. I couldn't have asked for a more genuinely nice person to be our guide in Alabama, and for that, both me and my entire group are eternally thankful. WE LOVE YOU MARK!!!!! YOU'RE THE MAN!

Family space camp was everything we hoped it would be. It’s rare to leave a spot and have all three kids (ages 8, 10, 13) say how much they loved a place. The bunk beds aren’t the most comfortable but it’s camp. So if you can bring a thin blow up pad for a sleeping bag do it. 100% worth the money for the experience. The cafeteria food was good although they always ran out of the salad bar. I’m gluten free and they always had an option for me.

This is a once in a lifetime experience for your child. Book early because places fill up. The kids are housed in a "habitat" and get to do a low key version of astronaut training. My grandson will remember it forever and talked about it non stop. You drop the kids (ages 12-14) off Sunday afternoon and pick them up Friday or you can make it a family vacation and stay with them.

It was my child's first time at space camp. With the covid precautions I was a little dubious, but they kept the kids engaged and safe. my child has expressed an immediate interest to return next year. Couldn't be more pleased. Edit: just dropped off for year three. I am anticipating coming again next year. It's been a great experience each year.

As a former 6th grade camp attendee I felt like the camp experience was lacking actual learning. The space camp was focused more on having fun in vaguely space related activities than actually learning about plans for future missions or even past missions such as Apollo or Gemini.