DH and I watched Endeavor take off from the causeway on Feb. 8, 2010 at 4:14 AM. We spent some time waiting in the Kennedy Space Center, saw the IMax movie before heading out on a bus to the causeway at about 1:00 AM. The launch was originally scheduled for 4:30 AM on Feb. 7 and was scrubbed with only 9 minutes until launch, so we spent 2 nights in a row from about 1:00AM until about 4:30. It was FREEZING when we were there otherwise the air of excitement on the causeway would have been a lot of fun. (And we are NOT all-nighters any more, not even on NYE!) Perhaps it was because we saw the last true night launch but the wait to get through security was a couple of hours on the first night (a Saturday night), almost no wait on the second night (a Sunday night). We tried many times to see a launch when we were visiting Disney but our timing was never right. I can't tell you how thrilled we are that we finally succeeded. I made a DVD movie and photo slideshow and a photo book. We will cherish this memory forever. Good luck in trying to make this happen for your family.
I think we are going to do it and we will drive to give us more flexibility. Yeah, 3 days in Disney and a launch!!!
I'm curious, the information from KSC said if you used your bus ticket and the launch was canceled, then you couldn't use it again. But it sounds like you were able to use yours the next night. Did I misunderstand it?