{"id":199805,"date":"2026-03-20T23:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199805\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:42:16","slug":"space-coast-hotels-anticipating-nasas-moon-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199805\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Coast hotels anticipating NASA&#8217;s moon shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. \u2014 NASA\u2019s moon rocket is <a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/space\/2026\/03\/19\/nasa-returns-artemis-ii-moon-rocket-in-second-rollout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back at the launch pad<\/a>, ready for a potential April liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>Now that this milestone is complete, it sets the table for local businesses who are prepping for the crowds that will come to witness history, as America looks to slingshot around the moon for the first time since the 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s moon rocket is set for an April launch, spurring local tourism<br \/>\n<br \/>Hotels in Cape Canaveral and nearby areas report full occupancy<br \/>\n<br \/>Thousands are expected to visit, impacting local businesses positively<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt continues with each launch window, occupancy is there,\u201d said Wayne Soard, the general manager of Courtyard by Marriott Titusville.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning the space-themed hotel is fully booked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at our reservations, they are from all over the country, from the furthest points in Washington, California, so it\u2019s not just locals coming to see this one,\u201d Soard said.<\/p>\n<p>That has the Space Coast Office of Tourism all grinning.<\/p>\n<p>With thousands descending on the area to watch the launch, it means heads in beds at hotels like the Courtyard and cash registers ringing at local shops and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got Easter on that Sunday, so that week leading up is always a busy week anyway, so I think this is going to add to that, and so far, what we\u2019ve seen for spring break has been very, very strong,\u201d said Peter Cranis, executive director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Cranis says they\u2019ve reached out to more than a dozen hotels, which report they are all full leading up to the potential launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard that from a number of hotels up and down, from Titusville, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, even down on the Melbourne beachside,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A boon for the space-themed hotel hosting those looking for an out of this world adventure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt creates excitement outside the launch as well,\u201d Soard said.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the rollout is complete, NASA is aiming for an April 1\u00a0launch, with backup chances up until April 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. \u2014 NASA\u2019s moon rocket is back at the launch pad, ready for a potential April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2031,26539,36321,315,558,9143,26538,115,139,141,140,1769,135,14104,1316,835],"class_list":["post-199805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-local-business","tag-app-space","tag-app-tourism","tag-brevard-county","tag-business","tag-greg-pallone","tag-new-space-race","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-space","tag-tampa","tag-topic-latest-local-business-stories","tag-tourism","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}