1. Astronaut: Some of the best beyond-Earth and space-launch scenes in Hollywood have been filmed here, including Apollo 13, Contact, Armageddon, The Right Stuff. No fan’s trip is complete without a visit to the American Space Museum and catching a launch at Kennedy Space Center.
2. Conservationist: Tap into nature like well-known environmentalists Jane Goodall, Steve Irwin and Jacques Cousteau with a visit to the Brevard Zoo or a sea turtle night walk.
3. Pirate, Viking, Knight or Hero: The Brevard Renaissance Fair hosts theme weekends where you can join in the fun dressed as your top movie pirate, viking, knight or hero.
4. Magician or Monster: Enjoy themed weekends for magicians and monsters at Boo at the Zoo. Or, get in the Hollywood spirit at the Haunted Jail Trail and the Foggy Bluff Dead and Breakfast Ghost Walk.
5. Santa, Grinch and Elves: The annual Surfing Santas event on Christmas Eve has become a costumed tradition unlike any other.
6. Champion Athletes: See a USSSA ballgame, bicycle like a Tour de France pro in Titusville, surf like Caroline Marks in Cocoa Beach, or hit the road like an Olympic runner in one of the Space Coast’s many running events. 
7. I Dream of Jeannie: The Cocoa Beach Half Marathon is full of running Jeannie lookalikes, with a contest to pick the best one.
8. The Wizard of Oz: Open since 2021, the Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral lets visitors travel down the yellow brick road to see screen-used costumes, props and more. 
9. Top Gun: See real military aircraft at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum.
10. Jurassic Park: Live out dinosaur fantasies at the Dinosaur Store and its two-story Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures.

For more information on hit movies, shows and commercials that have filmed in Brevard County, see visitspacecoast.com/film/filmography.

SOURCE Florida’s Space Coast