Hello,
I'm new to this forum - I hope you don't mind me part-hijacking your thread, but the trip I have (semi-)planned is very similar to yours.
My itinerary looks something like this:
Day 1 - Fly to Tampa
Day 2 - Get married, Big Cat Rescue sanctuary.
Days 3,4 - lazing around at a nice hotel
Day 5 - drive through Everglades, fly-boat ride at the Everglades Safari centre, on to Miami
Day 6 - Kennedy Space Centre. (If I can tie this to a shuttle/rocket launch, so much the better!)
Day 7 - Miami
Day 8 - Drive to the Keys (destination undecided)
Days 9,10 - lazing around in the Keys
Day 11 - Fly home
I've posted here rather than start my own thread because much of the advice given to you is useful to me, but I also have a few other questions to ask the kind people on the forum. My partner is disabled, and can walk (with crutches) only for short distances, beyond that she needs a wheelchair or scooter. Is there any part of this plan that is impossible, or difficult, with scooter hire involved? Also, for a 40ish couple who like the quiet life, where's a good spot on the Keys?
Hope you enjoy your trip, Lesley, and that you can come back with high praise for the area to convince me to go.