I was at Kennedy Space Center for the launch of Discovery, STS-120, on October 23, 2007. It was beautiful. One of the most incredible things I had ever seen. Then I got to crawl around Discovery in her processing facility and tour the launch pad (LC 39B) holding Endeavour in October 2008. Also incredible.
Saw it very clearly from the balcony of our suite in the new Contemporary Tower. For once it was better to have a room facing Bay Lake than the Magic Kingdom.