I had a connecting flight in Cincy. I too was an unexperienced traveler. You really shouldn't have any problems at all. As another said you will have time but not enought time to poke around. We had to get off the plane, we were in the back, get on a shuttle to another concourse and still made it in time. I went online to study the Cincy airport to become aquainted with the concourses before our trip. That helped greatly.