Clearing Customs at MCO

[prairiesarah]

This will be our first time clearing customs at MCO. All previous trips we have flown through Minneapolis so cleared customs there. We are flying out of Regina on a direct flight with Westjet so no pre clearance here. Wondering what to expect when we get to MCO? I presume it will vary greatly depending on the time of day and how many other flights are coming in at that time. Will our Nexus cards/Global Entry speed up the process? (Only have used them once for this and there were next to no lines in MSP so not really any issue then). Thanks!

 

[SaraMc]

It’s been awhile but with Nexus you should have a dedicated Line and have no problem.

 

[Donald - my hero]

The only thing i can think of is to make sure you have the exact address of where you will be staying, just saying "Disney World" might not do if you get a stickler. We even had to provide the zipcode of the hotel once which caused a bit of a scramble (this was at a land crossing but they can still demand this detail at any point of entry)

 

[scrappinginontario]

We use Nexus often and find it speeds things up greatly!

 

[prairiesarah]

Thank you all - that's what I was hoping as far as our Nexus cards.

The only thing i can think of is to make sure you have the exact address of where you will be staying, just saying "Disney World" might not do if you get a stickler. We even had to provide the zipcode of the hotel once which caused a bit of a scramble (this was at a land crossing but they can still demand this detail at any point of entry)

That is good to know and not something I wouldn't have thought of to have written down somewhere. Our last trip I was a bit surprised by the intensity of the questioning and that was at a land crossing too. (very rural one though so they were likely wondering what we were doing out there in the middle of nowhere - seriously didn't see another car for 1/2 hour north of the border to an hour plus south of the border). Will definitely make sure I have all our documentation for the trip in order and easy to access just in case.

Thanks all!

 

[wdwgirl1]

From Moose Jaw! Hello! We always did the Delta flight out of Regina as well. We did the direct flight from Regina last April (Easter)- and we had no problems clearing customs in MCO. Was nice and smooth very little wait. I imagine it depends on when you arrive and how many flights are in line ahead of you- lucky for us there were none. You go through customs and then pick up your bags. Slick and easy (well in our car it was). Have a great trip!

 

[prairiesarah]

From Moose Jaw! Hello! We always did the Delta flight out of Regina as well. We did the direct flight from Regina last April (Easter)- and we had no problems clearing customs in MCO. Was nice and smooth very little wait. I imagine it depends on when you arrive and how many flights are in line ahead of you- lucky for us there were none. You go through customs and then pick up your bags. Slick and easy (well in our car it was). Have a great trip!

I am hoping this will be our experience too. It's such a novelty to by flying out of Regina on a direct flight to the destination.... So looking forward to getting away from winter for a week. There were some surprisingly good prices for flights in March and April (well April was better $ than March, but March was better for us to travel, some of the weeks in April were under $400 return on those direct flights).