DME or are we too early?

[schoonersky]

Our Delta flights leaves MCO at 7:10am. Will we still be able to check our luggage and take the Magical Express or are we too early for that? Our flight is domestic, to Bangor.

Thanks!

 

[Alexander]

You need to check your luggage, I believe at least 3 hours prior to your departure, and I don't believe the Airline/Resort Check-in Desk is open that early. Anyone? I don't book the early flights anymore, so it's been a while.

 

[CleveRocks]

Our Delta flights leaves MCO at 7:10am. Will we still be able to check our luggage and take the Magical Express or are we too early for that? Our flight is domestic, to Bangor.

Thanks!

You will be able to take the DME bus back to the airport, but you won't be able to use Resort Airline Check-in to check your luggage.

DME itself is a 24 hour a day operation. But Resort Airline Check-in (which is separate from DME) operates at each resort from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, and it is required that you check-in a minimum of 3 hours in advance on the same day. Since the RAC desk opens at 5 a.m., that means anyone with a flight departure before 8 a.m. aren't eligible to use RAC.

But, like I said, you will still get the DME bus ride back to the airport. You'll take your luggage to the bus, the driver will load it under the bus for you, and will unload it for you when you are dropped off at the airport. Then you'll go with your luggage to your airline's ticket counter, OR you can use your airline's curbside check-in if your airline offers that at MCO.

 

[schoonersky]

Thanks! I would have been fine if the airline hadn't changed the flight on us. Oh well!