DME time?

[jennf]

If I have a flight out of MCO @ 7:15am, what time would I have to board DME bus?

 

[MarBee]

In my experience it’s usually 2.5-3 hours earlier than your flight. So prob 4:15ish.

 

[caylene44]

I believe it's 3 hours before your flight time for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights. You can call the DME line to verify that though.

 

[FCDub]

Between 4 and 4:30 a.m.

 

[wendlle]

We took a Delta flight around that time in 2017, I must say getting up and ready by 4am with an 18 month old was brutal.

 

[sam_gordon]

For domestic flights, it's supposed to be 3 hours before the flight +/- 15 minutes. So your assigned pickup time will be between 4a - 4:30a. And remember you're supposed to be at the bus stop, ready to board 15 minutes before your assigned time.

 

[beccasmom]

Our recent flight home was 1:30 p.m.; pickup at the Contemporary was 10:30 a.m. We arrived at the airport around 11:45 after multiple pickups at the WL, Poly, and GF. Luckily, we had our boarding passes, had checked in our luggage, and have TSA Pre-Check, so we arrived at our gate with time to spare despite a busy airport.

We had an early flight home on our April trip due to SWA changing the departure flight (Maxx planes being grounded). Our flight was 6:00 a.m. and ME pickup was 3:00 a.m. It is very early.....we really didn’t sleep much the night before, but we were well aware of the early pickup time, so not a huge surprise. For that reason I really try not to book return flights earlier than noon, but that’s not always possible.

 

[Ralph&Pam]

For domestic flights, it's supposed to be 3 hours before the flight +/- 15 minutes. So your assigned pickup time will be between 4a - 4:30a. And remember you're supposed to be at the bus stop, ready to board 15 minutes before your assigned time.

And sometimes even a little earlier pickup for those early morning flights if the bus will be making more than the usual number of stops. DD had a 7 am flight last week with DME pickup from AKL at 3:30 am, a full 3.5 hours in advance. For these early flights, everyone has to bring their own luggage to the bus, since RAC will not be available. Loading all the luggage adds some more time to the trip to MCO, so DME may factor this into the schedule as well.