From Port Canaveral to Tampa Airport?

[maryisme]

Hi All,

I've been checking my usual air route of MCO to NYC and they just keep going up on Jetblue!! From MCO to JFK for August 26 (inflexible) it is already $229 per person for that one leg. Wow! I've never paid more than $79 each way.

I started looking at other options. Tampa to NYC is $79 each way. What is the travel time like? I put it in mapquest and it came out with approximately 2 hours from the port to tampa airport.

Anyone with real time experience, I would appreciate any comments. There are 7 of us flying so this would save a substantial amount of money even with the rental car thrown in. Any advice, tips, discouragement would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mary

 

[CarolA]

I would plan on three hours as opposed to two.

First the traffic getting out of Tampa and on to I-4 can be BRUTAL. They are doing lots of construction there. ALso, they are doing construction on I-4 which can slow you down. And I-4 in Orlando can also be slow.

If it was me I would make sure to arrive a day early if I was doing this... this just adds a lot of potential complexities to the trip...

 

[maryisme]

Thanks Carol!

I figured it would take longer than 2 hours - thanks for a more realistic travel time. We will be able to arrive into MCO 2 days prior to our cruise. It's just the return flight that is so high. Planning..planning...and more planning.

Any more tips out there? Thanks!

 

[mom2jamie]

Southwest flies out of Jacksonville, Florida to Long Island. Maybe that would work for you. The schedule for August is not open yet but I would imagine in the next month or so that they would be. I did a quick search with the latest day of the schedule open as the date and it was $117 per person one way. It does have a stop in Baltimore. If you have ding loaded on your computer sometimes that have some great deals from Southwest. Hope this helps!!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

MapQuest says 138 miles and 2:18. That depends a lot on time of day. I-275 in Tampa can be very crowded. They do suggest bypassing the Disney area by picking up SR417 (The Greeneway) which I would agree with; this gets you on the Bee Line several miles East of Orlando Airport.

However, have you checked Spirit Airlines which flys out of LGA. I am currently booked at $284 round trip in their First Class for an April trip. I tend to fly between MCO and LGA 3 times a year.