Magical Express. What's too early? What's too late?

[Peter_noPan]

I'm looking to book a flight for my family.

How late does it run and how early can I get to the air port?

There is a flight that would arrive at 10:00 pm, but after getting bags and who knows if it's late, my not be at the counter until 11. The bigger question is a 7:00 am flight. Does Magical Express run that early? And if so, what time would I need to be picked up? If it maters, I am looking at flying on Delta.

Thanks

 

[maxiesmom]

Magical Express tuns 24/7. They will pick you up to go back to the airport around 3 hours ahead of your flight.

 

[sam_gordon]

DME is 24/7.

There are some caveats though...

* If arriving at MCO after 10pm, Disney will not automatically collect your bags, you need to do so from baggage claim and take them on the bus with you. The general consensus is if your flight is arriving after 7pm, you might be better off not using the luggage tags (bags are supposed to show up within 3 hours of checking into your resort, which will be 60-90 minutes after you land).
* If your flight leaves before 8:30a (leaving Florida), you won't be able to check your bags at the resort and will need to take them on the bus. You have to have your bags completely checked in 3 hours before your flight and the Resort Checkin doesn't open until 5am.

Your assigned pickup time will be 3 hours before your scheduled flight (+/- 15 minutes). So you will be assigned a time between 3:45am & 4:15am. You are expected to be at the DME pickup location, ready to board the bus 15 minutes BEFORE that scheduled pickup time.

 

[beccasmom]

We once arrived at MCO well past midnight due to thunderstorms delaying our outbound flight. It happens. We had no problems getting to the resort on DME. You'll be fine.