Need some assurance please about MCO

[Brumeiser]

Well enough is enough with these airline prices. We are not sure if I can get off work or not but we went ahead and booked with Spirt flying from Detroit to MCO for a June trip. What happened tonight is unreal and we were shocked. We were planning flying Allegiant from Toledo to Sanford at their 84 fare and for the three of us it went up from 570 with fees up to close to 925 dollars. With the fees at Spirit it was 666 dollars. My wife is hesitant about flying to MCO because of the size and really how bad is this airport on getting around? Can I get some opions from this board on navigating this airport? We really enjoyed the Sanford Airport but flying to MCO saved us 259 dollars so we will try out this airport.

 

[dudspizza]

Well enough is enough with these airline prices. We are not sure if I can get off work or not but we went ahead and booked with Spirt flying from Detroit to MCO for a June trip. What happened tonight is unreal and we were shocked. We were planning flying Allegiant from Toledo to Sanford at their 84 fare and for the three of us it went up from 570 with fees up to close to 925 dollars. With the fees at Spirit it was 666 dollars. My wife is hesitant about flying to MCO because of the size and really how bad is this airport on getting around? Can I get some opions from this board on navigating this airport? We really enjoyed the Sanford Airport but flying to MCO saved us 259 dollars so we will try out this airport.

I think MCO is VERY easy to navigate. Simply follow signs and you will be able to easily find your way.

I found that looking at the MCO website, I was able to visualize how things are. Here is the web address http://www.orlandoairports.net/goaa/main.htm

You can see terminal maps and other images here http://www.orlandoairports.net/goaa/ops/term.htm

Have a wonderful trip!

duds

 

[Brumeiser]

For the links to click on. This will help me study the airport before we go. Yes i looks huge but maybe with a little studying we will be able to figure this out.

 

[DebbieB]

I fly alot for work and MCO is one of the easiest ones to get around. The layout is pretty straightforward.

 

[dudspizza]

For the links to click on. This will help me study the airport before we go. Yes i looks huge but maybe with a little studying we will be able to figure this out.

I love airports and have flown all over the world (dad worked for uncle sam). If you make sure you read signs, you should always be able to find you way around. MCO does seem large, but in essence, it really isn't. I think people get concerned with Side A and B which really are opposite sides of the same building.

You won't have any problems.

Duds

 

[ducklite]

If you can figure out that hellhole in Detroit, you'll find Orlando a breeze!!

Anne

 

[ohiomom28]

I flew into MCO for the first time last week and it was very easy to navigate. It is huge, but as long as you get on the shuttle and watch for signs to where you need to go you'll be fine.

 

[kirbsam]

If you can figure out that hellhole in Detroit, you'll find Orlando a breeze!!

Anne

ha, ha...too true

 

[WillCAD]

MCO is very erasy to navigate.

Overall, the airport consists of five buildings - a Landside building and 4 Airside buildings where he actual gates are located.

When you arrive, you will be in one of the Airside buildings. From that building you take a short (few hundred feet) monorail ride to the Landside building, or main terminal.

The Landside building is rectangle-shaped. The long sides of the rectangle are called Terminal A and Terminal B, but there are really just opposite sides of the same building. Various important things are laid out in straight lines along these sides:

Level One has ground transportation, including DME, Mears, rental cars, airport shuttles, and taxis.

Level Two has baggage claim.

Level Three has all of the airline check-in counters, the security checkpoints, and the monorail stations to the Airside buildings.

When you get off the monorail in the main terminal, you will be on Level Three. Follow the crowd to the nearest escalator, go down one level to Level Two, and look for the overhead signs that will tell you which belt your flight's luggage will be on. Baggage at MCO is very fast - it will tak only a few minutes after you arrive at the belt for your bags to start coming out.

When you have your bags, go down one more level to Level One. Again, there are signs all over to tell you where to go for your ground transportation option. DME is only on the Terminal A side, but all of the other options (rental cars, taxis, hotel shuttles) are on both A and B sides, so it's easy to find them.

If you are flying in on Spirit, you will come into Airside Bldg 3, between Gates 30-59. On the diagram below, that's on the left side.
Here is the terminal diagram:

Happy flying!

 

[bicker]

And MCO is much closer to WDW!