Port Everglades and more

[erionm]

If I'm reading correctly, MCO stands for the Air Force base that previously occupied the area?

Yes, McCoy Air Force Base.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

Have definitely stayed onboard the ship before in Nassau. To be honest, I'm not sure if I actually like doing that or not. On one hand, it's a pretty chill day onboard. On the other hand, a part of the cruise life is going to the different ports.

At the end of the day, I suppose that I should just choose Caribbean cruises that avoid Nassau. Or just choose other destinations.


No problem. I will edit my comment as well.

My guess is that Orlando has been trying to make OIA happen for a while. If I'm reading correctly, MCO stands for the Air Force base that previously occupied the area?

I have noticed that the Nassau days on board have become... well more like a day at sea. I would love to see numbers on how many people actually get off the ship in Nassau because the last two times we were there, it couldn't have been more than 25% getting off.

My Spouse doesn't get off at Castaway at all typically. He'll stay on board because he loves how empty it is.

I'm a big fan of the Dream, and the 5 night cruises can be nice because typically they include a Cozumel/Grand Cayman stop instead of Nassau.

 

[dcassetta]

Our news stations regularly refer to Orlando International Airport as "OIA" instead of MCO.

My guess is that Orlando has been trying to make OIA happen for a while. If I'm reading correctly, MCO stands for the Air Force base that previously occupied the area?

When I was kid. it was Orlando-McCoy and the runways were shared by both military and commercial aircraft. The civilian terminal was a long low building that ran parallel to the Beeline (528). The growth of Disney led to the growth of the airport and the new civilian terminal was built further south replacing the rest of the former military structures. The old civilian terminal was used by the package services for a while but was torn down later. Early in the WDW days, prior to Epcot being built, you could transfer at MCO and take a small plane to Disney using the small airstrip close MK. That strip had small bumps on it placed in a way that as the airplane went down the runway it played "When you Wish Upon a Star"

 

[holula]

The same happens in Denver: I see it commonly being referred to as DIA but the IATA code is DEN. DIA is a non commercial airport in Doha so not exactly close by.

There are lots of weird ones like MCO where the letters will relate to something in their history - for instance Nashville is BNA.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

The same happens in Denver: I see it commonly being referred to as DIA but the IATA code is DEN. DIA is a non commercial airport in Doha so not exactly close by.

There are lots of weird ones like MCO where the letters will relate to something in their history - for instance Nashville is BNA.

I always think "Banana" and thats how I remember Nashville's Airport code.

 

[RedHead0186]

The same happens in Denver: I see it commonly being referred to as DIA but the IATA code is DEN. DIA is a non commercial airport in Doha so not exactly close by.

There are lots of weird ones like MCO where the letters will relate to something in their history - for instance Nashville is BNA.

ORD for O'Hare is another odd one. MDW for Midway makes sense, but ORD doesn't to me!

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

Some interesting ones here!

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/ord-fru-msy-how-odd-airport-codes-came-to-be/#:~:text=ORD%20%E2%80%93%20Chicago%20O'Hare,a%20wartime%20aircraft%20assembly%20plant.