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[SM1992]

Agree with Ohiostatefan, we only take non-stops. We fly out of Providence and want nothing to do with layovers, changing planes etc. Even if it means giving up a park day, (we've been to them all already haha) we'll hit the pool or have a nice dinner to get ready for the rest of the trip.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

so torn and I was hoping others could give me their thoughts...

we are headed back to Disney in October - flying out Oct 16th and back on Oct 21st from RDU...

I am currently booked for this 5:30am departure flight out of RDU which has a layover in BWI and we arrive in MCO at 10am...

or I can switch to this non-stop leaving RDU at 12:15pm and arriving at 1:55pm....
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our arrival day is at least a partial park day but I'm trying to determine how important those 4 hours are to me of arriving at 10am vs. 2pm??

and if this was your arrival day which park would you do that day? We are staying at BLT and we'll be there 5 nights and will have 1 full park day per park so this partial day is a "bonus" park day AND I plan on getting tickets to whatever version of Halloween party there is...

Thoughts? and GO!

Normally I would say take the earliest flight but we almost always take a non-stop flight unless it's just literally not an option so my vote would be non-stop however with us only going about every 6 years we would be unlikely to use up a park day for just the evening. But that is purely an us thing. If you're okay with only a few hours in the parks I would go with non-stop IMO. I haven't kept up on things with their halloween stuff have they released party days? That may make a difference on park utilization with having that short day.

One other thing to consider I checked and saw they have a non-stop the night before (about $10 cheaper than the Sunday non-stop) that would arrive at 8pm. Would it cost a whole lot to stay at a hotel the night before? not necessarily BLT. Was just wondering if that would be feasible to both get you there at a decent hour the night before and allow for more park time on Sunday with hopefully having had no issues the night before getting into Orlando.

 

[Ensusieasm]

so torn and I was hoping others could give me their thoughts...

we are headed back to Disney in October - flying out Oct 16th and back on Oct 21st from RDU...

I am currently booked for this 5:30am departure flight out of RDU which has a layover in BWI and we arrive in MCO at 10am...

or I can switch to this non-stop leaving RDU at 12:15pm and arriving at 1:55pm....
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our arrival day is at least a partial park day but I'm trying to determine how important those 4 hours are to me of arriving at 10am vs. 2pm??

and if this was your arrival day which park would you do that day? We are staying at BLT and we'll be there 5 nights and will have 1 full park day per park so this partial day is a "bonus" park day AND I plan on getting tickets to whatever version of Halloween party there is...

Thoughts? and GO!

Nonstop. Less to go wrong and no 0-dark-30 trip to the airport.

 

[Avery&Todd]

I DID IT!! I just did it - I switched our 5:30am layover to the non-stop getting us in around 2pm...

and we'll just do a few hours in Epcot and *fingers crossed* be able to ride Guardians that afternoon/evening and perhaps get some pizza at Via Napoli for dinner since that's our favorite!!

I'm SUCH a pushover!!

 

[FCDub]

Layovers are fine. The mentality here around them is so weird.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Layovers are fine. The mentality here around them is so weird.

They are fine, that doesn't mean someone can't have a preference towards not having to take one.

And in our airport the cheapest flights generally are the non-stop flights.

 

[FCDub]

They are fine, that doesn't mean someone can't have a preference towards not having to take one.

And in our airport the cheapest flights generally are the non-stop flights.

Someone a few pages back said they would rather let their credits expire than use them to book a flight with a layover. That’s wild to me.

 

[Lsdolphin]

I’m sure you’ve thought of this but if you are staying longer you will want to book your park reservations ASAP as many are full/almost full depending on what type of tickets/AP you have.

Thanks but I’m good I have an AP and a resort reservation and haven’t had any problem with park reservations. I already had park reservations for the 3-9th and was able to cancel my park reservations for yesterday and today and add park reservations for my just added last 2 days the 10th & 11th. Have my 3 rd Boarding Pass and hoping it’s the lucky one for flight at 6:15 am tomorrow morning...we have an ECV coming from gold Mobility and they have been fantastic although they are pretty much sold out for this week they are delivering our ECV tomorrow and letting us keep for the extra 2 days. They have kept in touch with me via phone/text/email.

 

[Lsdolphin]

The question you have to answer is, if you take the flight that goes to BWI. How many other flights from BWI to MCO are available that day if something happens to your flight.

I am all about the non-stop flight. One less thing that can go wrong. I also understand, wanting to get to MCO and get your vacation started.

I fly from Cleveland to MCO in January. Regardless of the airline, we go non-stop, too many weather variables that time of year. You are a bit safer with weather, than I am in January. I will say this year we took a non-stop from Cleveland at 6:00 am (on Frontier). We were up at 3, drove 1 hour to Cleveland, flight, rental, drive, change clothes, off to EPCOT, which we were in the park by 11:00 am. But you are dragging because you are up so early.

I would take the non-stop flight. I would probably monorail to EPCOT and get some drinks and dinner!

There really are quite a lot of flights from BWI to MCO.

 

[CookieandOatmeal]

My MIL has decided that she will not come on our trip with us. I knew that there was a chance that she would cancel since my BIL has special needs so I booked her on a separate reservation. When I go to cancel it online, is there a way that I can make sure I get the security fee refunded back to my card instead of getting a travel fund? I booked the reservation on points so I really don't want to deal with any kind of travel fund situation. I know the early bird is a lost.

 

[EACarlson]

so torn and I was hoping others could give me their thoughts...

we are headed back to Disney in October - flying out Oct 16th and back on Oct 21st from RDU...

I am currently booked for this 5:30am departure flight out of RDU which has a layover in BWI and we arrive in MCO at 10am...

or I can switch to this non-stop leaving RDU at 12:15pm and arriving at 1:55pm....
View attachment 660120

our arrival day is at least a partial park day but I'm trying to determine how important those 4 hours are to me of arriving at 10am vs. 2pm??

and if this was your arrival day which park would you do that day? We are staying at BLT and we'll be there 5 nights and will have 1 full park day per park so this partial day is a "bonus" park day AND I plan on getting tickets to whatever version of Halloween party there is...

Thoughts? and GO!

I would book the non-stop and drop the partial park day. With airline schedules the way they have been for the last two years it's not uncommon for flights to change. Personally I wouldn't expect a park day on either arrival or departure days just so I wouldn't have to worry about it when the schedule changes. I"m also the type of person that gets upset when things don't go according to my schedule, I know I'd be very upset if I planned on a park day and couldn't do it. Much less so if I didn't have anything planned.

 

[ultimatefans]

My MIL has decided that she will not come on our trip with us. I knew that there was a chance that she would cancel since my BIL has special needs so I booked her on a separate reservation. When I go to cancel it online, is there a way that I can make sure I get the security fee refunded back to my card instead of getting a travel fund? I booked the reservation on points so I really don't want to deal with any kind of travel fund situation. I know the early bird is a lost.

When you cancel there is a radio button to select whether the taxes will be refunded as a travel fund or to the original form of payment. The default is travel fund so be sure to change that before clicking the confirmation to cancel.

 

[CookieandOatmeal]

When you cancel there is a radio button to select whether the taxes will be refunded as a travel fund or to the original form of payment. The default is travel fund so be sure to change that before clicking the confirmation to cancel.

Does it matter that the fare is a Wanna Get Away one? Thanks!

*Edit* I just did it. It was easier than I thought. Thanks!

 

[ultimatefans]

Does it matter that the fare is a Wanna Get Away one? Thanks!

If it's booked with points, then no, it doesn't matter.

 

[Lsdolphin]

Finally my 3rd boarding pass of this trip turned out to the lucky one...left on first flight this am out of BWI....plane was packed with a several people waiting standby who didn’t get on...every seat was filled then they they started asking people to move around to accommodate families with small children who I guess must have missed the time for such families to board before the “B” people. The line for security both reg and TSA were enormous even that early in the morning. last night I did the”free” offer for “Clear” which I figured I would just cancel before end of trial period but now I’m keeping it! It took about 5 minutes to complete the process and I was escorted right to the front of the line. Plane left right on time and landed a little early and bags were coming out by the time I got to baggage claim! I can’t believe I’m actually here! Weather had been calling thunder showers but it’s beautifu! Oh, there were several pilots that boarded and one of them told me that with the huge mess they had over the weekend they were Displaced and were being returned to MCO.

 

[MaggieBags]

Hi - our outbound was changed to a new time/different flight number. The original flight (same time and flight number) are still showing as available online. Why did they change our flight if it is still being sold? If I change it back is this just going to happen again?

Thank you!

 

[MarBee]

Hello, just double checking…I’ve never used EBCI before but have it for a flight that departs at 7:20 PM on Thursday. I thought that meant I did nothing and at 7:20 AM on Wednesday I would be automatically checked in. However, when I just looked at my app, there was a message above the trip reservation that says “check in is 24 hours before departure.”
Is this just a standard message that does not update even if you have EBCI? Or is there a mess up and my EBCI was lost?
I really don’t want to fight through the call queue to ask customer service myself, so I was hoping someone with EBCI experience could help.

 

[sandam1]

Hello, just double checking…I’ve never used EBCI before but have it for a flight that departs at 7:20 PM on Thursday. I thought that meant I did nothing and at 7:20 AM on Wednesday I would be automatically checked in. However, when I just looked at my app, there was a message above the trip reservation that says “check in is 24 hours before departure.”
Is this just a standard message that does not update even if you have EBCI? Or is there a mess up and my EBCI was lost?
I really don’t want to fight through the call queue to ask customer service myself, so I was hoping someone with EBCI experience could help.

You still have to go through the check in process (i.e. hit the button) sometime in the 24 hours before your flight. The difference is that a computer has already assigned you your boarding number in the background instead of happening when you press the button.

Your EBCI should be visible somewhere on your reservation page if you look at the flight information if you want to double-check.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Layovers mean another chance to screw stuff up. I don't believe I'm getting where I'm going until the plane leaves the runway

 

[Avery&Todd]

So DH and I head to Vegas next month - 39 days to be exact but who's counting?? HA!

I reached out to SW via FB messenger and asked if they knew of any more changes to May flights between now and then and they said "We don't have any further anticipated revisions to our May flight schedule at this time. We look forward to welcoming you onboard again soon. -Kayla"..

Which is kinda a bummer since we have horrible flights and won't be getting into Vegas until 3pm....

I assume that Kayla @ SW is pretty knowledgeable and knows if they'll be having any more schedule changes, right?

and if I want to reduce my round-trip SW flights to a non-stop I can just go into my flight and "change it" right? To eliminate just a leg and basically convert it from a round trip to a one-way without changing the other leg that I want to keep?

Thanks!