disneylover81
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- Oct 29, 2014
I have a September flight scheduled from JAN (Jackson, MS) leaving at 6:30 pm that arrives in ATL at 8:45 pm with a 50 minute layover that departs ATL at 9:35 pm and arrives at MCO at 11:05 pm (which is the last flight of the day). Is this a good idea or cutting it too close? I have never flown to ATL so I am not sure of the airport size or layout, but I have heard how busy it is. We wanted to take the last flight that day so we could work at our jobs until lunch time, plus that would give us a whole park day the next day instead of losing time traveling. We could take an earlier flight that day, but would have to miss a whole day of work, which is going to be difficult. I have been seeing and hearing about many flight delays recently and I am worried a 50 minute layover, plus being booked on the last flight of the day may not be a risk worth taking. We will have a 2 year old, so being trapped in an airport for too long can be bad also. Last year our first flight got delayed in Memphis, but our connecting flight in Chicago didn't and we almost got left behind. The plane was not going to wait for us and we made it with just a couple minutes to spare before they closed the door. Definitely don't want to go through that again. I would love to hear some opinions on what to do or if anyone has any experience with this.