Venting

[Disney Pal]

We just found out my brother was getting married in October and we have reservations for the same day our trip was planned to start. I'm venting because I CAN"T GET A FLIGHT SAT PM AFTER 8:40 in any Jersey/NY/PA area unless I have leave at 11pm have a 8 hr layover in Boston and arrive in am. Why is this????REALLY? I'm so bummed! This is the Northeast when NY never sleeps

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

People don't want to take flights late at night except for red-eyes. Also, some airports have noise restrictions at late hours or close at night.

 

[Lewisc]

A 9:46 N/S Jet Blue flight from JFK arrives at 12:30a. Orlando is a family destination. I doubt there is demand for a flight which lands later.

 

[Disney Pal]

I checked Jetblue when we're flying and I didn't see anything for that night.

 

[Lewisc]

I didn't check in October. My point is passengers don't want to arrive after midnight. There are relatively few flights that are scheduled to land in MCO after 10p and virtually no flights scheduled to land after midnight.

 

[Greysword]

The ITA Matrix is showing a number of flights each Saturday in October leaving Newark (EWR) or PHL about 8:45/9PM for Orlando/Tampa.

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/view/calendar?session=3709937d-613f-4837-85d9-f613fb3663e3

Take the info from the ITA Matrix and call the airline. if they do not show availability, read them the info ITA has listed.

Good luck!

 

[dzneelvr]

Armed with flight schedules, is it possible for you to move your start date to the Sunday and add a day onto the resort at the end? If you are staying onsite it's been easy for me to revise a resort stay either way in the past. Otherwise, losing the Saturday night and taking the earliest flight on Sunday will give you a full day at Disney anyway without paying for a room just to sleep for a few hours. We had a very late flight once and finally got to our room after 1am when all was said and done. Not sure that made much sense as we thought about it later

 

[Lewisc]

The ITA Matrix is showing a number of flights each Saturday in October leaving Newark (EWR) or PHL about 8:45/9PM for Orlando/Tampa.

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/view/calendar?session=3709937d-613f-4837-85d9-f613fb3663e3

Take the info from the ITA Matrix and call the airline. if they do not show availability, read them the info ITA has listed.

Good luck!

Your results link doesn't work. I think your session expired.

OP said he couldn't find a flight after 8:40. An 8:45 or even 9p flight isn't that different. There is a 9p N/S to Tampa but nothing to Orlando.

ITA Matrix offers plenty of flights with long connections. A 12 hour travel experience? Getting the first N/S on Sunday morning makes more sense.

 

[Greysword]

OP said he couldn't find a flight after 8:40. An 8:45 or even 9p flight isn't that different. There is a 9p N/S to Tampa but nothing to Orlando.

I wasn't sure what the 8:40 limit signified, whether that was the time they could leave the wedding events or if that was a time they were looking to board a flight.

I agree with leaving the Sunday AM early flight. This wouldn't be too much a time loss, and they woudl have some sleep before getting to a park.

Oh, and in my own defense, 8:45 is after 8:40

 

[mcraige]

Are you bummed because you can't get a late flight out, or because you are just now learning about your brother's wedding?

A couple of years ago, I found out my niece was getting married after booking our vacation. I really enjoyed that vacation.

 

[bumbershoot]

A 9:46 N/S Jet Blue flight from JFK arrives at 12:30a. Orlando is a family destination. I doubt there is demand for a flight which lands later.

So you found the Op a flight? That's awesome, I hope she sees it!!

We found landing at 12:14am to be perfectly fine. Bags were off almost as soon as we got to the carousel (though that might have been the priority stickers on the bags), no line for DME, very little wait on the bus, and a quick trip to the resort area. Apart from simply wanting to be there earlier there was nothing wrong at all with arriving at MCO after midnight. Was peaceful, too!

 

[Lewisc]

I wasn't sure what the 8:40 limit signified, whether that was the time they could leave the wedding events or if that was a time they were looking to board a flight.

I agree with leaving the Sunday AM early flight. This wouldn't be too much a time loss, and they woudl have some sleep before getting to a park.

Oh, and in my own defense, 8:45 is after 8:40

I hope it's obvious I wasn't attacking you, no need to defend yourself. The way I read the post he was either looking for a N/S flight, or a flight with a "normal" connection, leaving close to 11p. Your 8:45 flight could have been the OPs 8:40 flight with a schedule change or the OP could have mentally rounded the flight from 8:45 to 8:40

Your ITA search confirmed what the poster already said. Later flights have very long (next morning) connections.

The truth is vacationers don't want a flight which is scheduled to land much past 10p or 11p and I doubt a flight which left NYC at 4a would be popular.

Go from the wedding to an airport hotel and grab the first morning flight. I was going to suggest leaving the wedding early, or skipping it, but the groom is the OPs brother. Probably will not only have to stay for the entire reception but maybe some after wedding gathering.

 

[Disney Pal]

I was just bummed because I made my Disney vacation plans a year ago with DVC(We rent through friends). My brother decided to get married in California in Jan and have a reception/party to celebrate their marriage in October. I see that on Sun pm
there's a flight that leaves at 9:30. So I was just hoping to get down there ASAP. The reception is from 5-10pm. I think my best bet will be to just fly down so we could get into our room and start fresh on Sun am. I am surprised that there was nothing available late Sat night. I tried to change our reservation and take away Sat but they would lose the points because they expire. Oh Well! Thanks for your help everyone! Have a magical day!

 

[Lewisc]

Can you remove a day at the beginning of your trip and add one at the end? Can you use the points from the night you won't be using to upgrade your view or resort?

 

[Greysword]

Hopefully, Disney Pal, you can stay just a couple hours (5-7ish?) and your brother will understand. If he knew you were planning on leaving that day, in 2012, then he shouldn't be too hurt about you not staying long at the reception.

I hope it's obvious I wasn't attacking you, no need to defend yourself.

No worries, Lewis. We're just conversing and trying to solve the OP's problem . You did bring up a good point regarding how the concern was written that I missed.