What's security like heading out of MCO Wed. early morning?

[Donna M]

We have an 8 am flight on a Wed. in Nov. on JetBlue. We've been in horrendous lines on Sat and Sun. I'm guessing a Wed would be maybe 15 minutes top. What do you think?

 

[goofy4tink]

No way of knowing. I have had relatively short times on weekends, but longer ones during the week. BUT...I don't usually fly out of MCO that early in the morning...on any day!!

 

[dancin Disney style]

I've had 8-9am flights out of MCO on various days through the week. It can be very long or very short.....no way to know. MCO is a very busy airport all day, every day.

Give yourself lots of time to move through the airport and security. I stick with arriving 2 hours(minimum) before the flight and much prefer to be early and sit with breakfast than to be stressing about making it to the gate.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I've flown home many different days of the week and different times of the year (including Easter/TG weeks) and never notice a huge difference.

If I had to have an 8am flight, I would stay at the Hyatt inside the MCO terminal. From our balcony, we could see the security lines. You simply walk out your door, go check your bags & walk through security. Easy peasy.

It's a tad expensive but if you call to book it as a "Stay" (vs. online booking) using a Stay Certificate, it's only around $150 incl tax. Price-wise on par with a WDW moderate resort but definitely deluxe hotel.
https://www.certificates.hyatt.com/Default.aspx
The ph# to call to book using a stay cert is in the Terms & Conditions section of "Certificates For Stays Of 1 To 5 Nights Or More".
I always make sure they have availability for using a cert before I buy one. It's different from regular availability you see online.

hth!