When to Leave

[Slink]

Please help with our plans. This June will be our first visit to WDW, so I need a little help planning the trip back to the airport at the end of our stay. With all the new security and check-in procedures at the airport, when do you think we should plan on leaving our resort for MCO? We'll be at the CBR and using a towncar service, so I'm not sure what time to tell them for a pick-up. I'm not familar with Orlando so would 2 hours before our flight leaves be about right? 3 hours to play it safe maybe? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[MulanMom]

You should be at the airport 2 hrs. before your plane leaves if you are taking a domestic flight. I believe the towncar services like to pick you up a little earlier to allow for some delays on the road. Trip to MCO from WDW is about 20 minutes. Your driver may want to pick you up between 2.75-3 hours before your flight.

Sharon

 

[Ricola]

I agree. We arranged for the limo to pick us up about 3 hours before departure, and we were happy we did; with no traffic it still took about 1/2 hour to get to the airport, and then we were lucky enough to be selected for a "random" check of our bags which meant some poor unfortunate security worker got the pleasure of digging through our dirty underwear for about 30 minutes. We had time to grab a quick sandwich and just made it to the gate in time to have our carryons searched.

 

[soccer mom]

Our driver picked us up three hours before our flight home in November. His choice not ours. It was a little early but with the way things are now, its probably not a bad idea. The worst part was we sat in front of the Disney store waiting and spent another $100.00!