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Originally Posted by RedChariot (Post 2301166)

Exactly. Terminal C is a nightmare. Now avoiding Jet Blue at all cost. I indicated that in my review to Jet Blue. Who ever made those final decisions on design should not be employed. Considering this is Florida, they probably got promoted.

Noted your comments about Jet Blue. Wonder if this does make a difference for them

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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2301153)

A lot depends on where you are going and what you are doing. If you are going to visit friends, missing a flight and being delayed a day probably won't ruin the vacation.

However, if you absolutely have to be on that flight, I would recommend going down the night before. For example, if I have a flight connection to Europe where, if I miss it, it might ruin the entire vacation (like missing the cruise), I would go down the night before.

I had a Spirit flight where they canceled a Friday morning flight and offered to put me on another flight on Saturday afternoon which was to arrive late Saturday evening. I was going out for a wedding on Saturday afternoon so that would have messed up the purpose of the trip.

Where's a really close place to stay?

Welcome!!! I think you will love it here. I drive passengers to the airport professionally, and personally fly Spirit almost exclusively. For a direct ride from Dabney to MCO, you’re looking at a 50 min trip. We still allow that extra 10 min, and would pick you up 3 hours before departure. Some folks who are not checking bags will ask us to trim that to 2.5 hours before. The turnpike can be messy. I don’t know how a shuttle does it, but we use Waze. It will divert us if there are significant delays. We have never had a rider miss a flight—a typical traffic issue may cost 20 min or so at most.

When you get to the airport, you will be dropped off at the Spirit doors. The great news is that is right at the security lines, so it’s super close, not far to walk.

Even if you don’t have TSA precheck, you can go to this site and reserve your time at TSA: Save Your Spot
It cuts your time in line. My daughter used it, and made it through TSA in about 10 min during a pretty busy time.

As far as what time to book Groome, is there a way to input the time you want to be at the airport? This is where you will want to pad your time if you’re not sure whether there are stops between your house and the airport.

Hope that helps! :-)

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Originally Posted by Snakster66 (Post 2300706)

As mentioned earlier; TSA pre-check is invaluable for MCO. Highly recommended. It has taken me from absolutely hating MCO, to not really minding it at all.

Same here! One of the first things we did after moving here was apply for TSA PreCheck because of MCO security lines. We travel to California a couple times annually because our kids and grandson live there, and TSA PreCheck makes it far more bearable.

I like terminal C. Less crowded.

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Originally Posted by roadrnnr (Post 2301375)

Where's a really close place to stay?

I do not know your budget for overnight stay, but there are many within 15-20 minutes of terminal from $75 to $400+
Just Google hotels at MCO.