Any airport is like that anymore. Flying is not fun. It’s a chance you take on what time of the day you fly. Certainly summers and holidays are the worst. Been flying out of Orlando for 22 years, no problems.

Disney Families
 

Everyone loves their children/grandchildren, but not those of others. If you don't want to listen to some inane video game or movie or have the back of your seat constantly being kicked, you need to be very observant when selecting a seat on planes with "open" seating when flying in/out of Orlando.

As a frequent flyer on these airlines, usually Southwest, but going all the way back to PSA in California in the 1960's, I had a habit of asking the first cabinet attendant I would encounter about the number of passengers in the hope of caging a row with an open seat.

On my first flight out of Orlando, I asked this of the attendant. She gave me a look as if she was seeing an alien life form and answered: "Sir, we are flying FROM Orlando. EVERY seat is filled and half of them with passengers under the age of 10!

I laughed all the way to my seat.

I prefer Orlando. It is quicker with easy on/off of the Turnpike and 4. Tampa is a parking lot around the airport as traffic comes to a crawl and it is not a friendly longer-term parking area either.

For Tampa, during rush hours to avoid city traffic try exiting 75 @ 52 to Suncoast Pky (589).