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Orlando International Airport (MCO) is situated in the heart of Florida, USA. It is the main airport the British use when holidaying in the Disney area.
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Advantages: Big, clean, lots of facilities Disadvantages: Long time to get through immigration
OK, I’m going to try to make this a shorter than usual review.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is situated in the heart of Florida, USA. It is the main airport the British use when holidaying in the Disney area.
The airport itself is huge, and our only experience of it was this Christmas just passed (2004). On arrival we were greeted by airport staff who were really friendly, and we headed out to pick up our baggage. ...the luggage to arrive on the belt, we then headed off in the direction of the “exit”.
Hmmm. This is where Orlando appears to be different from other airports. Just around the corner from where you have just collected your luggage is another conveyor belt. You will be expected to put your entire luggage back onto the conveyor, take your hand luggage, and head up the escalator. That is the last you will see of your luggage for the next ... more
OK, I’m going to try to make this a shorter than usual review.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is situated in the heart of Florida, USA. It is the main airport the British use when holidaying in the Disney area.
The airport itself is huge, and our only experience of it was this Christmas just passed (2004). On arrival we were greeted by airport staff who were really friendly, and we headed out to pick up our baggage.
Having waited about 20 minutes for all the luggage to arrive on the belt, we then headed off in the direction of the “exit”.
Hmmm. This is where Orlando appears to be different from other airports. Just around the corner from where you have just collected your luggage is another conveyor belt. You will be expected to put your entire luggage back onto the conveyor, take your hand luggage, and head up the escalator. That is the last you will see of your luggage for the next 2 hours!!
WHY?
OK, the next step is passport control. Have you completed your green card correctly? After a huge wait (every family seemed to take at least 10 minutes to get through), you step up to the passport control desk. A hand will greet you requesting your documents. Don’t expect them to speak to you in a pleasant tone of voice. Do not expect “How are you today” or “Did you have a good flight?” Expect to be treated like a potential criminal.
With terrorism on the increase, I suppose the extra security is an absolute must, but these people are downright rude.
After you have had your fingerprints taken, passports checked etc, you can move on.
Next, it is time to go through the security checks. Remove all jackets, jumpers, shoes, bags, purses, phones etc, and place them in the baskets. They will go through the X-Ray while you are searched or held up for whatever reason they can find. All I can suggest is, be organised. Have all your bags off quickly, and don’t hold these people up, or they will detain you as long as possible.
Beware; my brother in law had his phone picked up by some woman who tried to walk off with it. They hold you up so long that your belongings are over the other side of the gate for a good 5 minutes before you get there!
Next, you have to head for baggage collection. (Yes, again!). This time, prepare fr it to take ages, and you may find you luggage has been split up onto different belts. All in all, this process took 3 hours from landing to car collection. If you are approached by someone asking if they can help with your bags, they will CHARGE YOU.
Check in was much quicker and more efficient than arrivals.
The airport?
The airport is well signposted, and really easy to find, whichever direction you come in from. Of course, if you are heading in by plane, you won’t have a problem!!!!
The airport itself is clean, dry, warm, and the general staff are very friendly and helpful, but if you cross one of the security personnel, woe betide you.
There is a shopping mall in the centre with jewellers, electrical goods, toy shops, Disney shops, Universal, Sea World etc. The only shop I couldn’t find was Busch Gardens. There are plenty of duty free shops, pharmacy, and anything else you could possibly want prior to your return journey.
There are plenty of restaurants, coffee shops and fast food places, but the prices are inflated.
Different areas are connected by monorail and moving walkways. (This place is huge). All areas are well signposted, and finding your check in desk, and departure gate shouldn’t be a problem.
The airport has its own hotel situated within the building. Many of the rooms overlook the plaza. There are plenty of other hotels situated just outside the airport.
The facilities for the disabled appeared to be excellent. There were disabled toilets and all areas were accessible by lift if required.
Car Hire was fairly efficient with us picking the car up within 10 minutes of arrival at the desk.
I think those are the main points. If I’ve missed anything, let me know.
Advantages: Easy to navigate, plenty of toilets. Disadvantages: Time in Queues and Speaker system.
Here is my experience of Orlando International Airport which we have used on Three holidays to Florida, our latest visit was Nov 2007.
Orlando International airport is one of the main Airports for Central Florida but some airlines use Sanford which is further from Orlando. It really depends on the airline company to which airport you will land at, we used Virgin for all trips and all arrived at the same area of the international airport.
Before ... ...those green visa waiver forms for each person in your party oh and 1 white customs form for the whole family. Fill this out correctly other wise you will pay for this later, time wise. The airline crew are very good and will help by checking over your forms but you must ask them to do this. On virgin flights they have a little section in the flight magazine with helpful information.
On Arriving try and get off the plane as quick as possible. Why ...
CRAFTYDONNA 09.02.2008 (06.02.2008)
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Advantages: Compact, Good design, comfortable, lots of shops and restaurants Disadvantages: Need to take Monorail to gate.
Orlando International should not be confused with Sanford Airport (which most tour operators fly into). Sanford is small, with no real services, and located 60 miles from Disney. OIA (as Orlando International is known) is a great airport - one of my favourites. The airport is actually only one building, with two sides - A and B. Moving sidewalks and a shopping mall connect the two sides, and parking garages are on each side. Arrivals and departures ... ...from the main terminal. This is the one negative about OIA, as the monorails are the only way to get to the satellites, tough when you are late and trying to run to catch a flight (I have done this, and yes, I made it on time - just). The main terminal has high ceilings and lots of natural light. It is easy to make your way around, and everything is close together. There is plenty of comfortable seating. Plenty of shopping opportunites in the mall ...
Vistaway 08.07.2000
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Advantages: Great Location. Major airlines use. Great Facilities Disadvantages: Security.
As a family we have now used Orlando International Airport on our past two visits to the sunshine state. On both occasions we travelled with Virgin from the UK. In addition I also know that BA fly into Orlando International too.
Orlando International is situated about 30 minutes drive from International Drive area. The airport has two terminals - A & B. All the gates are remote to the main terminal buidlings and they use a monorail system to transport ... ...job is to go through immigration. This is probably the slowest part of the experience at the airport. This is where you present your passport, green visa waiver forms and your party for security checks. You will get your photo taken and adults get finger print taken too. The queues for this can be long so can be painful for kids after a 9 hour flight, but once you are through it the journey is painless.
Immediatley after this you reclaim your luggage ...
agrady1008 17.02.2008
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Advantages: Very quick to exit the terminal Disadvantages: not a great range of shops
...is the better choice than Orlando, dont let the drive put you off as each time we have still managed to reach the kissimee area an about one hour less than we would have by arriving at Orlando airport!
From touch down to actually exiting the terminal building its a very quick process, and the car rental station is as simple as crossing the road, all done on foot and as soon as you are out of the building you can get the cigarettes out ( after a ... ...smokers ).
The drive to Kissimee is very straight foward, its well signed and most of the trip is on the I4.
If you are an experienced Florida traveller or a first time visitor I think no one would have a problem finding the area attractions after landing at Sanford.
We have a disabled child and have encountered no problems arising from disability whatsoever at this airport.
On the return trip home there is a very small resturant facility and ...
Limara 05.07.2001
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Advantages: 10 - 15 mins drive from International Drive Disadvantages: none that I can think of
Orlando International ha to be one of the best airports in the world, you can virtually holiday here without going into Orlando..
So what is the airport?... its a Hotel, its a shopping mall, its a transportation depot, its a major international hub, its a small self contained town, its an amusment centre.....its amazing...its a wildlife sanctuary...
there are hundreds of mini lakes dotted all around the airfield there are 3 major runways, all in ... ...the single runway 35/17 rather that the parallel runways 18 L+R / 36 L+R..
Orlando is an experience all on its own and if you have en evening flight back to the UK or Europe arrive early at the airport and take some time to discover it properly... most people get of the aircraft and straight thro' the immigration & customs formalities and head toward the car hire stands and then to their International drive or Kissimee hotels..
Orlando International ...
Dalesman 19.08.2000
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