We've all spent more than our fair share of time hanging out in the Orlando International Airport. What do you do when you're hanging around waiting for your plane? What are your favorite shops to stop in? Do you have a favorite airport restaurant? Is there any place you make sure to stop every time?
Share your best of MCO secrets with me!
Arrival: KrispyKreme donuts (we don't have any around here and I 
them) and then the Magical Express arrival area. 
Departure: Krispy Kreme and the TSA security lines. 
We hang by our gate reading or playing on our phones.
If lines don't look too bad at TSA, I stop at Chik-Fil-A before going to security. If not, then I just grab something on the other side of security and wait at the gate.
Arrival: KrispyKreme donuts (we don't have any around here and I
Departure: Krispy Kreme and the TSA security lines.
Is it still there!!?? I heard Cinnabon is now where it was. I was hoping for a Krispy Kreme when we land on Thursday 
Although, it they had to replace, I'm ok with Cinnabon. We have neither here .
We go through security and then get food, it's a long 9 hour flight with just crappy plane food
Our Very Merry 24 nighter Nov/Dec 15
Watson's go West May 15
The one with all the birthdays Oct 14 4 Big Birthdays and a Vow Renewal thrown in
The OMG trip June 14 30th Birthday present from the hubs
Girly trip March 14 A last min cheapy week
September 13 our first all DVC stay
TR May 2013 the last min bargain trip offsite
Oct 2012 TR with a cruise!big family trip featuring the beach club, AKL, the dream and a villa offsite
TR on a budget May - June 2011offsite condo
TR Sept - Oct 2010 big family trip in an offsite villa
We tend to fly Southwest so the only places we ever go to are the food court and the gift shop near the Southwest terminal area. Beyond that we spend very little time in the airport.
On the way to Disney, a huge dose of Starbucks is a must after the early morning flight. On the way home, my daughter hits the Swatch Store, and I always go through the Universal Store and even the Disney Store- can't help it!
Arrival head straight to Magical express and get to my resort so I can eat Disney food. Departure we usually head right to security and get in line, then we grab something to eat on the other side. Then it is sitting and waiting to go back to the real world.
Arrival head straight to Magical express and get to my resort so I can eat Disney food. Departure we usually head right to security and get in line, then we grab something to eat on the other side. Then it is sitting and waiting to go back to the real world.
This exactly!
** BeLiNdA **
Even though Orlando International is my favorite airport, I usually try to spend as little time there as possible because obviously I'd rather be at WDW!!! However, when we got home from our cruise in November, the DCL bus had us to the airport 5 hours before our flight! So for the first hour, we traded off watching each other's bags and browsing the Disney Store--did you know that there are 2 Disney stores?? I hadn't realized before! The one by the security check point for A terminal is nicer IMO than the one that we usually see near B terminal. (We fly Southwest almost exclusively because of airline points.) After we were able to drop our bags (have to be within 4 hours of flight--who knew?), we ate at Macaroni Grill in the main terminal and that was very nice.
Usually we eat at the gate and the food options at the Southwest gates are lackluster at best. However, yesterday I flew home on Frontier and I was pleased to find an On the Border to go window at the Frontier/JetBlue gates. The chicken flautas were quite tasty and they provided cups of nacho cheese, pico de gallo, and sour cream to accompany them. Not gourmet, but solid quick service Tex-Mex.
Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table because that will make you more welcome. --Randy Pausch
Trip Reports:
December 2013: 10th Anniversary, 1st DVC Stay | April 2014: Birthday on the Boardwalk | May 2014: Star Wars Weekend, Navigating WDW with a wheelchair | August 2014: Villains Unleashed | September/October 2014: MNSSHP, F&W, Tower of Terror 10-miler | March/April 2015: Disneyland and California Coastal Cruise | November 2015: Wine & Dine Half, Food & Wine, 1st Disney Cruise | February 2016: Presidential Classic Gymnastics Meet | March 2016: "Work" Trip, Tours, F&G Festival | April 2016: Conference at Disneyland | Fall 2016: Festive Fall Fun | January 2017: Festival of the Arts | May 2017: AbD Backstage Magic | July 2017: AbD San Francisco | Sorry I had to give up doing trip reports. Too many time commitments right now.
Two Disney Stores at the airport! I'll have to check for the second one next year.