Orlando via Atlanta

[Katys Grandad]

Agreed Robert - there are several ATL-MCO flights a day so things should be OK even if there are problems.

[flyrr100]

They say, "when you die you'll have to go through Atlanta!"

Atlanta is great, unless there's any weather. Then it goes down the toilet! I've had 3-4 hour delays through ATL. But, as I said, if the weather cooperates, Atlanta is fine.

And, expect a full flight from Atlanta to MCO. I'd book your seat before you leave. If you wait until you get to Atlanta you won't be sitting together.

Happy trails.

[Robert5988]

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Jeff even if you havn't pre-booked seats on the ATL-MCO leg they are normally allocated at the check-in desk in UK.

[wilfy]

Susan,
we've done this trip loads of times, and we've never missed a flight yet, once with a 90 minute layover. To be honest, of the 3 flights a day from Gatwick, the early flight @10am-ish we've found to be the worst for immigration pace. The last flight of the day @1pm-ish is the best. Your flight from the UK should arrive at terminal E at atlanta, and the onward flight will either be from terminal E or A.
About 30 minutes prior to landing they post all the connecting flight details on the tv screens in the cabin, so you will at least know which gate to get too. If the connecting flight does go from Terminal A, after you've done immigration, collected your baggage, passed thru customs, checked your baggage for the onward trip at the desks just after customs, and then thru the security check, look for the signs for the underground train/monorail to Terminal A. From E to A is a 5 minute journey on the underground.

Also Delta run 13 flights a day from Atlanta to Orlando, so if you should miss your flight you'll probably get put onto the next 'un. Check http://www.delta.com/schedules/trave...ched/index.jsp for the flight schedule and you'll be able to checkout the later flights.

[heathercobbett]

Last time we flew via Atlanta,they had really speeded things up through immigration with multi-lingual staff cheking the forms in thr queue.

We have previously missed a connection once and they put us on the next flight

[Madabouttigger]

We did it no problem in 1 hour 20 mins, but we asked a member of staff for help and he was fantastic. He guided us through with no problems. But you can always just hop on the next flight if you miss your connecting one. I would't worry about it too much, you will be fine.
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Diane.

[Cruella DeVilla]

We did this route a few years ago, we made our connection as we had a little longer than you to connect. It is a huge, busy airport and security is tight, we were there after the Olympic incident in 96 and again in 2000 so don't know what it is like now, more tight I would imagine. Not trying to worry you just givinf you a realistic idea. As Diane has mentioned maybe voice your concerns when you arrive and they might help you get there quicker! It also depends whether you clear customs to, which I think we did?

There are loads of connections to Florida so they will just load you on the next flight if anything goes wrong, which hopefully it will not!

[Nostromo]

The way I see it, with only 105 minutes between flights, even a highly possible 15 or 20 minute delay in the arrival of the first flight takes out a sizeable chunk of available time afterwards. I always allow at least 2 hrs and 30 minutes to be safer...though even that is not 100% guaranteed. I personally feel that anything under 2 hours in a large US International Airport would be pushing it. Even if 4 out of 5 have managed it, one could easily become that fifth person.

[pepsi]

We have done this connection a couple of times and like others have never missed the flights. Although it is a large airport we found it very organised and quite quick to transfer to the required terminal for the Orlando flight. We haven't though, used this flight route since the new regulations came into effect - fingerprinting, photos etc so don't know the time implications of these procedures. I would have thought though that Delta have considered these before scheduling connecting flights. It would not be in their interest for loads of people to miss their connecting flight. We are flying with Delta through Atlanta at Easter but we have a 3 hour gap between flights.

[Lesley and John]

We went through Atlanta in October and had 1 hour 25 mins till our next flight. We just missed it. Going through immigration and getting our bags was very smooth we had our picture & finger prints taken. The problem was the delay getting through the security checks after dropping off our bags. The security people were very quick, it was just so very crowded and busy. We only just missed the connecting flight and only had to wait an hour for the next one. The delta agent said they have loads of flights to Orlando. I think you should be OK with an hour 45 mins.