Impact of Monorail Construction on Southwest Arrivals/Departures?

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Bill From PA
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Just curious as to what we'll encounter in 2 weeks via SW, any recent experiences?

Bill From PA
 
Just curious as to what we'll encounter in 2 weeks via SW, any recent experiences?
There should not be any delay getting to Airside 2, which Southwest uses for all its flights -- at least not due to to the shuttle replacement project.

The shuttles that serve Airside 1 and Airside 3 (both running since 1981) are being replaced. The work at Airside 3 has been completed. The works at Airside 1 should be completed March 2018.

Airside 4 opened in 1990 and Airside 2 opened in 2000. Those shuttles are not in the scope of the current project.
 
NO impacts at the beginning of the month with the monorail at MCO for SW travel. However, it took me over an hour to get through security at 6 pm on a Monday evening trying to get to the SW terminal. So always take that into consideration.
 
Just got back on Monday. No impact for SW flights. As mentioned, the SW gate area is not part of the current monorail (re)construction effort.

Security is still the same horrendously chaotic mess, but that's another matter...

Steve
 


Just got back on Monday. No impact for SW flights. As mentioned, the SW gate area is not part of the current monorail (re)construction effort.

Security is still the same horrendously chaotic mess, but that's another matter...

Steve

Yeah, my hubby has precheck because he flies for work, the only reason I bought it is to get through MCO security....
 
The only thing you will encounter with SW and MCO is the entire ticket area is under construction. If you check bags at Disney and arrive VIA ME then it won't likely impact you at all.
If you arrive via another method or need to check bags at MCO then it may. We used curbside (coming from Universal) and it was fine. Hard to get to the curb but our driver managed.
MCO is the sole reason we got PreCheck a couple years ago. With it, we've never had any issues at MCO. It's a huge asset there.
 
FYI, it is not a monorail. The cars are essentially automated buses running on rubber tires. Built originally in Pittsburge,PA.
 


The only thing you will encounter with SW and MCO is the entire ticket area is under construction. If you check bags at Disney and arrive VIA ME then it won't likely impact you at all.
If you arrive via another method or need to check bags at MCO then it may. We used curbside (coming from Universal) and it was fine. Hard to get to the curb but our driver managed.
MCO is the sole reason we got PreCheck a couple years ago. With it, we've never had any issues at MCO. It's a huge asset there.

Checked our bags at the SW counter at MCO today and did not even notice it was under construction! It was a bit of a long walk down there from the rental return area. We just walked to a kiosk, printed our tags, and handed off the bags.
 
Checked our bags at the SW counter at MCO today and did not even notice it was under construction! It was a bit of a long walk down there from the rental return area. We just walked to a kiosk, printed our tags, and handed off the bags.
That's because it's not under construction. The airside set of gates used by Jet Blue is the section under construction.
 
That's because it's not under construction. The airside set of gates used by Jet Blue is the section under construction.
The Southwest ticket counter as you come in from the curb area most certainly is under construction. We just left from there.
 
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Checked our bags at the SW counter at MCO today and did not even notice it was under construction! It was a bit of a long walk down there from the rental return area. We just walked to a kiosk, printed our tags, and handed off the bags.
You'd probably only notice if you came in from outside, not from the rental return
 

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