Plan on doing a lot of walking, they need to install some of those moving walkways. I don't know how that could have been left out or overlooked in the planning process.
What a beautiful terminal and that video projection on the wall of a rocket launch at the Cape was incredible but wow, that was the longest walk I have ever done to get my gate at OIA, lol
I was there this past weekend and didn't like or enjoyed the process walking from TSA to gate 245, the walking with bags is too much. Older people were walking and stopping trying to catch their breath. It is spacious and have a very cold feeling. I rather the old terminal A and its hiccups.
I had a feeling it would be an uncomfortably long walk getting around this new terminal, just from looking at the satellite images and concept art. What's worse is they actually plan to extend it significantly in both directions over time. I have to assume there are plans to either add moving walkways or a monorail that stops at various points along terminal C and eventually terminal D when the latter gets built.
Not a fan of the monorail tram anyone can get on that doesn't require a security check. The shops look awesome. The very long walk might increase upset of travelers already tired and a bit short tempered but definitely will be a negative for those families with younger kids. The new terminal looks beautiful though and they really did need this expansion. Great coverage.
Very nice! Can't wait to fly JetBlue into Orlando and the new terminal! Reminds me of the new LaGuardia lots of walking I think both terminals need more moving walkways!
Terminal C has a long walk from parking garage to TSA and then another long walk to the gates. What were they thinking. If you are a senior, have trouble walking or have lots of luggage good luck.
Do you know what the quickest wat to pick up a hire car from terminal c is? Is it to get the tram to terminal a and b or is it to get the hire car shuttle over there?
I took JetBlue when I went to Orlando two weeks ago so most likely arrived at this terminal…. But went straight to baggage claim and then left 🤦♂️ And when I flew back last week it was on Delta at terminal B so the stores were fine but not amazing like these. :/
All Jetblue flights flying out of Detroit have layovers in cities nowhere near Orlando... What the crap!? I might try Jetblue one time just for the experience, but I like to fly right into Orlando.
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼………………….My daughter and I were there last week, 11/4/22 ! The only hitch we had was my bag ( flying from Richmond Virginia ( RIC ) to MCO, a DOMESTIC flight) ended up in US Customs! Evidently, Customs don’t have enough money to buy their agents TSA keys to open baggage. The young lady at Jet Blue went and found mine and a fellow travelers bag ( I had an Apple Air Tag in mine ) when I told her how far away my bag was. Customs took bolt cutters and cut the zipper pulls on my bag, ruining the built in ,TSA Approved, locking system. I will be a Jet Blue passenger when ever I can fly them, that young lady went above and beyond to make things right with me! Oh, and the terminal was easy to navigate and spacious, I too wish the stores would hurry and open. There was still a lot of construction going on.
So, I work at this terminal and the walk isn’t really that bad and they do have airport golf cats that will take you to your gate. Shake Shack is open as of 11/1/2022 and the food is delicious. It’s a beautifully designed building and the security checkpoint is fascinating.
Airport golf carts aren't a sustainable means of solving the long walks. If motorized transport inside the terminal is what they intended, they would have built a people mover (or, moving sidewalk). I'd love to hear the architect explain WHY they couldn't possibly make it easily walkable. (Dear God, please don't let the answer be "not in the budget".) All the other stuff (big ceiling, bright light, nice kiosks.... is unimportant. Why would they make EASE OF ACCESS such a LAST PLACE PRIORITY?
So this will take some strain off the older terminals making them quieter? Also, is it for just domestic/USA internal flights generally, this new terminal? Thank you.
How do you get to the rental cars? Is there a shuttle to the rental cars? We were there and nobody at Jetblue knew. Rental cars in in terminal A/B and we had to walk all the way from Terminal A/B with our bags take the airshuttle, then walk another 1/4 mile, take an elevator to baggage check in terminal C. Then walk another 10 min to the gate. There was a Jetblue flashing sign in terminal A/B saying “25 min walk to terminal C”. That was their answer to the problem!
There is a bus shuttle that brings you straight to rental cars. There’s also rental car desks above the bridge over the roadway where you can get your car paperwork.
The question is whether there's any signage directing people to where they need to go for rental cars. If there isn't why isn't there staff directing people to the appropriate place?
So how far is the walk? Are we talking 100 yards, 300 yard, 500? Honestly, that is very poor planning and design not to have moving walkways like Denver does.
People need to walk more. I think society doesn‘t incorporate opportunities to stretch, walk, and get exercise. Too many areas, especially in the south, are too car centric.
The issue of getting to ground transportation was patently ignored by the clowns who designed this terminal. Disabled and elderly passengers given zero consideration. Major fail!
