TSA wait times for MCO

[KAYLI'S DAD]

Has anyone been through TSA recently at MCO leaving home? When we arrived last week the line looked like hours of waiting at around 11am. Our flight leaves around 7am tomorrow (saturday). Usually they say arrive 2 hours early but online it says 3 hours for MCO. Can anyone confirm any of this?

 

[disneyeveryyear]

We flew out Sunday. Went through TSA at approximately 9:30 a.m. The wait was approximately 20 minutes for my DH through the regular line and less than 5 minutes for me with TSA Pre-check.

 

[Ladcassidy]

We flew from MCO late morning on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Overhead signs stated it would take 30 minutes to pass through security. Lots of travelers, but also many separate lines and screeners. Our family was directed to an airline "priority" traveler line (not TSA Pre-check), and we were through in less than 10 minutes.

 

[tobikaye]

Has anyone been through TSA recently at MCO leaving home? When we arrived last week the line looked like hours of waiting at around 11am. Our flight leaves around 7am tomorrow (saturday). Usually they say arrive 2 hours early but online it says 3 hours for MCO. Can anyone confirm any of this?

With the holiday travel heating up today, they really do expect longer lines. If you have not seen all of the posts, DME even changed their pick up starting today to 4 hours instead of 3 hours. So, DME is going based on the 3 hours to be at MCO.

 

[KAYLI'S DAD]

*Updated report. We got through TSA in about 10 minutes. We stood in line longer at the check in counter to check our bag. No issues at. Maybe it was because it was so early though, not sure. It was a little after 4am.

 

[wings91]

TSA at MCO always looks like a complete zoo, but it moves so fast. We're usually in line for ticketing/baggage drop at Southwest as long as for screening. At most 30 minutes each, but probably closer to 20ea most times.