Originally Posted by
Eclipsepearl
Early December is usually pretty quiet.
The nap tip works IF everything goes to plan, which it doesn't, and then you have a meltdown AND a delayed flight later in the day. I just don't want parents to be too fixated on getting their kids to sleep. Especially a child with sensory issues who might have difficulty nodding off in a strange place with a lot of people around.
Early morning can be very busy but I think it's more sane if 1. there are not a ton of low-cost and charters flying out of there and 2. You're not flying to an international connection point (i.e. JFK or MIA). Orlando is neither.
You've raised many good points!^
Of course, my perspective (re: airports) is from EWR & I have no idea where the OP is flying out of. Also, by age 4 -- my kids were no longer taking 'regular' naps, so I couldn't 'plan' on that at all!

But, as you pointed out -- one really can't count on a 'nap' b/c the child could end up 'over-tired' & unable to fall asleep -- given the circumstances!