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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 6:08 am
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psychocandy
 
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Originally Posted by jrl767
  • outbound: looks like the actual flight times force you to do what would be wise in any case
  • return: delays at both MCO and NYC tend to worsen as the day goes on, especially in summer when thunderstorms often cause serious disruptions ... while it would make for a long day in transit, I might consider departing MCO mid-morning to arrive EWR around noon (depending on when you could check bags for the TATL flight, since I presume the low cost carrier doesn't have any interline baggage agreements with UA or whoever you would be flying up); that way you could still get into Manhattan by train for a couple hours in the afternoon/evening and back to EWR
Was thinking again of flying from MCO to EWR the day before, and catching flight home evening next day.

BTW - done it before but how long for train to manhattan from ewr?
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