Originally Posted by Macmmd
How about if I limit myself to only a carry on bag. I'm only visting cork for two weeks. I guess I'll have to wash my clothes a few dozen times, but would I still be able to catch my flight?
What airlines are you actually flying? And are the flight times that you have quoted exact, or approximate?
I can't find a flight that leaves ORK at 0900 and arrives at LGW at 1045; the closest is the EZY which departs ORK at 0920 on current schedules, but which does arrive at 1045.
And I cannot find an LGW-MCO flight that leaves at 1200. There's a VS at 1115 and another at 1230. There's a BA at 1140, but that's in the other terminal from both EZY and RYR and you did say that you're changing in the same terminal.
The reason for being pedantic is that if you are on VS and your flight is 1230 not 1200, and you have cabin baggage only, then I think you have a fighting chance. The reason is that you can check-in online with VS. Then you just have to make sure that you have reached either the VS transfer desk, a landside check-in desk or a kiosk by -60 minutes (1130) to pick up a BP. And you have a fighting chance of being able to do that if you don't have wait for your baggage.
But it still depends on everything going right. If the slightest thing goes wrong, you've had it. How much risk are you prepared to take?