Originally Posted by number_6

The walk is long, guessing 1/3 of a mile but there are moving sidewalks along much of it (and sometimes they are even operative!). So not for the faint of heart but also quite pleasant bit of exercise after a flight. The FCC is always good until 7 am, then it gets backed up. Presuming that you also have zone R check-in access at T1, then going landside is pretty good alternative; if you cannot use zone R, then it will take much longer to enter T1. I've decided to use FCC until 8am and landside zone R after that time; without zone R access I would stick to the FCC.