MLB vs MCO
Just a personal note on using MLB vs MCO - MCO is an awful airport to use, I’ve never got out of the terminal in under an hour having arrived on an international flight. Even this week, arriving on BA into the brand new Terminal C at MCO (which is very nice), it still took over 2 hours to leave the terminal after landing. A long walk to baggage reclaim, bags started arriving after 20 mins but were incredibly slow (we were the only intl arrival at the time too), and my bag took another 35 mins before it finally came out. Then 10 mins for immigration, and afterwards 40 mins in a hire car queue (even with status with a pre-booked hire). Some travellers then had travel to the old terminals to pick up their car.
Arriving into MLB is fantastic. Very friendly staff, never any queues, and you’re out in no time at all. If going to Disney/universal in Orlando, you’d probably still get there quicker than you would if you arrived into MCO even with the longer drive.
Met a couple with a house a couple hours south of MCO who now exclusively use the TUI flights to MLB even though for them it’s a longer drive as they find the experience so much nicer and quicker than arriving into MCO. At any age, no-one wants to stand around for hours after arriving on a longhaul flight.