Complete Guide to Melbourne Orlando Airport - TUI's Florida Airport!

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If you're flying with TUI to Orlando, or you're thinking of it, you'll be flying into Melbourne Olando International Airport. And before we begin, the 'Orlando' bit is a bit of a strech!
In this extra weekly upload, we give some hints and tips as well as covering what it's like to fly into, out of and your transport options for getting to the main parks, as well as my overall thoughts on whether it's better or worse than Sanford (and MCO)!
If there's anything not covered in this video that you want to know, let us know in the comments section and we'll get back to you.
Likwise, if you have any questions about taking a toddler to Orlando just pop a comment below and we'll be happy to answer.
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[@NuNugirl]

A Margaritaville Resort is being built on the Indian River & a huge artificial lagoon Resort is planned not far from the Airport. A new luxury Hotel at Paradise Beach in Indialantic, will be finished soon and another is being built across A1A. I slowed down the video and could see my Condo building from the air. No need to stay at tourist trap Cocoa Beach. I recommend going South to Melbourne Beach and 15 minutes farther South to Sebastian Inlet State Park, where the tropical waters begin. You can actually see the color of the ocean change to a different blue. Just food for thought, if you want to experience some real Florida. Dolphins play in the Indian River.

[@Nicolesmagicadventures]

Thank you for the video! Some great tips for when we fly here 😊👍🏻

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you - hope you have a great trip. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, let us know!

[@Disneythroughourveins]

This was very helpful x thanks for sharing. We have a hire car booked and hubby doesn't mind driving in the States so the drive wont bother him. Looking forward to seeing the airport next year when the renovations are complete x

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching! Have a fantastic time!

[@robertglasker]

I live 2 miles from Melbourne Airport. For us locals, it is so easy. Traveling to Orlando, always take 1-95 to HWY 528. HWY 192 is more direct but slower, with a ton of traffic signals as you approach Orlando. If you have time to kill, Melbourne Beach is really close as are some small great seafood hut restaurants on nearby HWY A1A. Stay away from Cocoa Beach, it is very crowded, and expensive, and other closer beaches are just as nice.

[@lauracurtis2761]

I'm looking for a recommendation from MLB to Port Canaveral. As a local, do you know who I can call for reliable transport so I don't miss my ship?

[@robertglasker]

@@lauracurtis2761 I would do an Uber/Lyft, might be expensive but you may be able to carpool. There is a shuttle but it doesn't run that often.

[@lauracurtis2761]

@@robertglasker After watching a few more youtube videos, I discovered I could rent a car from MLB to use for the day before the cruise and return in Cape Canaveral, where the car rental locations have shuttles to the Terminal. They recommend dropping off your bags with a companion before returning the vehicle, so that only one person has to ride the shuttle and you don't have to shlep your bags around. ☺ This saves me about $50 over private transport after the fee for delivering the rental to a different location from which I rented it. And I have the peace of mind of not relying on a company with low ratings to actually show up.

[@kraft837]

@@lauracurtis2761 I live close to MLB and I’m an Uber driver, let me know when you come in for a cruise the next time I can take you to Port Canaveral straight up A1A

[@trevorclark4140]

Great vlog thanks for info, there in three weeks. Very interesting, to be honest, last visit we spent nearly 2 hours through immigration at MCO so that negates the distance argument. Got the private hire car booked both ways with Tui, looks like money well spent. Thanks again, new subscriber.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for subscribing and I’m glad it was useful. Have a great trip!

[@wendymakin2515]

Great vlog thankyou

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you!

[@disversalduo2025]

New sub here! Great info on Melbourne Airport and transfers but ouch! that 3 hour journey. We have the transfer booked from Melbourne in a years time and staying on Disney so it will be interesting to compare when the time comes - Premium swung it for us to use Tui 😀 this time £250 pp. Will definitely miss MCO arrival though, it's kind of iconic. We did use Tui at Sanford once but had a 12 hour delay so we won't talk about Bruno, I mean that. Loving the vlog series 👌 😍 can't wait for Sunday.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching and subscribing! I think another day, it’d be less. Especially if you’re one of the first drop offs. The issue with Disney of course is the amount of hotels they have - it’s just complete luck of the draw. You want an empty bus and to be the first drop off! Have a good one.

[@Chrissyhappy]

It would put me off using Tui now. I loved Sanford airport because it was quieter. I know it was further but I didn’t mind that. MCO is always very busy. Hated the security at MCO. Nightmare. That’s a good idea about the bags first then security. Stops that mad rush. Still think that drive’s a bit much when you’re tired too. Very informative and useful video. Thank you. My daughter’s autistic so it helps a great deal seeing all this before I decide where to fly to.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I understand completely. When did you last go to MCO out of curiosity? Hopefully it’s put you off for the right reasons and I’ve done it justice. 😊

[@Chrissyhappy]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK not at all. Your review was very informed and unbiased I found. It was three years September since we flew virgin to MCO. Security was dreadful and very stressful. I travel alone with my son and disabled adult daughter. I loved Sanford because it was so quiet but found virgin better re the disability side so had to do MCO. I love the quieter airports but that distance is a bit far. I always pay for private transfers for the exact reason you said. Our hotel always seemed to be last off wherever we stayed 😕👎. I also love virgins bag drop at Disney springs. That was great. We haven’t travelled since covid. We had Disney and universal booked for April 2020. Moved to Sept 2020. Moved again to June 2021 and then cancelled as my sons off to university. My daughter’s immune deficient so not a good idea to travel again yet. Especially abroad. That’s why I’m living vicariously through your lovely little family! Enjoy your travels.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Hopefully security and immigration will improved by the time you next go and it's not too far away. I can appreciate Virgin being great if you need any extra assistance! I hope you, son and daughter get back to your happy place soon! We'll happily keep you company until then. :)

[@jordanturner8597]

Saved £2000 flying with tui in to Melbourne instead of flying to Mco with virgin for the same hotel and dates. plus included free transfers which I’m not fused on the transfer time and saving so much. 1st time going 100 days to go! Awesome content.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Result! You’ll have an absolute blast. If there’s anything we can help with, let us know.

[@carljacobs8453]

We have just booked our 1st visit for October and got quotes from both virgin and TUI, for the same dates and same hotel it was coming out over £2000 cheaper to fly with TUI into Melbourne compared to flying with virgin into MCO that’s also with us paying extra for premium with TUI and getting transfers included whereas virgin transfers weren’t included! We just couldn’t justify the extra £2000 for a shorter transfer

[@sjarvis8617]

We flew into Melbourne end of April, were thru airport in 30mins, transfer took 75 mins, think it depends on traffic we must of timed it right, would definitely use tui again, seamless journey both ways thru the airport.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Great to hear and I agree TUI were great on this trip. They just need to sort their delays out!

[@garethforster5430]

really helpful video mate. flying in and out next year in premium class to join my Marella cruise

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

It’ll be easy peasy for you then! Have a great trip and thanks for watching.

[@garethforster5430]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK ya very welcome. Do t suppose you happen to know how far it is from Port Canaveral cruise terminal. A little concerned as we are dye in at 14:30 and ship departs at 18:00, so hoping for no flight delays ! Lol

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@garethforster5430 it’s 45 minutes in a car, so hopefully not too much longer on a transfer.

[@markclement8972]

I was in Orland about a month before you. I went from Birmingham but via Dublin. This was the first time i saw Orlando Melbourn by TUI. My flight went to MCO and i cleared USA customs in Dublin as there is Pre Clearance. I stayed in a Timeshare resort so need no accomodation. Thanks for helping me see where it was as i get the public bus from MCO for 2 dollars. Just for you info i was in Westgate just down the road from you. You might have seen the 2 tower block form you pool. I saw you holel Wet and Wild used to be on the site aboue 10 years ago.. Then it was deralict, before the pandemic you holel was not the so going this year was an eye opener as quite a few thing have appeared.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching!

[@willbygosh4887]

The Orlando Melbourne Airport is really an underutilized,easy get in and out airport plus you're close to the beach.The Airlines probably get a much lower runway fees than Orlando International that makes it appealing to them to fly there.Obviously,the disadvantage is the distance to Orlando.

[@award210]

Thanks for the vlog Personally the transfer won’t bother us as we have travelled elsewhere when it’s took 2 hours to get to resort like the idea of picking luggage up first hopefully our coach driver will know the route to movie resort by August 😂

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Hopefully we were just the training drive for your trip! Have a great holiday!

[@wendydodge327]

We flew tui premium into Melbourne oct 22 ~ transfer to animal kingdom lodge took 2.5hrs 😢 it was awful. I made a complaint and they insisted it was a one off. I called them asking if it was the same on the way back so we could book a taxi, they said it was definitely 1hr 30 The homeward bound journey was exactly the same 2hr 45mins . I emailed to head office on my return and customer service was not great. They sent me £60 gift voucher for tui! I loved the flight and the airport brilliant, I’d book a taxi in future. Hope this hopes x

[@clairejones7878]

Thank you for that tip. I usually stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge and was wondering about travel time from Melbourne Airport. I would only consider using Melbourne Airport if the flight was considerably cheaper than Virgin Atlantic or British Airways otherwise I’ll might as well travel to Orlando International Airport.

[@mandywhitworth3615]

Hi. We had a private transfer going. This was booked through holiday extras. We had an uber going back to Melbourne. Uber is a lot cheaper. Both journeys took us around 1 hour 10 mins to walt disney all star music

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Great information. Thanks for sharing!

[@mandywhitworth3615]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK the uber xL was around 116 dollars. We will go back to Melbourne when it's finished. We love the Dreamliner which is plus point for us using TUI

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Not bad at all then for a bigger car! I think if you ditch the transfer, it'll be great when it's finished! The 787 is certainly better than the Virgin A330 we flew on last year. I'm expecting the A350 to be even better in September though! :)

[@mandywhitworth3615]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK we are back September 30th with Virgin to Dockside for a week. And doing Halloween horror nights

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

That’s going to be amazing! We just need some good HHN announcements now!

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Great insight into the Orlando Melbourne airport option. We used Sanford a lot in the past, did you, how would it compare?

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching. As an airport, I preferred it to Sanford, but I never did like Sanford. The only issue is the distance to Orlando. If you have a car/taxi, it may not be as bad, but the coach transfer was awful and I wouldn’t personally do it again.

[@Richard-fv7rq]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK Thanks, agreed re Sanford. Was an old air force base, used for transferring military around the US. We usually stay just north of 192 near Disney Springs so looks about an hour drive (car hire). Sanford could take the same time using the i4! Very frustrating when coach transfers take so long, especially with youngsters. Hopefully we are going to Orlando in June this year. Looking into it all now.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@Richard-fv7rq have a fantastic time! If you have anymore question, let us know on here or Instagram. Thanks.

[@helenhall6412]

Really stressing about our rental car that is included in the Tui price, with the limited choice at Melbourne. There are six of us and we don't want two cars. One person confident to drive and definitely don't want to be paying parking twice at the parks! Everytime I ring Tui they just say it will be sorted at the airport but Tui store staff said they have been running out of larger cars.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

How much are they charging? Have you considered booking with another company so you know where you stand and don’t sure to worry about it?

[@kirstysalmon3969]

How many hours before your flight did the transfer get you back to the airport?

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

We were picked up at 11:30. Arrived at MLB at 13:30. Flight (if on time) was at 15:40. 😊

[@alanedon7241]

At last the truth! I flew ito Melbourne from Manchester on the 24th May, Start of the day up at 5am, on to the airport for a flight at 11.25 am...Early start because of the queue's. Only 4 days before travel TUI sent an e-mail to say premium seats that i booked in May 2020 were no longer available!!!..NO one at TUI could give me an explanation.. I did sort it out ( ex Britannia and Thomson staff here)...40 minutes queue through security, then a breakfast.. We were then told aircraft , a 787 Dreamliner all economy config was not ready because not cleaned from the previous day. so after a two hour delay we were on our way. The crew were fantastic on out 81/2 flight. Landed at Melbourne, cases last off and then to queue in a tent for the rental car... We landed at 3.45pm, finally get car at 5.30...( No sat nav, American cars do not have them, so used Google maps) It took from the airport to International Drive...2hours!...So arrived at accom at 8pm (1am UK time) Yep 19hrs.. NOT good Return journey took 1hour and 50 minutes, check in very busy as the TUI flight arrived from Gatwick same time as Manchester flight. Thank goodness i had premium on return, fast check in.. Told we could use the Executive lounge ...lol A room with plastic chairs, Bar stocked well, poor choice of lukewarm food.The we were told to go through security...Told remove belts, shoes etc...only 1 person checking passports, congestion while passengers were taking off shoes, then putting them back on...Not enough staff. Be advised NO duty free, and with a 787-8 and a 787-9, departure lounge full......All the airport staff were friendly but struggling. ...The airport is being rebuilt thanks to the mass amount of money that TUI are throwing at it.. so that it will be ready when their Cruise ships start to use Canaveral.....Think they should look after the passengers that are staying in Orlando... so there it is guys.....Tui calling it Orlando, yet 87 miles away... So from an ex Thomson staff...no more Tui i will take my business elsewhere.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Sounds like a nightmare! I think flying from Manchester won’t have helped (I’m hoping they sort their act out before we fly from there in November), but certainly not great either way for you when you got to Melbourne. I guess everyone has different experiences with airline and airports. There’s a comment down below about bad experiences at MCO and we literally have never had a single issue! They did an aircraft change with ours too - I know they have 2 787’s out of service at the minute so they must be struggling.

[@Chrissyhappy]

Thank you for your report on how you did. It helps me to decide how to travel to Disney from Manchester. The issues I had in MCO security were numerous. It took us over an hour and a half in the queue for disabilities. Then they tried to separate me from my son who was 14. They told me I was in the way waiting with the wheelchair. I couldn’t move because my son hadn’t come through. They also made me wait a further 20 minutes for my daughters medical bag after my son got through, and I was getting upset because it had her breathing equipment for her laryngectomy tube and I needed it desperately. I’m always so polite and calm with people because my daughter senses stress and gets very upset which makes things worse. I was anxious we’d miss the plane. We always have to be first on. By the time we’d got through they were calling our name to get on first. This is bearing in mind that we never dawdle when we arrive at the airport. We check in. Go straight through security and then get coffee etc once we’re safely through. We never even got time for coffee! I didn’t even have time to change my daughter in the airport bathroom before we embarked. It actually made me think twice about going back. Now with Manchesters issues I’m definitely not going for a while.

[@lornacraig5549]

We’re going into Melbourne for the first time and we never drive in America but we usually fly into international- how much was the transfer to I-drive ?

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

With Uber, it’s about $90 from MLB airport compared to $30 from MCO each way. I can’t comment on other taxi/transfer options.

[@lornacraig5549]

I thought you used the transfer coach so I know the journey was long but I wondered how much the coach cost per person - I love your vlogs by the way - great information

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Ah sorry, I did some research thinking you wanted taxi costs! If you fly with TUI, the coach is included free of charge. Thank you. 😊

[@lornacraig5549]

Great thank you so much for even checking out the prices for me 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@robbo291181jessica]

Not looking forward to the transfer it Sounds brutal after that flight tbh. I’m staying 5 mins from Disney hoping it will be quicker.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Fingers crossed it will be for you! I think the luck of where you are in the drop off order will play a big part of it. I’d go into it expecting at least 2 hours on the coach and hopefully it’ll be no more. Have a great trip!

[@robbo291181jessica]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK thank you 😊