Getting to WDW from Fort Lauderdale tomorrow? (NYC Flight canceled)

[kandb]

They're flying Delta. They were able to get JFK to Tampa, but I don't know what time the flight was. Per JFK's website, the 4pm and 7pm flights to Tampa via Delta are still a go. So hopefully they make it.

I hope so. I am in NJ, seems like the snow has slowed down. It's strange that JetBlue has ALL of their flights out of JFK cancelled tonight. Maybe Delta gets priority over JetBlue?

 

[kaytieeldr]

Nothing to do with priority. Delta has about three times as many planes as jetBlue. More planes = more flights availjetBlue lus, JetBlue had some bad press a few years ago related to weather.

 

[Baduist]

Thanks for all the help, guys.

Updating incase someone in the future finds this in a similar situation and it helps.

The flight to Tampa at 4PM was OK, departure from the gate was on time, airborne about 30 minutes late due to de-icing. One good thing: no lines at the airport. lol

My best guess judging by what I saw in JFK is that indeed flights that had to LAND in NY were cancelled while flights where the plane was already there went out as planned, which is about 10% of flights (my guestimate).

50 mins before the flight after spending some time at the terminal and getting confident that it's gonna be ok (staff seemed to confirm, other departures were on time, etc) made a call to Mears and booked an SUV to our Disney World resort.

It cost just about what a flight what would cost, but it made sense as it ended up about 1 hour 15mins and with 2 babies after two crazy days, we wanted the most comfort - didn't make sense to wait for another flight + baggage claim + Disney shuttle.

Also considering this is a long anticipated vacation, an expensive one, incl trans-atlantic flights, $400 (icl. tip, tax & car seats) was well within our "unexpected" budget column.

The service wasn't the best, wouldn't recommend if you have time to research - we had to install their car seats ourselves, the driver had no idea how to. Other than that, easy comfortable ride and the nightmare was behind us.

 

[Best Aunt]

Thanks for all the help, guys.

Updating incase someone in the future finds this in a similar situation and it helps.

The flight to Tampa at 4PM was OK, departure from the gate was on time, airborne about 30 minutes late due to de-icing. One good thing: no lines at the airport. lol

My best guess judging by what I saw in JFK is that indeed flights that had to LAND in NY were cancelled while flights where the plane was already there went out as planned, which is about 10% of flights (my guestimate).

50 mins before the flight after spending some time at the terminal and getting confident that it's gonna be ok (staff seemed to confirm, other departures were on time, etc) made a call to Mears and booked an SUV to our Disney World resort.

It cost just about what a flight what would cost, but it made sense as it ended up about 1 hour 15mins and with 2 babies after two crazy days, we wanted the most comfort - didn't make sense to wait for another flight + baggage claim + Disney shuttle.

Also considering this is a long anticipated vacation, an expensive one, incl trans-atlantic flights, $400 (icl. tip, tax & car seats) was well within our "unexpected" budget column.

The service wasn't the best, wouldn't recommend if you have time to research - we had to install their car seats ourselves, the driver had no idea how to. Other than that, easy comfortable ride and the nightmare was behind us.

Glad you made it okay!

 

[Betty Rohrer]

Thanks for all the help, guys.

Updating incase someone in the future finds this in a similar situation and it helps.

The flight to Tampa at 4PM was OK, departure from the gate was on time, airborne about 30 minutes late due to de-icing. One good thing: no lines at the airport. lol

My best guess judging by what I saw in JFK is that indeed flights that had to LAND in NY were cancelled while flights where the plane was already there went out as planned, which is about 10% of flights (my guestimate).

50 mins before the flight after spending some time at the terminal and getting confident that it's gonna be ok (staff seemed to confirm, other departures were on time, etc) made a call to Mears and booked an SUV to our Disney World resort.

It cost just about what a flight what would cost, but it made sense as it ended up about 1 hour 15mins and with 2 babies after two crazy days, we wanted the most comfort - didn't make sense to wait for another flight + baggage claim + Disney shuttle.

Also considering this is a long anticipated vacation, an expensive one, incl trans-atlantic flights, $400 (icl. tip, tax & car seats) was well within our "unexpected" budget column.

The service wasn't the best, wouldn't recommend if you have time to research - we had to install their car seats ourselves, the driver had no idea how to. Other than that, easy comfortable ride and the nightmare was behind us.

because of insurance most drivers are not allowed to install carseats unless it comes with the car. so would not be surprised if others have that also. would you really trust someone who does not know your seat to install correctly?

 

[RysMomma]

Glad you guys made it! Hopefully you're enjoying your time!

 

[amccu18007]

Glad you made it! Enjoy your vacation!