[sky13]

I'll happily fly indirect if it's cheaper - though I'm usually solo so this is going to be a bit different from with kids!

Things to note about indirect flights

- As others have said, leave enough time for the stopovers. Immigration can take a while at the first arrival point in the US... plus there may be delays. And then having to go through TSA screening. So I would leave at least 2 hours on the outbound journey if not 3...

- Book the entire journey on a single ticket, so that your departure point is London (or wherever) and your arrival point is Orlando on the ticket. This is in case of any delays on say a LHR-EWR flight causing you to miss the EWR-MCO flight - the airline will usually do its best to sort things out and put you on an alternative EWR-MCO routing if your journey was LHR-MCO.