[scooby99]

Originally Posted by chmurf

you MUST collect your bags at the US airport on your way to MCO

procedure is as follow

deplane
go through immigration
collect bags
go through customs
drop bags off right after customs (there will be a desk, or employees and they will put your bags back on a belt, it takes litteraly 20 seconds
then you'll go through security (think about duty free and liquids, you have the same requirements as in your uk airport)

on the way home to the UK, bags are checked through you don't see them until the UK

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Just a slight variation; there is no customs anymore.
This is dealt with by the immigration officer now before you collect luggage & the separate dedicated customs desk/line has gone.
It hasn’t been there at either Tampa or Orlando for a while now.