Travel Back Home
We checked out of the hotel in the morning and headed to the parks. We packed a change of clothes as we were booked on a late flight (9:55 p.m.) and it would likely be pretty cold back home when we landed. We stopped for dinner at a Denny's close to the airport (Last exit - exit 8 Jetport drive), however service was very slow but fine. We gas'd up the car and then headed to the airport.
Heads up - you will need exact change to get thru the last toll back to the airport in coins!! ($1.50). We ended up backing up into traffic as we did not have the coins!! Luckily it was late in the evening and not very busy!
Arriving at MCO
Being a Monday and late in the evening - the airport was effectively empty. If you can swing it, its a fantastic day/time to travel, except for the fact that it was so empty that they closed the duty free shop early (at 8:30 p.m.) and I was unable to purchase some Crown Royal!!. Nevertheless, no stress getting thru the airport for check-in and Security. At the gate - Air Canada was using new "biometrics" gates and we ended up having to split up by specific zones (they split window seats from aisle and interior seats??) in order to board and use the special facial recognition cameras to gain entry. Pretty cool technology when it works - a few passengers had issues trying to get through and not ideal if you are travelling as a family as it splits you up. This new process does add extra time for boarding as each passenger has to wait till the system scans your face. I could see this being a pain when the airport is very busy???
In YYZ - the exit was also very smooth, with customs using the automated machines being very efficient. No need for the ArriveCAN app. We had taken a photo of where our car was located and therefore finding the car was very smooth. exiting using a hard copy of the barcode worked seamlessly and we were home in no time...