Terminal B’s Delta Sky Club is the “least bad” lounge at MCO
Frequent flyers keep saying the Delta Sky Club in Terminal B is the best of a weak set of lounge options at Orlando International Airport, mainly because Priority Pass choices in Terminals A and C are even rougher during peak times. You access it with Sky Club membership, same-day Delta ticket, or eligible American Express cards in Terminal B, so this ends up as the default spot for most Delta regulars at MCO.
Hours aren’t consistently published for this club, but flyers report it tracking Delta’s main departure bank in Terminal B, opening ahead of the first wave of morning flights and running through the evening Orlando–Atlanta and Orlando–New York services. If you have a late-night MCO departure on Delta, double-check hours in the Delta app before banking on a pre-flight shower or snack in the club, since closing times can shift with the schedule.
Food here rates as “fine, not great” compared with bigger Delta Sky Clubs in Atlanta or New York, with a small hot buffet, basic salads, and snacks that rotate but stay pretty repetitive over a week of travel. Drinks follow the standard Sky Club playbook, with complimentary house beer, wine, and spirits, plus paid upgrades if you want better bourbon or a premium cocktail before your Delta flight out of Terminal B.
Space is the real pain point: crowding hits hardest in the 06:00–09:00 and 15:00–18:00 departure banks for Delta’s Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and New York flights. Seating tends to fill first near the windows facing B-side gates, so if you walk in and it looks slammed, keep going deeper into the club to hunt for a single seat with a power outlet for your laptop or phone.
Wi‑Fi speed generally matches the terminal’s main network, and power outlets sit at almost every other chair, but you will occasionally see people sitting on the floor near one of the few open plugs during the 08:00 rush. Noise runs lower than the main B concourse when the club is under capacity, yet on Saturday family-heavy departure waves the volume creeps up close to what you would hear near a Delta boarding gate.
One practical tip: if your Delta flight from Terminal B leaves within 40 minutes and the Sky Club check-in line stretches more than 10 people deep, skip it and grab something from the concourse instead, since you can burn 15–20 minutes just getting scanned in during school holidays and peak winter traffic.
How to get in
- 01 Terminal B
- 02 Delta/Amex access