07-08-2024, 02:53 PM
It may have been as busy as I have ever seen it. We went to the international terminal and was using "normal" hourly parking. For the first time since I've been going there they had posted a sign saying international hourly parking was full. I could not believe it when I saw it. But... as one would guess... I went in anyway, and as I was approaching the entrance gate they had another sign posting how many parking spots were available on each level (??). The entire hourly parking deck was indeed slam-packed full. But I got a spot really quickly where someone was leaving.
Even the international terminal, inside, was extremely busy with people. But... what was odd was that by the time my wife was going through security the place had gotten way less hectic. The line to get through security was almost nothing at all. You know how they have those serpentine paths they have you go through. I think she was more than halfway through the 2nd row as soon as she got in line. Weird.
I am wondering if people are starting to go out to the international terminal rather than use the old North/South terminals, as the international truly is much better. They have a long term parking deck out there, and when my wife and I went through there back in the fall of last year, the parking deck was completely full. They had a couple of guys working out there and they weren't letting anybody into the deck unless they had made a reservation. We had to drive all the way to the opposite side of the airport and park in the giganto long-term parking lot, check in on that side, and then ride the train out to the opposite end to get to our gate for an international flight.
That is one crazy-busy airport.
Even the international terminal, inside, was extremely busy with people. But... what was odd was that by the time my wife was going through security the place had gotten way less hectic. The line to get through security was almost nothing at all. You know how they have those serpentine paths they have you go through. I think she was more than halfway through the 2nd row as soon as she got in line. Weird.
I am wondering if people are starting to go out to the international terminal rather than use the old North/South terminals, as the international truly is much better. They have a long term parking deck out there, and when my wife and I went through there back in the fall of last year, the parking deck was completely full. They had a couple of guys working out there and they weren't letting anybody into the deck unless they had made a reservation. We had to drive all the way to the opposite side of the airport and park in the giganto long-term parking lot, check in on that side, and then ride the train out to the opposite end to get to our gate for an international flight.
That is one crazy-busy airport.