JetBlue Joins Walt Disney World's Luggage Transfer Service as Its Fourth Airline
JetBlue is now part of Walt Disney World's Luggage Transfer Service, joining American, Southwest and United. Guests flying into Orlando International Airport on those four airlines and staying at one of six participating resorts can have checked bags sent straight to the resort, then checked through from the bell desk on the way home.
JetBlue is now the fourth airline in Walt Disney World's Luggage Transfer Service, which sends a guest's checked bags from Orlando International Airport straight to their Disney resort hotel. It joins American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, and the service covers six resorts.
Key Details
- Airlines: American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue
- Airport: Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Resorts: All-Star Movies, All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach and Pop Century
- Registration window: From 30 days to 24 hours before your flight
- Luggage tags: Mailed to guests who register more than seven days ahead
- Arrival: Collect bags at the resort bell desk a few hours after your flight
- Going home: Leave bags at the bell desk at least four hours before departure
Which airlines and resorts are in the Luggage Transfer Service
The service has grown since its 2025 launch, but it still covers only 4 airlines and 6 mostly Value resorts.
- Launched in 2025. Walt Disney World started the service in early 2025 with a short list of airlines and hotels, and has added to both lists since.
- Newest airline. JetBlue joined the service on September 24, the most recent addition to the airline list.
- Mostly Value resorts. Of the 6 participating hotels, 5 are Value resorts, the lowest-priced tier of Disney hotels.
- One Moderate resort. Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort is the only Moderate resort, Disney's middle hotel tier, on the list.
- No Deluxe resorts. No Deluxe resort, the top hotel tier, and no Disney Vacation Club property, Disney's timeshare program, is part of the service yet.
To use it, a guest needs both a flight on a participating airline into Orlando International Airport (MCO) and a stay at a participating resort.
How the Luggage Transfer Service works
Registered guests skip the airport baggage claim on arrival and stop handling their bags at the resort on the way home.
- Tags on bags. Guests who receive the special luggage tags in the mail put them on their checked bags.
- Late sign-ups. Guests who register inside the 7-day window should confirm how they will get their tags when they register.
- No baggage claim. On arrival, guests skip baggage claim at the airport, and the tagged bags travel to their resort.
- Hands-free trip home. After leaving their bags at the bell desk, the resort's luggage desk, guests do not handle them again until they reach their home airport.
A piece of Magical Express, back for some guests
The Luggage Transfer Service brings back part of what guests lost when Disney's Magical Express went away.
- Magical Express ended. Disney's Magical Express, Disney's own airport transfer service, bused resort guests from the airport until January 2022.
- Yellow-tagged bags. It also delivered guests' checked bags, marked with its yellow tags, to their resort rooms.
- Return trip included. The new service also covers the trip home, with bags checked through from the resort.
Losing Magical Express took away one of the easiest parts of a Walt Disney World arrival. The new service restores only the luggage half, and only for guests on these 4 airlines staying at these 6 resorts.
The Buzz
The end of Magical Express was one of the most disappointing changes at Walt Disney World for many guests, so every airline or resort added to its luggage replacement gets noticed. JetBlue widens the service, but big Orlando carriers such as Delta, Spirit and Frontier are still not part of it.
Registering 30 days to 24 hours before the flight
Eligible guests should register more than a week ahead, while everyone else should keep checking whether their airline or resort joins.
- Everyone else waits. Guests on other airlines, or staying at other resorts, still collect their own bags at the airport for now.
- Lists keep growing. Both the airline list and the resort list have grown steadily, so guests should check them again before their trip.
For guests flying American, Southwest, United or JetBlue into Orlando and staying at one of the 6 participating resorts, sign-up opens 30 days before the flight and closes 24 hours before it. Registering more than a week out gets the tags mailed ahead of the trip.
Our take. JetBlue brings the service to 4 airlines, but with Delta, Spirit and Frontier still out and no Deluxe resort on the list, it remains a partial return of Magical Express for a narrow group of guests.