I'm flying from Seattle in August, we land in Orlando at 4:30 pm, I chose to arrive on a Wednesday because MK has evening EMH so I'm hoping to get a good 5 hours in the park the first night.
We don't go to the parks on the day that we land. We arrive from Europe, usually after a 10+ hour flight... Last year we landed at 6 pm, were at our CBR room around 8.30 pm. We grabbed a bite and lay a bit in the hammocks on the beaches. Went to bed early... Due to the jetlag/hour difference, we are usually up very early the next morning...ready to hit the parks!
Couting down to our next trip in about a month!
First trip for the kids, when they were 6 and 4, we took a 6am flight out of JFK, was checked into our hotel and off to the parks by 11. By 2, they were exhausted and needed to go back to the hotel for a nap.