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A popular family destination, Orlando is famous for its abundance of fun theme parks and beaches. With museums, parks and diverse activities, there’s something to keep everyone happy.

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While summer sees the most visitors to Orlando, spring is when you’ll find the best deals on accommodations while enjoying the pleasant weather and fewer crowds. Popular festivals include fall’s Epcot International Food and Wine Festival and Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort, as well as The Orlando Fringe, held in summer. Experience Orlando or one of United's many other Florida destinations when you book today.

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The peak tourist seasons in Orlando generally tie in with school vacations, with the busiest times being spring break (March to April), summer break (June to August) and winter break (December to January). If you can avoid these periods, you’ll find fewer crowds and better discounts on accommodations. While the Florida weather is warm and sunny for most of the year, some visitors can find the heat and humidity of the summer months to be too intense. Weather wise, the best time to visit Orlando is between January and April when the temperatures are cooler and humidity levels are lower.

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• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) Sacramento 16 min 15 km
• San Francisco International Airport (SFO) San Francisco 1 hr 38 min 131 km
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) Oakland 1 hr 30 min 114 km
• San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) San Jose 1 hr 56 min 140 km

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• Orlando International Airport (MCO) Orlando 24 min 13 km
• Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) Orlando 29 min 29 km
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Travelers can now enroll for the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck program at Clear locations in three airports as the Department of Homeland Security expands the ways to sign up.

“The TSA PreCheck trusted traveler program enables vetted, low-risk travelers to move through security more efficiently,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske. “Additional enrollment providers make it easier for the public to enroll and enjoy a seamless travel experience.”

Orlando International Airport (MCO), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Sacramento International Airport (SMF) will be the first locations to allow PreCheck enrollment at Clear sites.

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A previous third-party expansion for PreCheck enrollment allowed travelers to enroll at Staples , the office supply store.

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American Airlines is committed to sustainability, implementing measures to reduce its environmental impact. The airline invests in fuel-efficient aircraft, explores sustainable aviation fuels, and engages in carbon offset programs. With a focus on emissions reduction and responsible practices, American Airlines aligns its goals with the industry's global efforts for a more sustainable future. By prioritizing environmental responsibility and fostering innovation, the airline contributes to a greener aviation sector, striving to create a positive impact on the environment.

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Alaska Airlines prioritizes the safety and well-being of young travelers through its Unaccompanied Minor service. Tailored for children aged 5 to 17 traveling alone, this program provides comprehensive assistance from check-in to arrival. With dedicated support, including supervised boarding, in-flight care, and facilitated handover at the destination, Alaska ensures a secure and comfortable travel experience for unaccompanied minors. The airline's trained staff and attentive service, combined with regular updates for parents or guardians, underscore Alaska's commitment to providing a reliable and reassuring journey for young flyers.

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JetBlue is dedicated to providing a seamless and comfortable travel experience for passengers with limited mobility. The airline offers various services, including wheelchair assistance, priority boarding, and accessible lavatories on many aircraft. JetBlue's staff is trained to assist passengers with disabilities, ensuring their needs are met throughout the journey. The airline's commitment to accessibility and inclusivity extends to airport facilities, making travel more accessible and enjoyable for individuals with limited mobility.

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• Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Sacramento to the following destinations at these prices or less: Miami $238 one-way - $502 round-trip
• On average*, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route.
• One of the quickest trips you can make from Sacramento to Florida is to travel on the direct flight offered by American Airlines that departs from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) and arrives at Miami International Airport (MIA).
• If you would prefer to travel to the west coast of Florida, one option is to travel on the one-stop flight offered by Southwest Airlines that arrives at Tampa International Airport (TPA) with a layover at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL).
• When the entire family is considering going to the theme park-rich city of Orlando, you'll find that you can fly there directly on Southwest Airlines with a flight that arrives at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
• If you would like to travel to the panhandle of Florida, one of the best options is to travel on the one-stop flight aboard American Airlines that arrives at Pensacola International Airport (PNS) after a layover at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
• If you are looking for a way to pass the time before a flight from Sacramento International Airport, you can elevate your travel experience by immersing yourself in culture right from the start. Sacramento International Airport serves as a unique cultural hub, showcasing works by globally acclaimed artists in various mediums. If you are flying out of Terminal B, stop by Dos Coyotes to grab a Border Burrito or some delicious tacos.

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I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

Horrible. This was not first class. This was a connecting flight whi h was late. My original flight never came. I hated the fact that delta gave me a connecting flight from New York to Orlando Florida. No meals and the television screens were not working. There wasn't even any power to charge your phones. This is NOT FIRST CLASS DELTA!!! Do better next time!

They did a fine job. Can't wait to use Delta in the future.

Seat back monitors and outlets were dead and not working.

The experience was good and the flight departed on time and landed early

The flight was delayed but we got to our final destination.

public website still broken for years randomly blocking browsers with privacy options active after loading a page maybe once. check-in on laptop was almost impossible but eventually randomly worked. had to print pass at airport since couldn't get back in to load digital pass on mobile firefox or chrome. red eye flight so smooth onboarding, plenty of room to spread out, easy offboarding. onboard wifi instructions mention vpn can cause problems connecting but fails to also mention private dns. no printed or built in menu list, seems weird to require personal device to point at qr code link for menu which does not even allow direct ordering. people with health condition risk related dietary restrictions trying to avoid for example cholesterol and sugar are left guessing what they can order either way without nutritional info highlights (cranberry juice was minute maid cocktail with as much suger as typical can of soda). tap to pay wasn't working and always seems sketchy to manually enter card info. good movie variety, so limited tv was okay.

Boarding super slow with people allowed to linger in aisles

There were choices for the snacks. Good choices and tasty lunch and breakfast as well.

First time travel in economy and the worst experience I ever had ! Shame on paying 600 dollars to be in a tuna can ! Service was terrible no even water no even class no even matters your flight attendants were lazy and sloppy very bad experience! After all these years traveling in first and once I try this cause I need to go to a destination for an emergency wow shame on you !

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

40 minute delay before take off after boarding flight. Bright lights throughout night flight due Issues with light panels. In flight Entertainment nonfunctional

Another horrible Jet Blue experience. This airline has suffered the biggest decline of all from best to worst. TVs didn’t work (again). internet was temperamental. Boarded late and couldn’t get organized to serve snacks.

I hate their constant delays! It’s as if I cannot confidently make plans for timing when I'm traveling with them. I slept through it, so all I can say is it was good.

Did not wait long for wheelchair and attendant to arrive after checking in. Wheeled down to plane Was greeted with a smile when entering the plane Choice of snacks was very limited to 2 items. Seats are uncomfortable. My butt was sore after the 1st hour of flying. Needs better cushioning at seats.

Did not wait long for wheelchair and attendant to arrive after checking in. Wheeled down to plane Was greeted with a smile when entering the plane Choice of snacks was very limited to 2 items.

One hour delayed departure resulted in problems with planned ground transportation at my destination.

No WiFi No TV Bag of chips I guess it could be worse.

I really liked the way snacks and drinks were available throughout the flight!!! The flight attendants were also all fantastic!

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

flight delays, staff only communicating when pushed, food service lasting a grand total of 7 minutes, stuck in seat from 45mins into flight until landing

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

I liked everything about the flight. The service was excellent!

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

It was a good flight. Of course it was full, but it went well.

We sat on the plane for 1 hour because the airline was short handed could not be unloading.

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

Flight delayed 3 times. We were directed to go to a gate across from our gate. The plane wasn't there yet so we had to wait for it to arrive, then deplane everyone and then wait again for the plane to be cleaned. After 45 minuites we were allowed on the plane. The first plane had mechanical issues. The 2nd plane must have had bathroom issues because we did not have any food service whatsoever. No snack or beverage. That made for a long time not to have anything considering that we had just made it to the original gate and we had no time to stop to get food or a drink. Then we didn't want to leave the gate to get food because we wouldn't know how much longer the delay would be. Then the next gate change. Had we been told that the total time would have been aprox 45 min later we would have left to get food and a beverage. We had to wait again for the okay to the pilot to take off so we were on the runway for another 20 min. Overall, we were delayed over 2 hours which felt like 4 hours.

Lots of weather delays that were poorly communicated and managed. I get there are weather delays but they didn’t make it clear what was happening or comfortable on the plane

Me and my husband experienced very bad in American Airlines. We missed our flight going to Doha. The American Airlines was delayed we arrived already 10:27pm. Supposed to be 9:40 pm. So what they did they rebooked our flight and they gave us a hotel. When we arrived at the hotel the front desk said it was fully booked already. Oh my gosh! I said why did you accept the booking if it's fully booked. The guy said that's American Airlines they just book even it's already full. That's 2am already, we have nothing to do so, we decided to go another hotel. We pay the room, food and taxi. Pls give an action on this matter. Refund our expenses and give us more compensation. Not only our room, food, taxi but also our efforts, tiredness looking for a room that can accommodate us.

Horrible. Flight was delayed and very bumpy. I was super unhappy

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

Absolutely filthy flight and not equipped for a trans US

Spirit canceled the flight in March and never notified me!

Pretty good. Would’ve been excellent if we would have left on time and the crew wasn’t late.

Spirit airline tries to screw you at every opportunity. Spirit wanted 65$ for an extra pound in the suitcase Made me open the suitcase at the counter to remove 1 pound. Staff very cold and rude Will never fly spirit again and will recommend same to family and friends

The weight limit per bag was really low - 40 lbs - so we had to pay extra. Then, they said their carry on size was 14x18x8, and we measured our bag very carefully. It was within the limit, yet they said it was too big, so we ended up paying an extra $100 for that too!! So it wasn’t the cheap flight we thought it would be. Then, they moved up our initial flight to depart 3 hours earlier which meant we had to be out on the road by 7 am and then have a 6 hour layover and we got home at 2am. It was a grueling day. I won’t be flying with them again.

Overall it was a good experience. Stewards were very kind and professional. The departure and arrival times were as promised. Plane was clean.

Terrible as usual!!!! Very unprofessional and rude flight attendants! You get what you pay for! HORRIBLE

My experience was above excellent!!!! First the lady that pushed me in the wheelchair to the gate was outstanding!!! Then the ladies at the gate went over and beyond, by helping me fill out the immigration form! I would not have been able to get to Guatemala without their help!!! God bless them all! They were amazing 🙏❤️🙏

Kayak does not know that spirit airlines charged me $70 to fly. But the bag check-in was $89 each way. This is false advertising to lure people. Spirit airlines sends bunch of emails after flight purchases to buy wifi, better seats, priority boarding, secure reserved seats. This is false advertising. Up front pricing. I would of flown jet blue or Alaska airlines.

First....my trip was from Ft. Myers to Philly (not the other way around). Plane was clean, staff was friendly and flight was efficient with boarding and flight time. Thumbs up all around.

Early departure and arrival. Cabin very cold. Waited a while for luggage to come out

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A United Airlines flight from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Denver on Sunday was diverted to San Francisco.

United said Flight 2285 left SMF around 8:45 a.m. and was diverted due to a possible mechanical issue. The plane landed safely at SFO around 10:44 a.m., according to the FlightAware flight tracker.

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-800 that was carrying 164 passengers, United said.

The airline said an emergency was not declared before the flight was diverted.

Passengers were deplaned in San Francisco and another flight to Denver was arranged for them, according to United.

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Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault watches play during the second half in Game 2 of the team’s NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault watches his team in the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault gives instructions to his team in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)

Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault, right, talks to official Tony Brothers, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

By CLIFF BRUNT

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joked at first when asked what makes Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault good at his job.

“He’s annoying. Always nagging,” the All-Star guard said with a chuckle.

He continued with a more serious tone.

“The best thing about him is no matter who you are, he has a standard,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “And it doesn’t matter if you’ve been here five years, if you’re the best player on the team, if you’re the worst player on the team, if you just got here last week — there’s a standard, and you’ve got to play to it and live up to it on and off the court. I think that’s what’s allowed our culture to be what it is as a group. And it starts with him.”

Those qualities have been rewarded. Daigneault, 39, was named NBA Coach of the Year on Sunday after leading one of the league’s youngest teams to the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. He joins Scott Brooks (2010) as the only Thunder coaches to win the award.

The other finalists were Minnesota’s Chris Finch and Orlando’s Jamahl Mosley, who finished second in the voting.

Finch led the Timberwolves to a 56-26 record and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference playoffs after they had to go through the play-in tournament to make the playoffs the previous year. Mosley led the Magic to a 47-35 record this season after the team went 34-48 last season.

Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers, who was Coach of the Year with Orlando in 2001, said Daigneault was clearly ahead of the pack this season.

“Working with a bunch of young guys and getting all these young guys to buy in on a championship level — I don’t think people understand how hard that is to do,” Rivers said before the Thunder beat the Bucks late in the regular season. “And the proof is you don’t see a lot of young teams in their position. … It’s easy for me on that one.”

A Gators assistant a decade ago, Daigneault spent five years as head coach of the Thunder’s G-League affiliate. He had a .572 winning percentage with four playoff appearances and three division titles. He took over as Thunder coach in 2020 after Billy Donovan left to become the Chicago Bulls coach.

Oklahoma City went 22-50 in Daigneault’s first year as Thunder head coach, and then 24-58 in his second before signs of a turnaround surfaced. Last season, Oklahoma City went 40-42 and reached the play-in tournament, and Daigneault finished second in the Coach of the Year voting.

The Thunder went 57-25 this season and clinched a tie for the best record in the West on the dramatic final day of the regular season.

Daigneault has benefited from having exceptional young talent to develop. Gilgeous-Alexander, 25, finished third in the league with 30.1 points per game this season and is a finalist for Most Valuable Player. Jalen Williams, a first-round pick in 2022, averaged 19.1 points this season after being runner-up for Rookie of the Year last season. Josh Giddey, the sixth overall pick in 2021, averaged 12.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists this season.

But the key addition has been Chet Holmgren. The No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft missed all of last season with a foot injury. This season, the 7-foot-1 center averaged 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks while creating mismatches on both ends with his versatility. He is a finalist for Rookie of the Year.

Sacramento’s Mike Brown, the unanimous Coach of the Year last season and the winner with Cleveland in 2009, was impressed with how Daigneault created a strong team so quickly with the talent general manager Sam Presti stockpiled.

“To have the type of patience to go through the process, not panic and all be on the same page knowing that it’s a process — it’s just a beautiful sight to see from the outside looking in,” Brown said. “Not many NBA organizations, starting from ownership on down, are like this.”

But it goes beyond having talent to work with. Williams is one of several players who has raved about Daigneault’s communication skills.

“I think any time you can relate to the people you’re teaching, you’re able to get a lot further. … It makes us willing to listen,” Williams said. “He also loves the game, and we can sense that just on how he’s — kind of his approach and how much film and statistics and analytics that he goes through on a daily basis to give us prep for each game. I think when you can see that as a player, I think that makes us want to play hard for him.”

Daigneault said he listens because he knows he can’t do it all alone.

“Ultimately, we’re in it together,” he said. “We’re all working together to try to get to the best thing and we don’t care where that idea comes from. If it comes from a player, comes from a video assistant, it doesn’t matter. We’re just trying to get to the best thing and move in the same direction.”

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