~12 hours later, more than a few hundred $$ to house my family of five for the night, and the craziest boarding pass fiasco where one of the kids wasn't allowed past security with their ticket but the other one was, which took three trips up to the TSA desk and back to the American desk before it worked...we are home...and grateful for electricity in a DFW metro where many are still without.

MCO, never again. That was our third fiasco there out of three attempts over 10+ years.