Well we just made it to the gate and we are waiting to take our first flight on Southwest Airlines.
I have not been to this end of the airport in decades and it has been renovated for Southwest Airlines.
You have to walk pretty far and thus if you have a lot of carryons it is better to take the shuttle.
The check in process at the kiosks is much faster than Hawaiian Airlines and getting through TSA was also faster as there are more lanes. Since this area of the airport handles domestic and international flights as well I can imagine that it could get super busy.
Now we just have to see how the flight is.