ACR LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC AT MCO; FL.

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ON ARR INTO ORLANDO; APCH CTL FREQ WERE VERY CONGESTED AS A RESULT OF ACFT NEEDING DEVS FOR WX. (TSTMS IN THE VICINITY AND IN ORLANDO CLASS B AIRSPACE.) AFTER BEING WORKED BY APCH WITH OUR OWN DEVS; AND VECTORS TO A POS TO ACCEPT THE VISUAL; WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL FROM A DSNDING R BASE TO RWY 17 AT MCO. AS A RESULT OF THE INTENSE RADIO COM INVOLVED WITH THE VECTORS AND DEVS; OUR CREW CONCENTRATION WAS FOCUSED ON CONFIGNS FOR LNDG AND VERIFICATIONS THAT THE ACFT WAS READY TO LAND. ATC NEVER HANDED US OFF TO TWR AND WE; AS A CREW; DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL WE WERE ON THE LNDG ROLLOUT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 477030: ATC CTLRS WERE SOUNDING HARRIED. WHEN WE CONTACTED FINAL APCH CTL THE AIR WAS VERY TURBULENT WITH TSTMS IN THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE RPTED CEILING AND VISIBILITY WAS 6000 FT AND 10 MI THE WX AS WELL AS THE HEAT WAS PLAYING A FACTOR. BOTH MY FO AND I WERE GETTING TIRED FROM THE BOUNCING AROUND AND THE FLT ATTENDANT HAD RPTED SICK PAX. FLORIDA HAD BEEN IN A DROUGHT SIT FOR MANY MONTHS AND FLYING HAD BEEN GREAT WITH NO SEVERE WX TO WORRY ABOUT. THIS DAY WAS NOT GOOD. BOTH OF US WERE APPREHENSIVE OF THE WX. FINAL APCH CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH BUT NEVER MADE THE HDOF TO THE TWR. WE WERE BUSY WITH THE FINAL APCH CHKLIST AND FIGHTING TO KEEP THE ACFT ON AN EVEN KEEL DUE TO THE TURB. NEITHER OF US RECOGNIZED THE ERROR OF LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC FROM THE TWR UNTIL WE WENT TO CHANGE FREQ TO GND CTL.