Best place for internet access near Disney?

[CJK]

While we are in Disney, we'd like to be able to check our email a couple times. However, dh REFUSES to pay the $10 a day fee. Are there any nearby internet cafes or library where we could check email? I don't mind paying a small fee (we'll have a laptop). Thanks!

 

[dodukes]

I usually just hit McDonalds here when I need something on the go. Also I think Dennys has free wifi.

..... or another hotel. I sit in my car and "steal" their wifi. A lot of hotels have open connections you can just connect too and with the amount they have on the strip, that should be no problem.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Do you have any kind of smart phone?

 

[CJK]

Thanks for the suggestions! No smartphone for us yet - just an old fashioned laptop! haha

 

[OhMari]

I think all Starbucks have free Wifi.

 

[HM]

The McDonald's near the All Stars has WiFi, but I think you have to buy something to get the code to use their hotspot.

 

[NotUrsula]

There's a public library in Celebration that has open wifi.

Honestly, though, I think it is worth it to pay the fee if you are only doing it for one or two days, especially if you are most likely to connect early in the morning or late in the evening. The reason is that if you are on an active vacation like WDW, time is money. It takes a ridiculous amount of time and gasoline to drive off-property just to swag some free wi-fi, and if only one person really needs to use it and that person is a child, at least one other person has to go along, so that limits the activities that the rest of the family could be doing while that one person is going online.

The access is for 24 hours. I found that timing my access carefully meant that I could get two days access for the fee, by first going on in the evening and the next day in the morning.

 

[safetymom]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/Resorts/wireless.htm

 

[ChristmasElf]

Panera Bread has free wi fi here as well.

 

[SandrA9810]

There's a very helpful topic on the budget board. Same topic, with lots of answers.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2561728