Is dial-up service available at WLR?

[LilTinks]

Hi all...I'd like to bring my laptop to Disney and was wondering if it was allowed (or possible, even) to plug into the phone jack in the hotel and access a local number for our internet connection. We've done this before on vacation when renting apartments or houses, but I've never considered whether it was a viable option at a Disney hotel. I'm not sure I'm up to paying the $10 per day for wi-fi...

Any information would be greatly appreciated~

Thanks!

 

[dburg30]

Yes I have heard that is doable.

Someone said they charge for local calls, but when I look at information it said free local calls..

 

[Deb & Bill]

Just make sure your internet provider has a local number. And check with the front desk to make sure it is local. Some numbers that appear local are really long distance.

 

[shoes99]

We have an AOL dial up account, and use a local 407 number when we bring our laptop to check email and ebay. We just pay for a local call. We also use the AOL switch user function, so we stay logged on and don't have to pay for a second call when my DH wants to check his own email.

 

[LilTinks]

Shoes99, so you were charged for using the local number?

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99, so you were charged for using the local number?

We were charged at SSR, but we were not charged at the All Stars (Sports and Music)...
go figure.

 

[LilTinks]

I just spoke to someone at the WLR Concierge desk and she confirmed with the front desk agents that dial up is a standard "amenity" at the WLR and that local calls in the 407 area code are not billed.

Thanks, all!

 

[ElizabethB]

In our experience, Disney charges something like 50 or 75 cents (it may now be up to $1.00) for each local call. I think the WLR information is wrong.

 

[LilTinks]

ElizabethB, were you staying at WLR (or a deluxe resort) when you were charged? Maybe they don't charge at the deluxe resorts but do at the other resorts if dialup is not a standard amenity???

I'm going to call again today and get confirmation (and a name just in case...)~

 

[WillCAD]

All WDW resort rooms have dataports on the telephones. A dataport is an analog phone jack that you can use with yout laptop's modem to call out to your dial-up ISP. I used to do it all the time before the high-speed internet was installed in the resorts.

There is a 75-cent charge for all local calls from WDW resort rooms, including calls made through the dataport. Has been for years.

There is no wi-fi in WDW resort rooms. Several WDW resorts have wi-fi internet access in lobbies and other public areas; cost is $4.99 for the first 60 minutes, or $9.95 for a 24-hour period.

All WDW resort rooms have ethernet ports for wired high-speed internet access, which costs $9.95 per 24-hour period. However, you do not have to enable this access for the duration of your stay; you can enable it for one day at a time, whenever you need internet access.

For complete info on internet access at WDW, check here:
http://allearsnet.com/acc/internet.htm

 

[LilTinks]

WillCAD, thank you for the information. I just got off the phone for the second time with WLR guest services and although she initially told me there was a $9.95 charge for dial-up, then corrected herself and said that there was no charge for dial-up and no fees for local calls, I finally got her to check with the front desk, who confirmed what you told me...there is a $.75 fee for each local call. I so appreciate having these boards as a resource...

My hope is to use dial-up as needed (without getting cut-off and having to redial)...all I want to do is upload pics to an online gallery to share with family, and have access to the Disney sites as needed.

Thanks again~

 

[WillCAD]

If you're goint to be uploading pics, the dial-up access is going to be maddingly slow. You might consider enabling the high-speed maybe once or twice during the course of your trip to upload pics. I know $10 a day is a lot (highway robbery, IMHO), but if you only spend the $10 once or twice a trip it can allow you to upload a lot more pics than the dial-up would, giving you a nice online backup of your vacation pics.