walkee talkees

[diswheels]

Hi! Are there walkee talkees I can buy just in case we get separated? Are they aloud in the parks?

Ashley

 

[Mr._The_King]

Walkies are wonderful and they are allowed

 

[Mousema]

Make sure you get ones that have a few channels. Remember, you're not the only ones in the parks. When we went when DS was small I heard 50 kids yell mom every 5 minutes.

 

[LuvOrlando]

We brought DH's walkie-talkie's from work with 500 channels a few years ago and couldn't find a single open channel. Now we just use our cell phones instead because we have sooooooooooo many minutes and the local area's are so large that they include WDW now.

Instead of the walkie talkies might I suggest the Trac phones cell phones from Wal-mart? At $20 including 20 minutes they are dirt cheap. I just got them for my little kids to use if they need me while at camp and I don't think you can beat them for the price. They have every bell & whistle on an expensive phone except a camera. It only takes 3 buttons to get to my name on speed dial -listed as A Home and A Mom to come in first & 2nd.

There is one catch, before you set it up check and see if you live in the same local area as WDW. You will need to define your region when you set the phone up by calling the phone from a landline. If you wait until you get to WDW you can just define that area as your region and then switch it to your home when you get back.

So far we're really pleased and they work everywhere, just like a regular phone except there is no contract so if it breaks or gets lost or broken I'm only out the $20.

Of course, walkie talkie's are fun for kids so I guess it all depends on what your family likes.

 

[MissMagnolia]

We also had trouble with the walkie talkies we used. The ones we had were a 5 mile radius with a lot of channels and we still couldn't find one that others were not already on. This time we will be using our cell phones - we have a nationwide plan, so no roaming charges.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

We brought DH's walkie-talkie's from work with 500 channels a few years ago and couldn't find a single open channel. Now we just use our cell phones instead because we have sooooooooooo many minutes and the local area's are so large that they include WDW now.

Instead of the walkie talkies might I suggest the Trac phones cell phones from Wal-mart? At $20 including 20 minutes they are dirt cheap. I just got them for my little kids to use if they need me while at camp and I don't think you can beat them for the price. They have every bell & whistle on an expensive phone except a camera. It only takes 3 buttons to get to my name on speed dial -listed as A Home and A Mom to come in first & 2nd.

There is one catch, before you set it up check and see if you live in the same local area as WDW. You will need to define your region when you set the phone up by calling the phone from a landline. If you wait until you get to WDW you can just define that area as your region and then switch it to your home when you get back.

So far we're really pleased and they work everywhere, just like a regular phone except there is no contract so if it breaks or gets lost or broken I'm only out the $20.

Of course, walkie talkie's are fun for kids so I guess it all depends on what your family likes.

We used to use walkie talkies too until we switched to Cingular. We have so many minutes we never use that get rolled over. There's no roaming or long-distance charges. We were tired of hearing everyone else's conversations except the ones we needed to hear. I kept getting on to say, "Is that you, John?" Only to hear later, "Why didn't you answer? I was calling you!" It got old really fast.

 

[2tinksmom]

We had the same problem with not being able to find a channel...we now use cell phones although everyone usually follows me or DH anyway, lol! This is what we do with our walkie talkies now...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/2tinksmom/WDW11-041-