which cell phone provider in Disney?

[steph]

Didn't quite know where to post this question, but figured since I use my cell phone to save money on long distance calls, this should be the place.

I am getting ready to change my cellphone provider (dumping cellular one) and am wondering how the reception at Disney is on any of the following:

Nextel ? ATT Wireless ? Cingular ? T-Moblie ?

Also if anyone knows how about reception in Gatlinburg/ Pigeon Forge TN ?

Thanks
Steph

 

[DMRick]

You didn't have this on your list..but Verizon is wonderful...never hit a dead spot on any of Disney property.

 

[mrsmom]

I have cingular and never had a problem getting reception there.
Mrsmom

 

[Dizholic]

Sprint is pretty good too. I can't remember having any problems.

 

[z28wiz]

nextel is wonderful and has recently moved to nationwide you can Two-way from almost all major areas, orlando, ny, cali and so on. Also i had my nextel and disney last year and had great service. My gf had AT&T and had horriable service. Hope this helps

 

[TreeOfLife]

Sprint is hideous! If you walk a few steps you lose contact, walk back you can hear again... It is awful.

Verizon is wonderful, works great

 

[steph]

I can't get Verizon in my area, nor Sprint. A friend of mine is "testing" a phone from AT&T and Cingular and I brought them both home today to see how they did. AT&T failed the works at the house test, but Cingular did fairly well. So think I will "test" Cingular myself for a few days. Nextel works at my house also but needed to know what worked in the areas that I vacation in, so thanks for the responses.

Steph

 

[tax58]

We've been very pleased with T-Moblie. We never noticed a dead spot at Disney.

 

[DisneyKidds]

I used to have ATT. It was a few years ago, and I dont recall having a problem in WDW (but I didn't use it much).

I know Sprint isn't an option, but we have Sprint and have had no problems in WDW.

ps - My wife used to have Cellular One. Good move dropping them - they sucked! (Sorry - there was no nicer way to say that)

 

[Colleen A.]

We were there in Dec and used AT&T. They were great! They allowed me to change my calling plan for the month so I would not have any roaming fees ($34.95/mo - 500 anytime minutes, free long distance and 250 nights and weekends free). Once I got home, I could change back to my normal $29.99 plan with no penalties. I used them quite a bit in Disney and never had any times when I couldn't reach anyone. Heck, I think my sister, who was home here in Pa called me MORE than she does when I'm home!

Colleen

 

[SeaWitch]

Have had no problems with AT&T (but maybe it's because I always use a Disney ring-tone). But we do the same thing as Colleen A - change our calling base to Florida and then switch back when we get home.

 

[garydeb]

We have Verizon and they worked great at WDW. Didn't hit any dead spots and we used them alot.

Have a Great Disney Trip!!!!
deb

 

[jaygatz]

We have T-Mobile with the unlimited Family to Family plan, and it is awesome for Disney. You have personal "walkie-talkies." And, it was rather inexpensive. $69.00/month for unlimited T-Mobile to T-Mobile (I don't know how many other minutes/month. I think 800 weekday and unlimited weekends...all of our family members have T-Mobile, so we never call anyone else on them.)

 

[Mskanga]

Word of advice to those who switch the plan with AT&T for a month and then go back to your old plan, do you know that by doing that you are extending your contract also?
In other words if you have plan A and you had it for six months, you only have six more months to finish your contract but if you switch to plan B for one month , your contract starts all over again, in other words you are stuck for another 12 months. Then you switch back to plan A again, you are starting your contract again. I know because I had AT&T and that's one of the things they don't tell you.

 

[3yL]

Originally posted by z28wiz
nextel is wonderful and has recently moved to nationwide you can Two-way from almost all major areas

Thank you DH and I have Nextel and I was hoping we'd be able to use direct connect at WDW. (One potential problem out of the way, yay! )

 

[starwood]

Before our trip last April I called Verizon to see if Orlando was one of my covered areas. They said no - but for the same price I was paying they could switch plans and Orlando would be covered AND I would get free long distance calls (which I didn't currently have).

So check out all the plans available.

 

[mickey7861]

We used AT&T and T-Mobil last summer and had no problems. Our friends had Nextel and they couldn't use their direct connect.

 

[LUVMICKEY]

We have had AT&T for the last 5 years and have used it alot all over Disney and have never had a problem. We'll be sticking with AT&T, we find it very dependable.

Michele

 

[626]

Glad to hear Verizon works great This May will be my first trip back since I changed over from Sprint and I was wondering how the reception would be. (BTW, Sprint worked well for me, except I couldn't get a signal whenever I was inside my room at the PORiverside, but when I walked outside the room, it jumped up to full power. Weird!)

 

[tinatark]

We haven't gone to MK yet so I can't help you there, but we live in the Smoky Mtn. area so I will say, I have Cingular, it has great reception, but the best we've found for the mountainous areas has to be ATT/Suncom. DH has it.

You do get a lot of dead spots here because of the mountains. Most have decent coverage in town, but the minute you hit a curvy road you lose coverage!