WIFI in parks is practically non-existent!

[720L]

Just a warning to anyone that plans on using Wi-Fi....its practically non existent in the parks!

 

[amyg1975]

I agree, I connected once, and that was only because I was near the Grand Californian.

 

[bdiddy]

We tried to connect and gave up after about 30 seconds. We couldn't even get it to show up on DD's phone which is a little older. DH works for AT&T and we have really good plans so it wasn't an issue for us but I feel bad for people that really need it.

 

[GatorChris]

I just wonder if there's too many trying to access. I know when they do the wheel game before WOC, it's easy to get on the network. But there may not be a lot getting on and playing. But if 25000 phones are trying to get FPs all day, that may make a difference. You'd think they would've thought of this.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

It seems to work the best, relatively speaking, when you are near one of their hot spots. I know in Frontierland, these are some odd looking hitching posts in the landscaping between the Golden Horseshoe and RDZ. I thought that someone in the jumbo MP info thread had reported that the wifi was improving, so maybe it really is that sensitive right now to how many guests are trying to access it at one time. We never even thought to try it because we knew we didn't need to use it and other guests did. It does seem to work consistently better in DCA.

 

[Napoleon Dynamite]

I had no issue at all last month

 

[jlmarr]

First World problems...

 

[SMD]

If you read the printed park map, they make it pretty obvious that it's not park-wide wifi. Although some hotspots seem to be better than others.

 

[mom2rtk]

First World problems...

You're on a Disney message board. They're pretty much all first world problems.

 

[amyg1975]

It only popped us an a choice one time for me, the other times I checked, it wasn't listed.

 

[LYSE]

Public WiFi is bad why would you even use it.

Too risky from a security perspective.

 

[T0rrent]

Public WiFi is bad why would you even use it.

Too risky from a security perspective.

International people using max pass, or people using max pass that may have a very limited data plan. So long as you don't do anything financial like logging into bank accounts, you're fine.

 

[BadPinkTink]

Public WiFi is bad why would you even use it.

Too risky from a security perspective.

International people using max pass, or people using max pass that may have a very limited data plan. So long as you don't do anything financial like logging into bank accounts, you're fine.

As an International visitor I rely on free public Wifi. If I used my data I would be looking at a bill of over $1000 for a 10 day vacation in USA. Using free public Wifi means I can keep in contact with friends and family back home using WhatsAp or Facebook Messenger. Those of us who use free public Wifi on a regular basis should be smart enough to not use it for internet banking or other high security risk websites.

 

[LYSE]

International people using max pass, or people using max pass that may have a very limited data plan. So long as you don't do anything financial like logging into bank accounts, you're fine.

As an International visitor I rely on free public Wifi. If I used my data I would be looking at a bill of over $1000 for a 10 day vacation in USA. Using free public Wifi means I can keep in contact with friends and family back home using WhatsAp or Facebook Messenger. Those of us who use free public Wifi on a regular basis should be smart enough to not use it for internet banking or other high security risk websites.

I get why you want to use it, but that's not accurate once connected to a compromised or imposter access point your device data is also at risk.

As an example, you may be avoiding doing banking but simply accessing a non sensitive website though a compromised access point can compromise your device, the attacker simply injects malicious code (in with the content you were requesting) and bam your phone has a virus/bug/key logger/whatever they want to put on your phone.

If you are dead set on using free wifi...at least use a VPN service.

 

[T0rrent]

I get why you want to use it, but that's not accurate once connected to a compromised or imposter access point your device data is also at risk.

As an example, you may be avoiding doing banking but simply accessing a non sensitive website though a compromised access point can compromise your device, the attacker simply injects malicious code (in with the content you were requesting) and bam your phone has a virus/bug/key logger/whatever they want to put on your phone.

If you are dead set on using free wifi...at least use a VPN service.

Ehh, as someone who works in IT, you're just as likely to compromised on a 4G network as you would an unsecured Wi-Fi network. I've used tons of public Wi-Fi's for the better part of the last 10 years and never once had an issue. As for being injected with Malicious code, that is much more likely to happen on an Android device or a Jailbroken IPhone.

 

[LYSE]

Ehh, as someone who works in IT, you're just as likely to compromised on a 4G network as you would an unsecured Wi-Fi network. I've used tons of public Wi-Fi's for the better part of the last 10 years and never once had an issue. As for being injected with Malicious code, that is much more likely to happen on an Android device or a Jailbroken IPhone.

I think if you take your chances you'll likely be fine..we can agree on that...but know the risk.

Disney just seems like the perfect place to setup shop and screw around for people that are just learning how to hack mobile devices...much like books tell you to do this at starbucks...granted star bucks is much easier to do this in..but if your going after large numbers Disney seems pretty attractive.

As someone who works in Security focused IT...I don't see a reason to take the risk...use VPN when on wifi....4G WAN can be compromised but if you really are in IT you know how much easier it is to compromise devices on the same LAN (and yes your provider can be compromised but that's much harder and riskier than just setting up a fake AP in or near the park)

As a person in IT, you should also know that while out of date devices are more vulnerable new/zero day exploits still come up often..it's why updates never stop.

Finally I want to add that if you connected to public wifi for 10 years on your mobile device there really is no way to know if you were fine or not..you never noticed anything but for all you know the contents of your storage have been downloaded and maybe there wasn't anything you cared about there.

 

[T0rrent]

I think if you take your chances you'll likely be fine..we can agree on that...but know the risk.

Disney just seems like the perfect place to setup shop and screw around for people that are just learning how to hack mobile devices...much like books tell you to do this at starbucks...granted star bucks is much easier to do this in..but if your going after large numbers Disney seems pretty attractive.

As someone who works in Security focused IT...I don't see a reason to take the risk...use VPN when on wifi....4G WAN can be compromised but if you really are in IT you know how much easier it is to compromise devices on the same LAN (and yes your provider can be compromised but that's much harder and riskier than just setting up a fake AP in or near the park)

As a person in IT, you should also know that while out of date devices are more vulnerable new/zero day exploits still come up often..it's why updates never stop.

Finally I want to add that if you connected to public wifi for 10 years on your mobile device there really is no way to know if you were fine or not..you never noticed anything but for all you know the contents of your storage have been downloaded and maybe there wasn't anything you cared about there.

I actually keep meticulous notes and records and monitor everything. Of course no device is fool proof, and anything can be hacked or compromised. Only way a device can never be compromised is if it's never plugged into the internet at all. Even a secure wifi is relatively easy to compromise. Even using VPN, while it improves your security, is still not a guarantee that you are secured against attacks.

 

[LYSE]

I actually keep meticulous notes and records and monitor everything. Of course no device is fool proof, and anything can be hacked or compromised. Only way a device can never be compromised is if it's never plugged into the internet at all. Even a secure wifi is relatively easy to compromise. Even using VPN, while it improves your security, is still not a guarantee that you are secured against attacks.

I agree, I'm just saying why make it easier or more likely to happen.

It's not very likely anyone is going to try very hard at all to get into your phone..everyone is just looking for easy targets ...don't be one.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

How is the Verizon service in the park?

 

[SMD]

If you're worried about connecting to a public network, you'll also want to make sure you Bluetooth is switched off when not using it.