Current WiFi Coverage & Quality In Parks & Resorts

[Raineman]

I probably asked this question before my last trip but what is the quality of the WiFi in the parks and resorts now? The WiFi at POR was OK, kinda spotty and laggy, and I don't think I've ever really used the WiFi in any of the parks, so I don't have a baseline from previous visits. My phone is on airplane mode the minute we cross the border into the US, so once we're on property I like to have my phone on WiFi as much as possible; that way if people want to contact me, I can get texts from other iPhones and get email. I had also heard rumblings of WiFi upgrades in the last couple of years.

 

[Prince-1]

It is exceptionally average.

 

[stratman50th]

Well, we've stayed at Fort Wilderness twice in the past year and it was the best I have encountered at any resort.

 

[marni1971]

You’ll survive in the parks but don’t expect anything like at home. Or Starbucks. Or an airport...

 

[NotAddictedToDisney]

When I stayed at the Grand Destino Tower I was very impressed by the WiFi speed. I was at Pop in August (50's section) and the WiFi there was also speedy and consistent.

I don't know if Disney has been upgrading their networks or it's just part of the new resorts/refurbs but I do know that the WiFi at Boardwalk a few years ago was very spotty and slow.

 

[Kevin_W]

You’ll survive in the parks but don’t expect anything like at home. Or Starbucks. Or an airport...

True, but it's far better than Disneyland! (Or in Ohio, Cedar Point/King's Island.)

 

[HauntedPirate]

Wifi coverage in the parks is passable, albeit a bit spotty. Remember also that there are now a huge number of people connected to it, so basic app functionality should work, just don't expect to stream anything inside the parks.

Maybe the next time I'm in the parks, hopefully in March, I'll run a few speedtests and see what speeds are like.

 

[Clamman73]

Decent in the room, here and there in the Parks...if I was trying to get a photo uploaded, sometimes I would just switch it to LTE.
But if you’re just checking on email, texts once in a while it’s fine.

 

[Raineman]

Wifi coverage in the parks is passable, albeit a bit spotty. Remember also that there are now a huge number of people connected to it, so basic app functionality should work, just don't expect to stream anything inside the parks.

Maybe the next time I'm in the parks, hopefully in March, I'll run a few speedtests and see what speeds are like.

I will be there on Sunday, and I'll get my assistant to prepare the official report.

 

[trainplane3]

Here's what I got from my room in BLT. It's enough for what you'll need it for.

In the parks, expect that or lower and with more congestion especially during a show or entertainment nearby. It's pretty spotty but you should be fine if you're only looking to do messaging. The Disney app...ya good luck there.

 

[Victor Kelly]

In 2015 ok at POP. Parks were spotty at best. I don't know who the net is supplied by at Disney. They change every few years.

Primary problem is Disney wants you to do everything online with their poor excuse for an app that has at least 100,000 on it daily.

They need to do more upgrading and actually build a decent service.

 

[James J]

We got back last week and stayed at Coronado, where we found the wifi to be pretty good and consistent. AK and MK seemed to have the most dead spots where it just wouldn't connect, and during a visit to the Grand Floridian we found it to be iffy there too.

 

[Chef Mickey]

I got zero Wifi at Boardwalk and complained so much, they gave me a free night (almost $400 credit). WiFi still never worked at all the entire time. Finally got escalated to someone that just flat out told me it's a cluster and Disney is in the process of laying fiber.

I told them it was unacceptable...and it is. I understand the parks being spotty, but not Deluxe Resorts. I don't normally complain as aggressively, but they weren't going to just get an "oh well" from me on that. Not for $400/night for 7 nights.

 

[Kobe!!]

You're going to Disney and your worried about wifi? smh. haha

 

[bUU]

It's on par with the very best, free Wifi in theme parks.

 

[larryz]

I got zero Wifi at Boardwalk and complained so much, they gave me a free night (almost $400 credit). WiFi still never worked at all the entire time. Finally got escalated to someone that just flat out told me it's a cluster and Disney is in the process of laying fiber.

I told them it was unacceptable...and it is. I understand the parks being spotty, but not Deluxe Resorts. I don't normally complain as aggressively, but they weren't going to just get an "oh well" from me on that. Not for $400/night for 7 nights.

Well, if you had splurged for a monorail resort, perhaps your wi fi would have been better.

 

[Chef Mickey]

Well, if you had splurged for a monorail resort, perhaps your wi fi would have been better.

Funny enough, it is better at monorail resorts, all of which I’ve stayed in recently. Boardwalk is enjoyable because of its proximity to both Hollywood and Epcot.

 

[trainplane3]

I got zero Wifi at Boardwalk and complained so much, they gave me a free night (almost $400 credit). WiFi still never worked at all the entire time. Finally got escalated to someone that just flat out told me it's a cluster and Disney is in the process of laying fiber.

I told them it was unacceptable...and it is. I understand the parks being spotty, but not Deluxe Resorts. I don't normally complain as aggressively, but they weren't going to just get an "oh well" from me on that. Not for $400/night for 7 nights.

Yep and yep. They're also still transitioning over to VoIP phones.

I'll never forget going when I first got the original Motorola Droid. Cell signal? Sure I can make calls. Data signal? Good luck. They improved massively as LTE became a thing luckily.

 

[DisneyJoe]

We just spent 3 nights in a Contemporary Garden Wing room that was pretty far down the wing; in the room it was pretty bad, but as we got closer to and in the tower, it was excellent.

I also had pretty good service in all 4 parks, with a dead spot occasionally, the MK hub tends to be bad - and I even was on 1 Disney bus where I connected to the Disney Transportation Guest wifi and that was surprisingly good.

 

[ThemeParkJunkee]

In late October, we stayed at POR. WiFi was spotty. I had better luck with my own Data plan. I found the MDE app lagged and failed more often than acceptable on the WiFi. POR wasn’t too bad, the parks were worse.