Park wifi

[Andrew Mac]

Were heading to disney world in May from the uk with our family.

At some point I expect to lose part of my group, we were wondering if its possible to use google hangouts to make calls, or skype on the free park wifi.

I'm also keen to know how fast it is and if its stable.

A review of the wifi would be great, if it turns out to be rubbish I may consider getting a repocket sim card before I go.

Thanks for your help and advice

 

[wdwmagic]

It is certainly usable, but performance varies on location and number of guests. I would say that you will find it acceptable.

You can use most services, although there are filters in place. You cannot for example FTP.

We did a review back when it launched.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/inter...-new-magic-kingdom-wi-fi-internet-service.htm

Things have changed a bit since then though, with more users on the system.

Welcome to WDWMAGIC!

 

[Phil Porter]

i found it pretty slow but i suppose the amount of people there that is to be expected

 

[Andrew Mac]

what about using skype or google hangouts, has anyone tried that?

 

[mcurtiss]

Skype was slow for us last year but in reality we didn't try it that much.

 

[marni1971]

I managed a FaceTime call in the hub at early afternoon last fall. Quite shocked given the time and location.

 

[ToyStorygirl]

Download What's App - free text messages wherever there's wi-fi coverage in Disney was pretty good, Universal not so good

 

[Redsky89]

The wi-fi in the park isnt the best. My phone is constantly connecting and reconnecting all day. But its better then nothin.

 

[thelookingglass]

The wi-fi in the park isnt the best. My phone is constantly connecting and reconnecting all day. But its better then nothin.

Because you are moving around the park between different access points! It's not a house or a small cafe... it's a massive theme park!

 

[PhotoDave219]

Were heading to disney world in May from the uk with our family.

At some point I expect to lose part of my group, we were wondering if its possible to use google hangouts to make calls, or skype on the free park wifi.

I'm also keen to know how fast it is and if its stable.

A review of the wifi would be great, if it turns out to be rubbish I may consider getting a repocket sim card before I go.

Thanks for your help and advice

Well the good news Andrew is that it got a LOT better then when it first started. Its relatively fast. I have used google hangouts to text and Ive seen people skype. Stability and speed have more to do with how many users are on the one little area you're in.... but i havent had any problems lately.

As someone who was a giant critic of how it was working back when it was first installed, I have no issues with it currently.

 

[Over the Horizon]

WiFi has been pretty usable in my experiences with it. It occasionally drops out but usually comes back within moments after you move to a different area. The speeds are more than usable for the tasks that I used it for. There shouldn't be any issue with using WiFi calling with the system as it currently stands. I was just there a few weeks ago, so my last experience was pretty current.