Ok technically, electronically challenged person here. My Dh has a cell phone but I do not. I want something to communicate with him in case we get split up. So I don't really want a cell phone, what choices do I have. I guess a walkie-talkies, but (OK here is the dumb part) are there walkie talkies that do text messaging?
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Question about communicating in the park.
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EchoOfOphelia
New Member
I hate those walkie-talkie things.. a few years ago they were ALL OVER the parks and you would hear a "chirp-chirp" every other second. I was ready to scream! Are you guys planning on splitting up? If you do, maybe you could just have a "meet you -here- at -this- time" sort of meeting place.
RiversideBunny
New Member
You will have to get a cell phone or forget it.
Sprint has a minimum use plan for about $29/month.
You still get a lot of minutes.
That's what we have since we use the cell phone only ocassionally and for emergencies.
One place to look is www.letstalk.com
It's easy to compare plans on that site.
The only other way you could communicate while in the parks is to leave voice mail messages on your room phone.
That would mean though that you would have to call the room and, without a cell phone, you would have to keep finding and using a pay phone in the parks.
Good luck.
Sprint has a minimum use plan for about $29/month.
You still get a lot of minutes.
That's what we have since we use the cell phone only ocassionally and for emergencies.
One place to look is www.letstalk.com
It's easy to compare plans on that site.
The only other way you could communicate while in the parks is to leave voice mail messages on your room phone.
That would mean though that you would have to call the room and, without a cell phone, you would have to keep finding and using a pay phone in the parks.
Good luck.
Pioneer Hall
Well-Known Member
You can use the walkie talkies...but i don't know of any that have text messaging due to the identifications required for it. If you don't want to get a cell phone then the best thing to do would make plans on when to be somewhere and not communicate in between.
SweetMagic
Oh Meyla Weyla
You could always try a set of walkie talkies that get fairly good range. My son and I did that when we were driving 2 cars from FL to CA to save on cell phone minutes and we found a set at Circuit City that had a range of about a mile or so. They were pretty small too. They were a godsend on the drive home with a moving van because we ended up driving through a hurricane and lost cell signal. That was several years ago, but there has to be something like that out there still I would think.
KingofHearts
Banned
As said above. try a pre paid cell phone you can get them at Wal-Mart. load a card just for your trip and use it only if you need it.
svickersart
New Member
While I hate cell phones they are really the best way to go. Check with your hubbues provider, many offer a family plan for about $10.00 a month and you share minutes. I added the text messages to our plan because I feel its the most unobtrusive way to comunicate at the parks. I hate people on cell phones at Disneyland/WDW. Yapping on the rides and while your waiting in line. I even had a girl jump up in Carasel of progress to rum out and take a call, she walked back in after they closed the door just as the building started to move and caused an E stop and the whole time we were off by one scene.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
If technology and cost are an issue just get 4 large napkins and use semaphore.
BigNormsMom
New Member
Hi, BIGNORMSMOM here. We used the walkie talkies driving down when we traveled with our son and his family and they had a two mile range on them. They are not very big, about 3 inches and they hook right on your belt. We then gave them to our youngest son and he and our grandson were able to communicate with us all over the park. Yes, you can pick up other peoples conversations on them, but they are also nice to use at the motel when one set of people are at the pool or eating. Although I would highly recommend the prepaid phones. They are easy to operate and if you don't use it much a $20.00 a month card would probably be sufficient for you. Go to WalMart or Costco and look into it.
hrcollectibles
Active Member
Piece of really long string and 2 tin cans...:ROFLOL:
sweetpee_1993
Well-Known Member
Um, I'm surprised nobody else posted this one:
My sons each have a Nintendo DS. It's a handheld video gaming thing that is more like a PDA then a video game, IMO. Anywhoo, there are little text/chat features. You can handwrite your messages with the stylus or us it to "type" them in. I have no idea how far the range is on them, though. I was just amazed when they were in seperate rooms "messaging" each other from handheld game things. LOL!
My sons each have a Nintendo DS. It's a handheld video gaming thing that is more like a PDA then a video game, IMO. Anywhoo, there are little text/chat features. You can handwrite your messages with the stylus or us it to "type" them in. I have no idea how far the range is on them, though. I was just amazed when they were in seperate rooms "messaging" each other from handheld game things. LOL!
mickhyperion
Active Member
If you do end up using walkie talkies, please don't become one of these people (heard all too often in the parks):
Person A (distorted voice over the walkie talkie with volume cranked): zxwqkwxwzxqkUUUMMEEETUUSSzvqkkzvvqzvzHHHEERE!!!!!
Person B (standing in queue yelling into the walkie talkie at point blank range): WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!!
Person A (sounding even louder and more distorted): zqkkxkwkkqkxIIIIIIIIzqkkxxCCCAAANNNTzqkknxUUUNDERRRSTANDzkqwwnYYYOOOOUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Person B (also yelling louder now even closer to the microphone): WWWWHHHHAAAAAATTTT???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Person A (amazingly even louder and more distorted than before): zzzqwxqkqwkkSSSSSSSSTTTOOOPkwzqzqxqYYELLLLLINNGGqxwzxqxqxqzqwwxzqkqxkqw!!!!
Etc, etc, ad nauseum....
Remember this tip: Don't yell into your walkie talkie because no one will be able to understand you. It doesn't matter how loud things are around you or how much trouble you're having hearing the other person. Yelling only makes it worse. And PLEASE keep the volume on your walkie talkie turned DOWN. No one else wants to hear it and you will only look like a big .
Person A (distorted voice over the walkie talkie with volume cranked): zxwqkwxwzxqkUUUMMEEETUUSSzvqkkzvvqzvzHHHEERE!!!!!
Person B (standing in queue yelling into the walkie talkie at point blank range): WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!!
Person A (sounding even louder and more distorted): zqkkxkwkkqkxIIIIIIIIzqkkxxCCCAAANNNTzqkknxUUUNDERRRSTANDzkqwwnYYYOOOOUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Person B (also yelling louder now even closer to the microphone): WWWWHHHHAAAAAATTTT???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Person A (amazingly even louder and more distorted than before): zzzqwxqkqwkkSSSSSSSSTTTOOOPkwzqzqxqYYELLLLLINNGGqxwzxqxqxqzqwwxzqkqxkqw!!!!
Etc, etc, ad nauseum....
Remember this tip: Don't yell into your walkie talkie because no one will be able to understand you. It doesn't matter how loud things are around you or how much trouble you're having hearing the other person. Yelling only makes it worse. And PLEASE keep the volume on your walkie talkie turned DOWN. No one else wants to hear it and you will only look like a big .
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
flares work wonders -
Im not looking like a 70s reject for anyone.