WiFi Internet Access in Port Orleans Riverside Rooms

[Kim67]

Does anyone know if these rooms are able to offer WiFi Internet access?
I don't want to cart my laptop with me if I can't use it.

Thanks

[tessdog]

sorry I can't help but just bumping you up.
xx

[loadsapixiedust]

All WDW guest rooms have a dataport connection for high speed internet access, there is a charge of $9.95+tax per 24 hours for this.

[TinkTatoo]

We didn't have Wi-Fi internet access at Old Key West but there was cable access and they supplied a cable at receiption. The cost was $9.99 per 24 hours.

[loadsapixiedust]

WiFi internet access is available at the following locations:

Beach Club
Main Lobby
Stone Harbor Club Concierge Lounge
Stormalong Bay Pool Area

BoardWalk
Convention Center Hallways/Common Areas
Main Lobby
Luna Park Swimming Pool Area
Inn Keepers Club Concierge Lounge
Bellevue Lounge

Contemporary
Main Lobby
Tower Club 14th Floor Concierge Lounge
Outer Rim Bar (near Concourse Steakhouse)
1st Floor Convention Center Lobby
2nd Floor Convention Center Lobby
Main Pool

Coronado Springs
Main Hotel Lobby
Convention Center Lobby area
The Dig Site Pool
Francisco's Lounge

Dolphin
Lobby Bar
Outside at Cabana Grill (near pool)

Grand Floridian
1st Floor Lobby area including Garden View Lounge
Convention Center Lobby area
Royal Palm Club 4th Floor Concierge area

Yacht Club
Main Lobby area
Regatta Club Concierge Lounge
Convention Center Lobby area
Stormalong Bay Pool

This costs $4.99 for the first 60 minutes or $9.95 for 24 contiguous hours. The vendor that provides this Wi-Fi service, Smart City, will bill you using a secure credit card transaction via the on-screen internet connection.

[Andre]

As has been said, take an ethernet cable with you and you can plug in to HSIA for $9.95 per 24 hour period. There are Wi-Fi points around WDW (someone mentioned something new and free at Wide World of Sports?) but in-room access is easiest.

Or you could use dialup (there's a data socket on the side of the telephones) which for brief use is probably the cheapest option, and is what I've done in the past. You can get 600 minutes of dialup access time with a US ISP for around $5, and each call you make to the service costs you 75c on your room bill no matter how long you are connected.

Or better still, you turn on your Wi-Fi and find out that someone in a nearby room has left an unsecured wireless connection open on their own PC, and you can access their net connection via it... Not that I'd ever do such a thing you understand (and even if I hypothetically did do such a thing, they might hypothetically be checking out the next day anyway - and you'd need to hypothetically remember not to send any unencrypted passwords, etc via an unknown computer. Hypothetically)

Andre

[Andre]

In fact, posted this very day in a news posting not a million miles from this thread...

Visitors to Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex who have personal laptops or PDAs with wireless capabilities can use wireless high-speed internet access (Wi-Fi) at the complex free of charge. "Wi-Fi Zones" are located throughout the complex, allowing guests to access email, sports scores and other websites while watching sporting events. For more information, visit: http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.c...InfoDetailPage

Andre

[Kim67]

As has been said, take an ethernet cable with you and you can plug in to HSIA for $9.95 per 24 hour period. There are Wi-Fi points around WDW (someone mentioned something new and free at Wide World of Sports?) but in-room access is easiest.

Or you could use dialup (there's a data socket on the side of the telephones) which for brief use is probably the cheapest option, and is what I've done in the past. You can get 600 minutes of dialup access time with a US ISP for around $5, and each call you make to the service costs you 75c on your room bill no matter how long you are connected.

Or better still, you turn on your Wi-Fi and find out that someone in a nearby room has left an unsecured wireless connection open on their own PC, and you can access their net connection via it... Not that I'd ever do such a thing you understand (and even if I hypothetically did do such a thing, they might hypothetically be checking out the next day anyway - and you'd need to hypothetically remember not to send any unencrypted passwords, etc via an unknown computer. Hypothetically)

Andre

I better not do that then........hypothetically!!!!:pgig: ;)

[chris17uk]

We just got home on Monday and French quarter was offering it for $9.99 for 24 hours, I guess riverside is the same.

[fredflintstone]

Slightly off topic, but if you are at a hotel and get directed to a web site when you try to use the internet requesting a fee for access (eg 9.99 for 24 hours) check with reception first how much wireless access costs. I had this this year, where I had a wireless link, but it wanted 8.99 for 24 hours. I did not sign-up , but the next day enquired with reception. They said for guests it was free and promptly gave me a username and password to allow free access during my stay.

[andyhayley]

JiWire make some good software for Wi-Fi enabled PC's that secures an un-secure connection (it encrypts everything sent to and from your pc to their servers, so although the wi-fi is not encrypted, all your data and passwords etc are) - not that I would suggest using an 'open' connection of course!

Last time we were in the hotel, my laptop picked up about 4 wireless networks from people in other rooms that had a travel router plugged into the room connection, they are getting more and more common now, its similar on villa complexes, so many homes have wireless networks that are not secured.




Or better still, you turn on your Wi-Fi and find out that someone in a nearby room has left an unsecured wireless connection open on their own PC, and you can access their net connection via it... Not that I'd ever do such a thing you understand (and even if I hypothetically did do such a thing, they might hypothetically be checking out the next day anyway - and you'd need to hypothetically remember not to send any unencrypted passwords, etc via an unknown computer. Hypothetically)

Andre