Anyone used a Amazon Firestick in Disney Hotels?

Avviexxx · 13 Mar 17, 05:25 PM

Hi all! Random question, as i'm going alone i will probably spend the majority of the evening in my hotel room (after the parks have closed of course!)

I have an Amazon Fire Stick with amazon prime and Netflix (Trial ends after my holiday

) Just wondering if anyone has taken and used the Firestick in one of the hotels?

I have downloaded stuff to watch on my iPad, but if i can use the TV that would be even better! I think all it needs is an HDMI slot and a Internet Connection.

I'm staying in Cheyenne if that makes a difference

Any help would be much appreciated!

Rapunzel27 · 13 Mar 17, 05:36 PM

I know it is not exactly the same but thought might help.
I stayed in Santa Fe in November and took my apple tv which worked brilliantly. The TVs had the HDMI port and it connected to the internet no problem and i was able to stream things on to the TV. So im thinking if the firestick works in the same way you should be ok!

Avviexxx · 14 Mar 17, 03:26 PM

Thanks lovely! I'll pack it just in case ^-^

ohana_mama · 14 Mar 17, 04:30 PM

I took my firestick and it wouldn't work. Couldn't get the Source to switch to HDMI. I posted about it before. It was possibly just because we had a universal TV remote in our room but I cannot be sure.

Gemsie0812 · 14 Mar 17, 04:59 PM

oh please update us if your firestick works - we are going in September and was debating whether to bring mine

sallybunny · 15 Mar 17, 04:32 PM

Oh excellent! This will be really useful for entertaining the boys while Mummy gets some shut eye if it works! I'll be packing mine in May to see if it works.

Avviexxx · 15 Mar 17, 09:29 PM

Thanks guys! Really helpful! I'm gonna pack mine and try it, will let everyone know if it works!

**Gill H** · 16 Mar 17, 08:39 AM

You mean you aren't enthralled by the prospect of French/Spanish/German/Russian TV channels?

Actually we usually just watch 10 minutes of Sophie's "10 Things To Know Before You Go" (Hi mum!) and crash out. But one time we found a Russian channel with the Russian equivalent of Strictly on. We don't speak a word of Russian but found this very entertaining! And last time we watched 'Le Manege Enchante' (The Magic Roundabout) in which Dougal speaks French with an English accent.

Trying to watch foreign TV and figure out what the heck is going on is one of my favourite things to do in the hotel room on a European holiday. In Madrid we saw a dubbed version of Man vs Food, and discovered there is no Spanish translation for the condiment known as "Shut Up Juice"!

Then there's the music video channels. I'll never forget seeing a video for a Lily Allen song with a very rude English title, at 7am on French TV. Good job we don't have kids...

Avviexxx · 24 Mar 17, 09:03 PM

Well the TV had an option to change to HDMI connection which was great! That meant i was able to get the main screen up on my firestick!

Unfortunately as you need to go to a web page to log in, i couldn't do that on the Firestick so couldn't stream anything

Only English thing available to watch was Hannah Montana!