Originally Posted By oldkeywest Hey all, I was just wondering if you could access the internet from your hotel room, and if so, what is the cost? I will be staying at Old Key West and was debating whether or not to bring my laptop. I guess I can bring just for the purpose of uploading my pictures into iPhoto, but I would love to post them on my website from vacation. Thanks in advance for the help. Dan
Originally Posted By wdwbff We were at Pop Century in Aug of 2006 and my son could use his laptop for a $10 fee for 24 hrs of access. Not sure about the fee at the other resorts.
Originally Posted By StitchMom84 We were at POFQ just a few weeks ago, and it was also $10 per 24 hr period
Originally Posted By CMDad All the resorts have high speed internet service for $9.95 per 24 hours. I just came back and used it throughout the week.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP And, you usually charge this to the room, though I supposed if you don't give them permisssion to set up that service and check in you could enter your credit card numbers into the sign on screen itself.
Originally Posted By figment1986 I thought I herd the contemporary offers free to some rooms, but it could have been a case by case issue. I do know they offer access to Disney.com free of charge at all of the resorts,(as a way to help you plan your trip..) but not all of the site is free of charge. However, The speeds is 10mb and in the evening not many people are using it...
Originally Posted By figment1986 Wired Ethernet in the rooms, Sometimes the jacks are in interesting places. (it was in the DVC room) You can get wireless near the pools and lobby's of the premium resorts such as contemporary. (I had a ground floor room in the garden wing and could pick up the wireless from the pool if I wanted)
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<It even costs extra at the delux resorts?>> I was talking to one of the moms on my son's soccer team (an honest to goodness soccer mom) about WDW resorts. She and her husband are pretty wealthy and have stayed at deluxe WDW resorts before. In her words she "really hates how Disney nickels and dimes you". She complained about how her room didn't even have a coffee maker (she ran out and bought a cheapo machine at a local big box mart). We stayed at a Holiday Inn 2 weeks ago in Anaheim. $80 a night, all taxes included. And wireless internet was free. I'm afraid that I have to agree with the soccer mom. Disney does nickle and dime its customers.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Amazing. I never would have thought internet would even be an issue at the Contemporary Hotel. I'll pay okay, but I'm just so surprised that I'll have to.
Originally Posted By danyoung I think it's a matter of the captive audience. Hotels out in the real world use FREE internet as an advertising perk. I know when I'm travelling on the road I look for the billboard that offers free internet before stopping for the night. But within the walls of WDW, hey, you're there anyway, and you're going to need at least some internet access, and you're probably going to pay for it when you need it. I certainly don't agree with Disney still charging for this service that's free in most other places. But it does amount to a pretty large chunk o' change for that stockholder bottom line.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I got it free at Disney's Hilton Head Resort, but it costs $10 at Old Key West, Boardwalk, and Grand Floridian. I am a little disappointed that it isn't free at Grand Fla. I wasn't near the pool there for the wi-fi.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<I think it's a matter of the captive audience. Hotels out in the real world use FREE internet as an advertising perk.>> What I have found is that the nicer hotels charge you, even in the real world. My son's team travelled to a few soccer tournaments this past year, and the team was always able to get rooms at some really nice places for a good rate. Without exception, they all charged for internet access
Originally Posted By figment1986 wifi is also charged to my knowledge. What Disney could do is charge a $10 resort fee... it would cover the internet and other resort things. Disneyland Resort Hotel does that, or build it into the price, not everyone uses internet anyway so they would make some money rather than just breaking even at some resorts.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What I have found is that the nicer hotels charge you, even in the real world. >>> That's absolutely true. All of the major hotel chains that I know of (Sheraton, Hilton, Hyatt) and even the high end ones like Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton charge $10-15 a day for in-room Internet access. The only part of the market that seems to give it away with the room is the lower end, whether they be independent motels or something like a Holiday Inn Express. Part of the reason for this is their accounting systems: many of these types of places operate on a "pay up front" basis where you pay for your room when you check in, and there's no ability to charge anything to your room (so, they also don't have room service, ability to charge telephone calls to your room, or pay per view video). It keeps the front office accounting very simple. I'm sure there are exceptions in both directions to what I've said above, but I'm fairly confident that what I said is representative of the lodging industry.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^My brother travels a lot on business, and stays mostly in middle of the road chains, and has mentioned to me that internet is almost always free. Strange how the market segments differ in this regard.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^The more pricey the hotel, the more they nickel and dime you ... in 2007, EVERY hotel should offer free high-speed or wireless Internet. But the more expensive chains cater to business travelers and they need to use it and will pay whatever is charged and expense it. I patently refuse to do so unless my employer is paying. When I'm at WDW, I use dialup ... local calls were 75 cents, but now they're free again (they were until about 1995-96).
