Wireless Hotspots?

[dykwim]

Hi everyone. I'm planning on going back to Florida in December this year but unfortunately it looks like I will need to take a laptop with me just in case I need to do a bit of work, possibly during the day.

This would mean I'd need to access the Internet to get my emails and upload my completed work.

So... Can anyone tell me if there are Wireless Internet Hotspots in any of the parks and also, less importantly, anywhere else, restaurants etc?

I know here in sunny England, McDonalds have just started offering free access to wireless hotspots in their restaurants so surley they have them in the USA also?

It's really important for me that the parks offer them. That would solve the problem as I could sit in a park restaurant, do the work (we're only talking 30 mins a time) and then get back to my holiday.

If no one knows, could you provide me with email addresses so I can ask someone at the parks directly, I've looked on their websites but can only find telephone numbers.

The main parks I plan on visiting are all the Disney & Universal ones.

Thanks.

[blott]

Are you staying in a villa or a hotel? Lots of villas have internet access these days so you could do your work before going out or after you come back.

[pieman790]

It is becoming more popular for restuarants/hotels/villas to offer this service. Sometimes it free but there again sometimes you have to pay for the service.
Why not e mail customer relations at either Disney or Universal to see if they offer this service.

[DaveL]

These are the places I know of around the Orlando area.


Apple Store - 4200 Conroy Road
Around The Corner Coffee Shop - 6437 South Chickasaw Trail - 407/482-0066
Bear Rock Cafe - Millenia Plaza - 4696 Millenia Plaza Way Suite F-1 - 407-903-9533
Friday’s Front Row Sports Grill - 8126 International Drive
Infusion Tea - 1520 Edgewater Drive - 407.378.4675
Old Chicage Steakhouse & Grille - 1725 Alafaya Trail
Planet Smoothie Cafe - 12720 South Orange Blossom Trail - 407.859.5966
Long's Christian Book & Music - 1610 Edgewater Drive - 407-422-6934
McDonald's - Lake Underhill Road
Natura Coffee & Tea - 12078 Collegiate Way
Roccos Cafe of Thornton Park - 900 E. Washington Street - 407.246.0255
Trish's Teas - 4844 New Broad Street - 407-896-3155
Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate - 1500 Masters Blvd - 407-390-6664
Best Western Airport Inn & Suites - 1800 McCoy Road
Wingate Inn Airport - 5750 Hazeltine National Drive
Holiday Inn Select - Orlando - 1853 McCoy Road
Radisson - lobby area - 1724 Alafaya Trail - (407) 658-9008
Orlando World Center Marriott - lobby, Lobby Bar and Starbucks - 8701 World Center Dr - 407-239-4200
Embassy Suites - Lake Buena Vista - 8100 Lake Ave - 407-239-1144
Holiday Inn Sunspree - 13351 Kissimmee-Vineland Rd - (407) 239-4500

[chrisflowers]

You can also get internet access in Kinkos and Starbucks coffee houses.
On the Wi-fi finder sites, there are no internet access points in Disney or Universal.

Stay in one of our villas with broadband internet access.

You can be sitting under the lanai, on the laptop, while the family are in the pool!

Try it and see - it works[msnsmile2]

Why not stay in a villa that has wireless braodband[msnwink]

Lady Concorde - I like it!![msnwink]

I love your villa too Chris!!![msnwink]

We have to take lap tops and last year sat by the pool whilst emailing files and emails back to our home/office - also keep watch on our home security online too - how cool all from the lanai[msnsmile2]

[orlandodaze]

My kind of heaven , sitting under the lanai reading or checking out the forum on the laptop, while the rest are having fun in the pool.By the way Chris my daughter really loves your avator she says its really cool .

[ctgirlscout]

Can someone explain how this works? We have a clubhouse at our community that is a wireless hotspot, and I will be taking our laptop. Do I need anything special, or will the card I have work in the hotspot? Sorry, really not that computer literate.

[chrisflowers]

Thanks Olive. I found that one on a free site and reminds me of floating on a (Walmart) lilo in our pool with a tumbler of ice and Tropicana.
Thankfully I haven't become similar to Homer in looks!! Doh!

Theresa

When you take your laptop, just open your browser while you are there and everything should work.This is provided your laptop is wireless enabled. Just set your laptop to connect via wireless.
There may be a portal page for the community requiring a log-in. You will have to check with the clubhouse whether the network is password protected. It should not be, but beware that your communications can be read by others with the right software.
I have heard of people using Starbucks who were e-mailed by someone else in the coffee house to warn them that they were able to see the contents of their e-mails. (passwords encrypt the signals and make the network private).