Is there Wi Fi anywhere at the city?
Good question for those who want to be wired everywhere they go. I don't know if they have WiFi, but I hope not! Enjoy the park, put away the computer for a few hours...that is what a theme park is about. You know, that "memories worth repeating" thing! HA! ;D
Not sure. I just read a article that Disney was getting ready to wi if all their parks soon. Not sure I want to be that tethered. I did enjoy the Disney app. For my I phone that gave attraction wait times and for what time fast passes were being issued for. Pretty sure they operated over the network though.
I sure hope SDC stays away from WIFI. Its a great feature dont get me wrong but it is not suited for SDC. Most motels have it. And while I am at SDC I want to look at the fantastic scenery and not my phone screen.
Yes, I was was just wondering for the uploading of pics to facebook and such. I just got my Iphone and I must admit it is a huge time waster, not such a bad thing for me at work. Maybe your right maybe it should stay in the locker at SDC.
We just jumped on the smart-phone bandwagon ourselves this summer. I don't think they have wifi right now. I thought I remembered a comment on their Facebook page sometime back about wifi maybe coming the future? *shrug* I don't know who your carrier is, but Verizon has excellent 4G signal (and therefore 3G I would guess) in the park.
i have always had a good verizon signal in the park and have uploaded several pictures there with no problems...
I think wifi would be a great addition. For those who don't, it is like everything else. People pick and choose what they use/do at SDC. Some might turn into phone-faced hunchback zombies, others may just use it to shoot a text to someone telling them where they are, send a photo, etc. ymmv
On visits this year to SDC, I cannot tell you how bummed out I was that people were walking around talking on their cell phones. Gee, forget about modern life for one day and enjoy your trip to SDC! Listening to loud talking people on phones also destroys the atmosphere for me, too. I don't need or want wifi at SDC, sorry, but seeing folks sitting around pounding away on laptops would be a bummer, too.
Quote from: Junior on September 19, 2012, 04:57:43 PM
On visits this year to SDC, I cannot tell you how bummed out I was that people were walking around talking on their cell phones. Gee, forget about modern life for one day and enjoy your trip to SDC! Listening to loud talking people on phones also destroys the atmosphere for me, too. I don't need or want wifi at SDC, sorry, but seeing folks sitting around pounding away on laptops would be a bummer, too.
I use it as my camera, video camera and I instantly share my children's moments with their grandparents. Sorry.
I've never had trouble getting a good signal there, but if you want to use SDC's wifi, I think you have to pay a few dollars /day for it. Seems like there was a thread about this last year.
They didn't have wifi in the 1880's!! ::)
They don't currently have WiFi, but I wish they did offer it. There are a lot of work related issues that having an internet connection would greatly simplify. The offices are connected with DSL but it's not very convenient to run up to the office every time you need to connect, and it's strictly regulated by the IT guys anyway.
I'm surprised they don't have a password protected, WiFi in place for company use. However, a public WiFi wouldn't be a bad idea either. Silver Dollar City's new app is very dependant on an internet connection, and if I am going to use their app inside the park, I might as well use free WiFi instead of burning my own data.
Quote from: Ozark BBQ on September 26, 2012, 11:11:52 AM
I'm surprised they don't have a password protected, WiFi in place for company use. However, a public WiFi wouldn't be a bad idea either. Silver Dollar City's new app is very dependant on an internet connection, and if I am going to use their app inside the park, I might as well use free WiFi instead of burning my own data.
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i guess i dont care either way....as long as they dont put the modem and router in the middle of the square where we can see it..... :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Exactly. Wifi at Silver Dollar City wouldn't be that big of a deal. It's out of sight, and out of mind unless you want to use it. With the exception of some hardware behind a closed door somewhere, the physical presence of a Wifi system would be totally invisible.
I have 3G on my phone, so I've never needed a WiFi connection there. But OMG, I LOVED using the GPS-enabled park map on the app. SO COOL. So I imagine someone who'd need WiFi to use it on their phone would really want to have a connection available to do so.
Quote from: Ozark BBQ on September 26, 2012, 11:11:52 AM
I'm surprised they don't have a password protected, WiFi in place for company use. However, a public WiFi wouldn't be a bad idea either. Silver Dollar City's new app is very dependant on an internet connection, and if I am going to use their app inside the park, I might as well use free WiFi instead of burning my own data.
I'm almost positive they do. I've been in several different places on park and searched for networks and always find 2 or 3 named Herschend corp, etc. It may be that I'm just close enough to buildings that have wireless routers in them, and not a true park wide wi-fi per se but I'm always able to find a network almost anywhere on park and they are all secure. Seems like I read something once about there being a pay per use wi fi and the magic shop, but can't recall exactly where I saw that.
This won't help everybody (me included as I am on Sprint) but I noticed on my mom's phone that there was an AT&T wireless network available when I was there a few weeks ago. At the time we were eating at the Wagon Works grill up on the main square.