Cell Phones At CP

Did anyone else have trouble using their cell phone at CP yesterday? I could not get my calls to go through, and if they did either the person I was calling couldn't hear or the call would drop. I only had the problem in the front of the park. Everything was OK in the back. Could it be because of all the electromagnetic stuff with WT?

Mine worked fine, so did my one friend's. But my other friend's didnt. We all have different carriers so Im assuming your Cell company doesnt have good coverage there.

Mine worked great from the line of WT. I use Verizon. I know when my husband had Sprint, calling from CP was virtually impossible from many points in CP. That's part of the reason for the switch to Verizon.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

I use verizon. Last year it was virtually impossible to get a signal at all. This year the only time I seemed to have any problems was when I was talking with other people on cell phones all of which used different carriers so it could have been their phones.

I did have a few times yesterday that my call wouldn't go through, but I never got dropped or got crappy reception.

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-Chris Woodard
"Mean Streak would be better if they replaced the square wheels with round ones."
VertiGo: VertiGone but not forgotten.

I use AT&T Wireless and had no issues getting reception or making/receiving calls.

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James Draeger
http://draegs.livejournal.com
"Whose bright idea was it to get him talking about Cedar Point?!"

I have Verizon, out of Cleveland, and had no trouble receiving or making calls.

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It's very hard to drink all day...
Unless you start first thing in the morning.

I had no problems with my phone, but the number of people using phones in the queues and in the stations while loading is just INSANE!

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Danny J
WT: 11

Yeah really. I even saw a kid talking on his cell phone while riding on a Corkscrew train coming into the station.

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Break the scream barrier NOW!
Wicked twists: 3
Danger: Hgih Voltage!

I saw some jackass doing it as Blue Streak was dispatching. What a freakin' loser. Nothing is that important and it makes you look like someone trying to look important. What an ass.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

If people can't enjoy a day at an amusement park without taking their cell phone along,they have a problem! it really irritates me to see cell phones everywhere!

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http://www.magnummania.com
jerry@magnummania.com

Not to mention that a cell phone flying off a coaster is quite an injurious projectile.

When I go to CP next week, I fully plan to take my cell phone with me BUT the big difference with me is that I only plan to use it in the event of an emergency or if someone needs to get ahold of me in a major way. In fact I'm going to leave it in the glove compartment of my truck and just check for voice messages at the end of the day.

I have no interest in calling my friends while I'm ascending a lift hill only to have to try to safely tuck my phone away before going down the hill and through the elements.

I just don't understand some people and their cell phones. What did we do with ourselves before the cell phone came along? I tell you what we did, we actually enjoyed a day out without somehow always staying connected to work or something else. Poo on that noise...I'm on vacation. I don't need to "stay in touch with the office"! :)

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Pearl Jam + Cedar Point=Heaven on earth.

"If people can't enjoy a day at an amusement park without taking their cell phone along,they have a problem! it really irritates me to see cell phones everywhere!"

Gotta respectfully disagree. While it is definitely the show-offs who yack where everyone can see them and be impressed (yawn), those phones are a God-send when your party is split apart for one reason or another. The cell phones, and the FRS radios always go to CP! No more of this wandering the park crap, trying to pick a familiar face or shirt out of a sea of humanity.

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Tim Bretz
The Alamo. The Maine. Pearl Harbor. The Trades.
*** This post was edited by Timothy A. Bretz 5/7/2002 9:25:12 AM ***

I was gonna say the same thing as Tim...cell phones do have at least one good use when it comes to amusement parks. Not only are your chances of getting ahold of someone else really good, but there's always the ability to leave voice mail as well (provided the person has that service of course).

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James Draeger
http://draegs.livejournal.com
"Whose bright idea was it to get him talking about Cedar Point?!"

The only place I didn't get service with Sprint PCS was in line for Wicked Twister and close to that ride.

Everywhere else in the park I got like one or two bars of service.

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Natalie
Mine Ride '99
Thunder Canyon '00
Millennium Force '01

I agree that phones are a good way to keep track of each other, and beat the hell out of the FRS radios (for which every frequency is too busy to really use). Again, it's the "Look at me I'm using my phone" people that get under my skin.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

Our cell phones are used primarily for keeping track of each other. A woman in line near us for MF used hers to call her mom to check on her kids (4 month old and 3 yr old), so I think they do have a place in an amusement park.

But, since I work at a university, I'm used to seeing cell phones EVERYWHERE. They become so inexpensive to use now, many students use them as their primary phone. They are not going to go away, and will be more and more common in public places.
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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

I had my cell phone with me Sun. because I use it instead of a pager for work. But most times, when I'm not on call, I leave it in the car.

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It's very hard to drink all day...
Unless you start first thing in the morning.

My Nextel phone worked just fine all over the park. It's my primary phone and with free long distance, I'm saving money over a conventional land-based phone.

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--Seth