Wireless Internet?

Just wondering if there's free wireless internet at Cedar Point resorts (mainly Camper Village).

Thanks for any answers.

No. Hotel Breakers Lobby and the Donut Time Cafe up front of the park only.

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Last year, we stayed at Lighthouse Point, right on the lake, and we hit a signal, but it was a pay service. This past weekend we stayed in one of the cottages closer to the reservation / general store area, and no wifi signal was found.

I think there logic is the same as Disney. If you are in your room, on the net, you are not in the park spending money.

*** Edited 5/23/2007 3:32:13 AM UTC by 1eyedjack***

Which is a great idea until one of those days that it pours rain all freaking day and people don't feel like standing outside in it all.

Or better yet, if it's a stormy day/evening.

Plus those 7 o clock closings left quite a few hours after the park closed for legitimate time to be using their wireless.

I think it's a really moronic idea not to do it honestly.

The in-room telephones do have a data port, so with an RJ11 cable you can still use a dial-up. Most Cable/DSL providers will give you dial-up access included in your deal for just such a scenario.

However, you would still have to pay the hotel for the phone call (and deal with the slow speeds of dial-up). It probably wouldn't cost too much for CP to install it in their hotels and it seems stupid not to considering that most hotels now offer free wifi.

The closest free Internet to Camper Village is in the Sandcastle Suites lobby.

Other free WiFi areas are the lobbies of the Hotel Breakers, Breakers Express and Castaway Bay plus Donut Time in the park.

There is also a pay service at the CP Marina, I think it's around $9.00 a day.

When we had DSL early on, Bell Atlantic (at the time) gave us a dial-up access # to use in back-up. I was able to determine that by doing a search on their site, I can find local access #'s in whatever area I was in. We used that as much as we could.

Most cell phones have 'internet' access. What would you need wireless for other than 'rain' days or checking email?

This is why I'll be staying over at the Comfort Inn. Free wireless.

I'll stay on Point when they get free highspeed in rooms.

bholcomb said:
No. Hotel Breakers Lobby and the Donut Time Cafe up front of the park only.

I'm not sure if that's entirely true. I got a wireless signal in my room (cpbreakers2 was the name), in my suite on the 3rd floor. Room 3232 of the tower section.

Maybe I was getting the signal from the lobby:)?

1eyedjack said:I think there logic is the same as Disney. If you are in your room, on the net, you are not in the park spending money.

Every resort I've ever stayed at in WDW had internet. I've stayed in almost every resort, so I think it would be a safe bet to say every resort there has internet in each room. It's definitely not free though.

If CP implements high speed in the rooms, I bet they will charge for it. I haven't been to too many "resorts" that offer free internet. For some reason, it's usually the "cheapy" hotels offer free internet. For most resorts, it's an area they can make easy money and most people are willing to pay. Plus, they need some kind of revenue to justify the installation and support costs of such an infrastructure.

I wouldn't mind paying $9 a day for high speed if they offered it at LHP.

9 dollars a day is a rip off. I could see spending a few bucks a day, but 9?

I've paid $15. If you want it, you don't have a lot of choice.

Well it'd definitely haul in a lot of money. It's too bad they don't even bother to offer it.

It's not like it would be going from free to $9. If you want internet then they'll provide it to you for a price. It's a luxury and people pay for luxury.

From my recent travels, $9 seems to be the average fee for daily internet. I've paid more and I've paid less. I doubt the majority of guests are staying at Cedar Point for an entire week, so $9 a day isn't bad for a couple days.

most cell networks have a cord that you can plug into the phone and the computer to allow you to use your cell phone network as an internet connection, for a price that is :(

I don't think Cedar Point has any problems with lost revenue due to lack of highspeed internet. People will still stay on point to be right there next to all the action. It would be nice to have high speed; but then again it is supposed to be a "vacation". But, then again some people like to check their mail or use their internet after the park closes. My brain goes both ways so either way I can do without the high speed.

I don't think they're losing room revenue. For instance, I don't think a lot of people are saying, "We won't stay at the CP resorts because they don't have high speed internet in the room."

However, they are missing out on potential revenue because they could be charging people $9 a day to use internet. As of right now, they're charging nothing. So, they could be making more money for providing the service.