Cell phone use at WDW

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I recommend discussing with your carrier..... who will pay for the long distance charges to a US number?
 
Roam - does anyone know if I forward my Canadian# to my US Roam #, will the call come through?
Sure, we did this all the time.

The trick is to forward the phone before crossing the border and moving out of local territory. We'd pull over a couple miles from the border, or do it at the airport before boarding. Once you have forwarded, shut down the phone and swap in the ROAM SIM Card. Calls will forward to the new number. Note that you will be charged for the forwarded call on your Canadian carrier bill at whatever your rate is for US (or other international) calls.

ETA - to xlxo's point, YMMV. Our carrier is Rogers and it was not an issue. It should work with other carriers as well.
 
Somebody has probably already suggested this but when we're in Disney we just use their free wi fi to keep in touch. The phone vibrates when an email drops in just like a text and google talk (or face time if you have an iphone) allows you to directly connect - we've done this for the last three years in a row and seldom have an issue with it.


Yes this works perfectly. Please don't pay anything extra when there is free wi-fi pretty much everywhere! At the worst you'll have to walk around to get a perfect signal, but that's it!
 


If you are with Rogers cant you pay for the roam like home? Its $5 a day. Ive done it twice at Disney now and have not have an issue. And also the wifi is pretty good in the parks, so I didnt even use that much data!
 
We use Messenger now, after many $$$$ bills. Yes, it's not audio but it's fast, free and uploading pictures in real time is great.
 
I'm a big fan of Roam Mobility. I bought an unlocked dual sim phone (Blu Vivo XL - amazing phone for about $200 on amazon) so I can keep my Roam Mobility sim and Telus sim in there all the time. I don't have to keep handling the sims when I travel. I just switch my call/text/data preferences to whatever carrier I'm using. The only adjustment you might have to make is changing the data settings for Roam Mobility. Though I rarely used the data at Disney since I was on their wifi all the time.
 


I bought a text+data package through Roam Mobility before the last trip. While it was great for peace of mind, I can't think of any time that I wanted/needed my phone while outside the range of Disney WiFi hotspots.

Next time, I'll probably skip the Roam package altogether and just spend a couple bucks on Skype credit for emergency calls. WiFi is pretty much ubiquitous everywhere on-property.
 
I don't believe Rogers charges roaming fees anymore.

Beth
If you are still active please delete this or amend this. EVERY CANADIAN CARRIER CHARGES ROAMING IN AMERICA BY DEFAULT. I know you are trying to help but you could cost someone 1000s of dollars.

I also know this is an old post but it's the top of am active thread.
 
IF you have Roam like Home with Rogers, they don't!
$5 a day ..and you treat your phone just like at home.
 
Yes, if you have roam like home or something similar, they only charge that. However that's not what the person stated and it's at the very top of this thread. If you take her at her word, and she repeats it after being told she's wrong, you could pay a bunch of money. It's not a big deal and the correct information is here but that information should be removed, not because it's wrong (lots of wrong stuff on the internet and even this site) but because it could be financially costly for someone. Not very dis like.
 
Since this thread was started over 9 years ago, there is liable to be some non-current information.

Perhaps it would be best to start a new thread with 2016 information.

This one is now closed simply because some of the posts no longer have current information.
 
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