Today the Betamouse Team talks bringing laptops (and labtops) into the Disney Parks. Learn tips for traveling, the best bags to carry them and if any of the crew have actually taken a laptop into the parks! If you have any show ideas or comments on this topic email: show@betamouse.net!
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- Henry introduces the Panel.
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- Henry & Katie would like to thank all those who mentioned Betamouse at the WDW Today TentFest.
- Henry asks the panel what laptops they own and how they travel with it.
- Scott owns a 17 inch Macbook Pro. Scott does not bring his laptop into the parks at all but does use it in the hotel room.
- Jeff has a 13 inch Macbook Pro. He also does not take it into the parks at all but uses it for general usage at night.
- Katie has a 13 inch Macbook and travels with it to Disney but does not bring it into the park.
- Nate has multiple laptops, including a Macbook and he has traveled with them to Disney.
- Henry owns a 15 inch Macbook Pro and travels with it to Disney but also does not take it into the park.
- Henry asks the panel how they travel with their laptops.
- Scott carries it in a standard laptop bag and travels with it under the seat of the airplane or packed safely in the car.
- Jeff carries his laptop in a Timbuk2 Commute 2.0 Bag. A fantastic feature of this bag is that you do not have to take your laptop out of the bag when going through airport security!
- Katie asks the panel if they would be comfortable checking their laptop with bell services if needed and the panel is split on the idea.
- Nate travels with his laptop and shares a few of his travel secrets.
- Henry asks the panel how they keep their laptops secure in the hotel room.
- Scott hides his-no safe is big enough!
- Jeff takes a picture to prove his laptop was in the room.
- Nate talks about hotel security overall.
- Henry has an Incase cover for his laptop for security.
- Henry asks the panel how they manage with Disney hotel wired and wireless internet and the discussion continues of bringing and setting up routers in the room.
- Jeff interjects that when staying offsite at an AllStar vacation home he saves money and gets WiFi!
- Henry asks if there will ever be a situation where the panel will bring a laptop type computer into the park and the conversation leads to the newly announced iPad.
- Scott doesn’t think there will be a situation where he needs a computer into the parks.
- Katie can’t see a situation where she would need an iPad in the Parks as she has an iPhone.
- Jeff wants to wait for version 2 as far as the iPad and won’t be taking a computer into the parks.
- Nate won’t be taking a laptop into the parks or will ever get an iPad.
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Thanks Katie. The other laptops I own are a Dell Latitude E550 and an ASUS U80 something.
Very cool episode. Thanks, guys!
The primary reason I bring a laptop is so we’re able to take as many pictures/videos as we want and download them each night on to the drive. Saves money on having to buy multiple memory cards.
I have to bring one for work every trip. This episode reminded me how I need a new one
We always take wireless equipment since we always have at least two laptops on every Disney trip.
An interesting aside… the handicapped rooms at Kidani have no internet access. It was never installed.
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