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I am not too sure how long Disney Mobile has been around, but I caught a commercial while I was watching “the Prince and Me: the Royal Wedding” with my kids on ABC Family. Disney Mobile seems to have some great tools for families. Some of the included features with their plans are

• Family Monitor – Stay in control of your family’s wireless spending. Check usage, and as the Family Manager, set voice minutes, text and picture messaging allowances, and receive an alert when an allowance is reached. Also, Family Managers can set spending limits on downloadable entertainment content that both you and your kids can enjoy.
• Family Locator – Locate your kid’s phone using GPS technology. Get a location of your kid’s phone and a map of the location without calling. All adults on the account can use Family Locator from their Disney Mobile handset or the Disney Mobile website. All Individual & Family Plans come with 5 Family Locator requests per month.
• Family Alert – Family first! Send a priority message to one or all family members simultaneously. These priority messages appear on the phone’s main screen when received, so important
• Call Control – This web-only feature lets you, as the Family Manager, establish a schedule for the time of day and day of week your kid’s Disney Mobile phone can be used. Set up a list of Always On numbers so your child can reach you or other family and friends even when phone is restricted. You can also create a list of Prohibited numbers.
• Unlimited Mobile to Mobile Family Calling – Because family comes first with Disney Mobile, you never have to use your service plan minutes to make or receive in-family calls. Enjoy unlimited calls to and from family members in your Disney Mobile Family Plan while on the Disney Mobile network.

I am extremely interested in the Call Control feature. This way I can turn off my daughters phone from 10pm – 7am so she can’t make calls late at night while we are sleeping. I can also turn it off from 8am – 3pm while she is in school. Both of these time blocks are the reason why I have a brand new RAZR sitting in my desk drawer. She lost her phone violating my rules not to use during these times.

Disney Cast Member, Angie was quite helpful answering a couple of my questions about this service. Updating on my opening line, the service has been around since around Sept. 2006. Disney Mobile is a CDMA carrier and piggybacks on the Sprint network. Since I prefer a GSM carrier for the ease of changing phones, I won’t be bringing my service over, but still considering setting something up for my kids. I already have 4 lines on my Cingular Family Plan.

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