the server I need to check the latency of is denying PING requests, is there another way to check my latency to the server? Thanks in advance.
Use a ping based on TCP.
If you have access to a Windows box, use http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/jj729731.aspx
Download the zip, unpack. From CMD prompt cd to unpacked folder, then run with -t flag like this:
psping.exe -t www.anywebsite.com:80
Please note: this assumes you have a web site running on remote host (port 80 in example above)