Anybody know if using a CC is the only way you can attach spending power to your room key? Can you go to the front desk at your resort and pay with cash or travelors checks? Thanks in advance.
ANSWER:So when you set up your KttK, you can put cash on it right from the start? Like a gift card? Or you have to start by linking it with a credit card and then go back and pay it in cash later?
****************************************************************Me said:You can back up a room charge with a credit card, debit card (with VISA/MC logo), CASH, travelers checks, and even Disney Dollars.
You DO NOT need any sort of plastic to set up a room charge. [I added the red and the bold for emphasis.]
Yes.If you can put Disney dollars on your key to the kingdom, what about Disney gift cards? Can I do that as well?
There are maximum room charge amounts, based on level of resort. At the Value resorts, the maximum room charge limit is $500; it's $1,000 at Moderates and $1,500 at Deluxes. You can choose to set a lower limit if you want.I usually buy a bunch of gift cards before I go because I'd rather carry them than cash and it's a way to pre-pay over time....if I could put my extra cash/all my gift cards on my room key, and use my cc as a back up for if/when they run out...that would be ideal! Then I'd only have one card to carry with me for everything...wouldn't have to risk taking all my gift cards with me and worrying about trying to figure out which ones are empty and which ones have a balance.
Yes, you can do this. I just recently learned this myself from a poster on another board who really knows his stuff (and whom I assume is a current or former CM). He says you can request to have a "SHARE." He specifically said you must use that word, in order to set up 2 separate room charge accounts on the same room. He said most front desk CMs won't know what this is, and in that case you should ask them to ask their manager and/or to consult a specific manual, the name of which escapes me right now.I have one more question, too...if I'm staying in a room with a friend, is it possible for us to have our keys linked to two different accounts? If she wants to put her credit card on her room key and I want to put my gift cards on mine, is that possible? Or could only one of us do it since we're splitting the same room?
Waterpark question: Does Disney give out room wristbands with charging priviledges? I don't think they do, but just wondering. It would be convienient. We stayed at The Great Wolf Lodge last week and it was great!! It was a room key and charging (never had to carry a dime) in a waterproof wristband...never comes off, no losing. Disney should try this idea. It would work great for kids and for a weeks stay. It wsn't annoying at all.
If you can put Disney dollars on your key to the kingdom, what about Disney gift cards? Can I do that as well?
I usually buy a bunch of gift cards before I go because I'd rather carry them than cash and it's a way to pre-pay over time....if I could put my extra cash/all my gift cards on my room key, and use my cc as a back up for if/when they run out...that would be ideal! Then I'd only have one card to carry with me for everything...wouldn't have to risk taking all my gift cards with me and worrying about trying to figure out which ones are empty and which ones have a balance.
Even if you set up a credit card to go with the room charge...you can go to the desk and pay it off with cash or travelers checks as often as you would like.
Just a word of advice - instead of buying a bunch of Disney cards, just buy one initially, then keep adding to it every time you go to the Disney store. That's what we do. And you receipt will show you the balance remaining on your card.
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