Briarbud is right. You only need the card when you check in, you can make your reservations without it and order the book after you get the discount (if there are no rooms left with the entertainment rate, don't bother getting the book). Also you don't need to order the Orlando book, you can order the one of your own state, as long as you have a valid card (they don't come with names on them just nos. and the expiration date), you're OK. The book is full of coupons and has names of the hotels and restaurants its good for but there are other hotels that are not listed so you should always ask when making reservations if they have an "entertainment rate" they usually know what you are talking about if they have it. Hard Rock Hotel also takes the entertainment card and is not listed, so any hotel you are looking at always ask. Hope this cleared it up a bit for you. I use the entertainment card almost every time I go to Florida, mainly for the hotel rates. Good luck and let me know if you need any further info.