Amex, Disney Club, Dvc Blue Card

[Laurajean1014]

What discounts does the AMEX card give you that Disney Club doesn't?

Also, other than AP discounts and pool hopping, is the DVC Blue membership good for anything else, anymore?

Thanks, L

 

[FoodLover]

Well, it depends. If you're looking for a car rental discount with National Car Rental, Disney Club will offer the best deal. (Amex does not offer such a discount.)

For a discount on Park Hopper passes or room rates, Disney Club and AAA are about identical - about 5% off passes and up to 20% off rooms. (But the best discounts on rooms are often code discounts, which are available to anyone, and Annual Passholder discounts.) Amex won't help you with passes or rooms.

Once you're at WDW, many of the Amex discounts are better than Disney Club. For instance, you can get 10-20% off lunch at most of the restaurants in Downtown Disney with Amex, but only 10% off at Rainforest Cafe (with a coupon) from Disney Club. It's like that pretty much down the line -- Amex gives you discounts on tours, boat rentals, dinner shows, DisneyQuest admission, etc. DC doesn't. Once in awhile DC will have an on-site discount that Amex doesn't offer (like right now you can get 30% off golf fees), but not often.

I have a lot of the various on-site WDW discounts listed here so you can compare them:

http://www.mousesavers.com/entertainment.html

I really don't know what DVC will offer you, sorry.

Mary
MouseSavers.com

 

[Laurajean1014]

Thanks Mary. Mousesavers is a great site. I recommended it to my boss (a non-DVCr), and he's trying to plan a winter trip!

My little blue DVC card doesn't seem to mean much these days.

But thanks for the AMEX info. I did not know. We usually charge it to our room which goes on AMEX, but CM's are not aware of that.

Where do you get promo codes for the Disney Store Catalog and Online?

Would love to know. Thanks, L

 

[FoodLover]

I'm glad you like MouseSavers! I really enjoy doing the research and coming up with new bargains all the time!

I have the latest Disney Store promo code (20% off from McDonalds) here:

http://www.mousesavers.com/misc.html#disneystore

I haven't been able to get it to work yet, for some reason. Might just be my computer, though.

Mary
MouseSavers.com