Anyone use a Visa gift debit card at WDW ?

[pooh2001]

My kids received Visa debit gift cards ($100 each) for Christmas.
They expire in 2008.
They are thinking of bringing the VISA debit gift cards to WDW to buy soveniers.

It looks like a Visa credit card - but says debit and is worth only $100. You can not charge with it.

Thanks

 

[We4mickey]

I have not used one, but have had many people bring them into work. Just be sure to keep track of the balance. If you purchase something that is more than the balance on the card it will be declined unless you can tell them exactly what is left on it.

 

[TAKitty]

I have used one on my past trip. Some locations will print on the receipt how much money is left on the card. I think they worked great!

 

[byoung]

They except them thru out Disney.

 

[Traveliz]

My daughter used one on her band trip to Disney a couple of years ago and again last year - worked fine!

Liz

 

[tink_n_pooh]

I think the Visa gift cards are great but I wanted to post a warning to anyone who may be want to use one. This happened to my bf recently:
He has a $50 Visa gift card
He goes to Target and purchases more than $50 - the first $50 went on this Visa gift card and he wanted to put the remainder of his balance on his bank debit card (also a Visa). The clerk didn't tell him he couldn't use 2 different Visa's on one transaction so the clerk voids out the $50 he charged to the gift card and puts the entire balance on the debit card. Well, the clerk didn't void it out right and it ended up taking about 2 weeks to have the money put back on the gift card.
Moral of the story is: If the gift card does not cover the entire balance make sure you have enough cash to cover the remainder!

Also, if you are using the gift card at a restaurant the gift card must be for the total bill plus 20% or it will get denied (this happened to us on another occassion) - this is stated in the paper that comes with the card but we just never read it. I'm not sure if this applies to all Visa gift cards but I found it in 2 different ones I have received.

Happy spending!

 

[petchie]

If this is the same as an AMEX gift card, they work just like regular charge cards. We used one to pay off our trip and another to make purchsases at WDW. No problems.