Buying a "placeholder"?

[Dug720]

Can you use a Disney Gift Card to purchase a certificate for a future cruise?

 

[sponica]

I honestly don't remember the process enough. I think I just used whatever was stored as a payment method in my disney account.....which makes me think you should be able to enter a gift card.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Just a heads up, should you not use the placeholder after 2 years, Disney will refund the placeholder funds to the original form of payment. I had hoped to be able to cruise Disney again so placed a placeholder on our last cruise but I'm just priced out of Disney so they credited my original form of payment. It ended up being a closed account but I was able to work with my bank to get the funds transferred to an active account.

All this to say, if you use a Disney gc and there is any chance at all that you won't use the GC, be sure to hold onto it as that's where the refund will be applied.

 

[Dug720]

Just a heads up, should you not use the placeholder after 2 years, Disney will refund the placeholder funds to the original form of payment. I had hoped to be able to cruise Disney again so placed a placeholder on our last cruise but I'm just priced out of Disney so they credited my original form of payment. It ended up being a closed account but I was able to work with my bank to get the funds transferred to an active account.

All this to say, if you use a Disney gc and there is any chance at all that you won't use the GC, be sure to hold onto it as that's where the refund will be applied.

Yes, I know to hold onto the gift card until the vacation is finished. I've known that for years. But thank you. It's good information for those who may not know.

 

[dreamer17555]

Yes you can BUT you will need to go to Guest Services and they will do a workaround where you will need to submit payment after the sailing via gift card within so many days

 

[StlZNF]

Can you use a Disney Gift Card to purchase a certificate for a future cruise?

Just got off a cruise yesterday, the instructions were to go to guest services if using a gift card for payment of placeholders. It should tell you in the app when you cruise though.

 

[Dug720]

Just got off a cruise yesterday, the instructions were to go to guest services if using a gift card for payment of placeholders. It should tell you in the app when you cruise though.

Thanks!