Can you buy the DDE

[bonnielynn]

once you are there and where?

 

[amandelba]

Yes. I think you can buy it any any of the Guest Services locations. We bought ours at Hollywood (then MGM) Studios.

 

[RobDoc]

Yes, Guest Relations at any Theme Park or at DD can help. We purchased it this week at Epcot. Cost is $60 ($25 more if you want a 2nd card). This week, DDE changes and wil be called Tables in Wonderland, but is otherwise the same program. As always, the card will not expire for 13 months and the current list of participating restaurants is very similar to past participants.

We've used the card three times and have already recouped most of the cost. You'll need your AP (or proof of FL residency) and a photo ID.

 

[disneynutz]

Yes, Guest Relations at any Theme Park or at DD can help. We purchased it this week at Epcot. Cost is $60 ($25 more if you want a 2nd card). This week, DDE changes and wil be called Tables in Wonderland, but is otherwise the same program. As always, the card will not expire for 13 months and the current list of participating restaurants is very similar to past participants.

We've used the card three times and have already recouped most of the cost. You'll need your AP (or proof of FL residency) and a photo ID.

Doc, just want to verify, 13 month expiration when purchased on site?

 

[jpolak]

Good to know. Can we buy our APs at the same time or do they need to be purchased in advance?

 

[BCV23]

Doc, just want to verify, 13 month expiration when purchased on site?

Not Doc obviously, but yes 13 months and change just like the ones ordered by mail. So if you bought today, it would expire 10/31/09.

 

[BCV23]

Good to know. Can we buy our APs at the same time or do they need to be purchased in advance?

You can buy them both at the same time...well, technically the AP first and then the TiW. Just make sure you're at a Guest Services booth. The ticket booths can sell APs but not TiW.

 

[RobDoc]

Doc, just want to verify, 13 month expiration when purchased on site?

Yes, the DDE card has always had a 13 month timeframe. Purchases in September will be good thru the end of October the following year - purchasing on October 1 would expire on November 30 the following year.

I suspect this was originally done to allow for processing and mailing of the cards so that guests would still get a full year. While that's not really needed now that the card may be purchased onsite it is great (and many cards are still mailed).

 

[Fonzy13]

You can buy them both at the same time...well, technically the AP first and then the TiW. Just make sure you're at a Guest Services booth. The ticket booths can sell APs but not TiW.

Is there a guest services window at the International Gateway entrance? I have to will call my AP, and would love to buy the DDE right after that.

 

[JaxFLBear]

Is there a guest services window at the International Gateway entrance? I have to will call my AP, and would love to buy the DDE right after that.

Yes.

 

[bonnielynn]

Do you need anymore than one card per family?

 

[RobDoc]

Do you need anymore than one card per family?

No, one card will provide the discount for up to ten people. A second card (or a replacement) is another $25.

 

[bonnielynn]

No, one card will provide the discount for up to ten people. A second card (or a replacement) is another $25.

Thanks

 

[BCV23]

Yes, the DDE card has always had a 13 month timeframe. Purchases in September will be good thru the end of October the following year - purchasing on October 1 would expire on November 30 the following year.

I suspect this was originally done to allow for processing and mailing of the cards so that guests would still get a full year. While that's not really needed now that the card may be purchased onsite it is great (and many cards are still mailed).

I don't know if it has changed recently but it used to be that a card bought very early in the month would expire at the end of that same month a year later. I read different reports....9, 10th etc. as the magic date. Also read after the first Monday of a given month. DDE would even tell you what date to wait for which was so nice of them. But if it's now as early as the first of the month, someone buying then would actually get 14 months of use. In your example, all of Oct and Nov 08 as well as Dec 08-Nov of 09.

Do you need anymore than one card per family?

As Doc, said one card will work for up to 10. But the cardholder must be present so if your family ever splits up for meals or partial trips, it may make sense to buy two. We do.