Charging to the room

[KelNottAt]

We just spent spring break at Universal. While there, I wanted DS and DD to have room cards with charging privileges. The front desk said, "OK, but it won't do any good. They'll need to show photo ID everytime they want to charge."

Since the kids don't drive yet and we don't make a habit of bringing their passports to Florida, they were out of luck. The staff said it was a security measure to ensure strangers didn't get a hold of the card and start running up our bill. OK, fine, but I still thought it was rather inconvenient.

My question: is photo ID required for every room charge at WDW? We trust our kids and would be willing to risk letting them have charging privileges. I seem to remember they were able to charge to the room when we stayed at DVC Hilton Head last year...but what about WDW?

Thanks.
Kelley

 

[madalex]

I've never been asked for photo id to use the room key to charge something at WDW. I don't know if children are treated differently for some reason.

 

[KelNottAt]

At Universal, the photo ID rule applied to everyone, not just kids. DH and I eventually just starting paying for everything with the VISA...which, by the way, also required photo ID about 50% of the time.

 

[ducklite]

At WDW they compare signatures on the back of the cards, and if it doesn't match they'll ask for ID.

Anne

 

[cjsmith]

At Universal, the photo ID rule applied to everyone, not just kids. DH and I eventually just starting paying for everything with the VISA...which, by the way, also required photo ID about 50% of the time.

On our trip to Universal last year we were never asked for photo ID when charging back to the room. My kids also charged when they weren't with us and had no problems. Maybe it's something new.

 

[jellydisney]

We were there last week and charged just about every meal/purchase with our room cards. We were never asked for ID. My brothers, who are 13 and 16, also went off on their own a lot and used the room cards without any problems.