DDP, Disney Dollars and Tipping

[Chris]

I'm wondering if you can use Disney Dollars for tips when using the DDP??

 

[Kies99]

I'm wondering if you can use Disney Dollars for tips when using the DDP??

If you did this, wouldn't you then be forcing the employees to have to spend money at Disney? It's not like they can use Disney Dollars to pay rent or buy groceries or put gas in their cars.

 

[YoTony2]

Good Question, waitting to see the answers!

 

[RachaelA]

we charged the tips to our room and then used the disney dollars to pay off the room charge. i don't think tipping in disney dollars is right. there are other things you could spend it on and tip your server with regular money.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

While I think it is better to tip in real dollars, I thought Disney Dollars could be converted back to cash. I'd always heard that was one advantage to DDs over a Disney gift card. So it wouldn't be as if you were forcing the server to spend the money at Disney.

I will admit there was one day on my last trip when I didn't have cash in the morning for my mousekeeping tip. I only had Disney Dollars, so I left a $5 DD. The mousekeeper didn't turn it down. I was embarrassed, but the mousekeeper was really good and I didn't want to not leave a tip that day.

 

[Mommytobree]

I'd be too embarrased to leave Disney Dollars as a tip. Maybe they can be converted to cash, but I'd still feel like I was leaving monopoly $ for my server.

 

[delmar411]

Disney Dollars are equal to $1 real cash. You on your own can take them to the Disney Store and convert them back to real money if you wanted.

When the server cashes out at the end of the day they would be given real money by the management. Just as if they were paid with a Disney GC or by room key.

Nothing to be embarrassed about at all.

HTH!

 

[lauralana9]

Or the server could just apply the Disney Dollars to the next check a guest pays cash for. We have to do this in work if a guest leaves us a tip on the gift card but does so after the check is cashed out. In my restaurant if they don't tell you they want to leave the balance as a tip and you have already closed the check you cannot go back and edit the payment. We can for credit cards not gift cards. We just carry the card around till we get guests paying cash. Although its not uncommon to find a server at the end of their shift trying to "sell" one to a co-worker cause they forgot to use it.

 

[Candy30]

This is great to know. I think I would put this on my room charge and then pay it off with Disney dollars. That is a good option if you are uncomfortable about leaving Disney dollars.

 

[dolfinjuls]

So if you tip with a disney gift card, the server doesn't receive cash for that? Or they get cash when they cash out at the end of their shift? I was planning on using a gift card for all extra expenses!

 

[delmar411]

So if you tip with a disney gift card, the server doesn't receive cash for that? Or they get cash when they cash out at the end of their shift? I was planning on using a gift card for all extra expenses!

They do get cash.

 

[dolfinjuls]

They do get cash.

Thank you...just wanted to double check!

 

[pixiewings71]

Disney Dollars are just like cash, it's just Disney themed instead of US themed. It's not a problem at all to change them back to "real" dollars. I asked a server at DL once and she said that it's just like getting real money, they just trade them in at the end of their shift. So, ultimately the CM's are leaving with cash.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

You can also tip your server in pennies.... but why make a server jump through hoops to get money in denominations that make it easy for him or her to spend?

If it's as simple as trading it in at the end of the shift, not a problem. If they have to wait until a manager is there or go through additional steps to cash it in I would feel uncomfortable doing so.

 

[GOOFY4DONALD]

When I was a waitress, not at WDW, I received an equal number of CC and gift cert, as tips, as I did in cash. I would be able to pocket the cash right away but the CCs and gift cert were given to me at the end of the shift, in cash, by the cashier or manager. I don't think WDW would be much different or harder. I think it is probably pretty easy for the waiter to get their money since WDW deals with a ton of CCs and gift cards.

 

[ceecee]

We had our Visa rewards card and put the tips on that.

 

[fussymonkey]

In my humble opinion, its kinda tacky, even if theoretically its something you can do. Like some of the other posters I have been in situations where its a choice between tacky and tackier (like tip with Disney dollars or don't tip becuase you ran out of cash), so I can appreciate that sometime tacky isn't a choice, its a calling, but I wouldn't plan to leave disney dollars as tips.

I gotta say, I don't really get the love people have for Disney dollars. If they are the same thing as US dollars, they why not just take US dollars? It seems like complicating something simple just to have Mickey on it.

Anywho, assuming someone gave you DDs as a gift or whatever, and you want to use them to cover your tips, etc., just exchange them first for US dollars and leave your servers cash.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Not sure if CM's can trade the DD for cash after their shift, but if you wanted to trade in your DD at a disney store for cash you would need your receipt. I have worked at Disney Store and we required a receipt for returns on DD.

 

[Chris]

Thanks! We were given some Disney Dollars and basically have a few hundred on a disney gift card also which is why I was wondering about the DD tipping.
I can change them in at city Hall or just add it to my room charge and pay w/the dollars then. Just didn't know how it worked.

Thanks again

 

[WillCAD]

I don't know whether the server can cash in Disney Dollars at the end of their shift, but I prefer to leave my tips in cash, just so they don't have to.

I wouldn't tip a restaurant server with a restaurant gift card, or a WalMart gift card, or a coupon for an oil change, so I won't tip with Disney Dollars, either.

I gotta say, I don't really get the love people have for Disney dollars. If they are the same thing as US dollars, they why not just take US dollars? It seems like complicating something simple just to have Mickey on it.

Disney Dollars are primarily intended for use by kids. You haven't lived until you've given some Disney Dollars to a kid you love and seen their face light up when they spot the Disney characters on the notes.

As for adults, well, I used to use Disney Dollars to save for my trips by buying some each payday throughout the year. I've been trashed by a lot of people as a fool for doing this, since my money "sits uselessly and doesn't earn interest", but unfortunately, I have no monetary self-control, and if I put my money in a savings account, I'd spend it.

These days, I use a Disney Gift Card instead of Disney Dollars, because the DGC is a lot easier to carry and can be replaced if lost or stolen, so long as you have your original receipt.

Not sure if CM's can trade the DD for cash after their shift, but if you wanted to trade in your DD at a disney store for cash you would need your receipt. I have worked at Disney Store and we required a receipt for returns on DD.

Yes, and there is a limit - you can only cash in $80 in Disney Dollars at a time.