disney dollars

[Mitzi]

I'm sure this question has been asked before and answered, but was wondering if disney dollars can be used to buy food in the parks, I know they can be used to buy tickets and souviners but was just wondering about food.. Thanks for any help..

 

[jvs205]

They can be used to buy anything in the parks, including food. And I discovered on our recent trip to WDW that they apparently never expire. I had a very old Disney dollar from 1987 that they allowed me to use. Interesting factoid I learned from the CM: unlike real currency, Disney dollars are destroyed after each use; so they are never put back into circulation.

 

[sdamico71]

Just wondering. If they don't recirculate Disney Dollars, how do you get them back as change? I believe our Disney store does recirculate because I have received ones that aren't "crisp".

 

[mickey4ver]

You don't receive them back as your change, you would receive "real" money as your change. Disney $$ are not recycled, you would not get them as change. They are stamped as used and off to Disney $$ heaven.

 

[onecoolmama]

A side note. Even the Mcdonalds at Downtown Disney takes Disney Dollars. I never expected them too, but we asked and they said absolutely! Just thought I would throw it out there.

 

[Naisy68]

Thanks for the useful information. It seems though that we bought our kids disney dollars at our local Disney store in 2002 and one of the Downtown Disney stores wouldn't take them. I remember thinking it was kind of dumb that they wouldn't. I could be mistaken though. For some reason I was thinking I had to give my DS cash to buy something because he couldn't use his Disney dollars.