Disney gift card question

[DisneyBliss7]

My kids each have a $25 gift card. Can I add money to them?

 

[starry_solo]

My kids each have a $25 gift card. Can I add money to them?

Yes. By getting another gift card and transferring the funds to it via the gift card website

 

[DisneyBliss7]

Yes. By getting another gift card and transferring the funds to it via the gift card website

Oh so I can't transfer money onto it from my bank? Just purchase another card and do it that way?

 

[Fangorn]

Correct. Disney gift cards are not directly reloadable - but as mentioned you can transfer the balance from another giftcard up to the maximum of $1000 on any single giftcard.

Steve

 

[ClapYourHands]

Yes, but realize you can't do any partial transfers. If you transfer from one card to another card, it has to be the whole amount.

So, for example, you can't buy a $125 gift card, and put $25 on each of five different cards. You'd have to buy 5 cards with $25 on them and do a one-to-one transfer for each kid's card.

 

[PirateJessi]

I was wondering how that gift card website worked!! I plan on buying some every pay period for our upcoming trips and dreaded the possibility of having to carry a literal deck of cards or mailing them somewhere to be combined.
Thanks!!!

 

[Fangorn]

The giftcard site allows you to keep up to 5 cards stored in your account at once. Those cards can each have funds on them or not, and you can remove a card and add another one as often as you wish. You can quickly transfer the funds (and yes, it is all or nothing) from one card to any of the others. You can also transfer from a brand new card directly to any of the stored cards by entering the numbers on the back of the card and selecting the card you want the funds to go to. It's very simple.

We've purchased several special cards over the years (the giftcard site has all available card designs available and you have a wide range of initial load to choose from). I have 5 of them set up in my account, and they just stay there. I regularly purchase the generic red Mickey cards at the grocery store and immediately transfer the funds to one of the special cards.

Once we're on our trip, we each have a card and use it for everything. If someone's card gets low, it's a simple thing to transfer funds from another card on the account, and not need to carry all the cards. By the same token, should a card be misplaced, a quick transaction will transfer all the funds on the "lost" card to the one card in my account that I always leave empty just for that purpose.

Steve

 

[PirateJessi]

Thank you so much, Steve! That was beyond helpful for planning our upcoming trips!

 

[Nellie Mae]

Can you use gift cards to pay for parking?