And everyone who's tried has failed. And the FAQ on the website specifically says you need to request a gift card in order to settle room charges.
Can you point to any reports? All I've read is that the folks at the front desk can't even enter the DVA number as a gift card, like the DVC folks can do when they pay dues. Unfortunately, both the phone reps and the moms panel are historically unreliable. If you've are actually reporting it working, that could change things.
There is kinda a way around this. I booked the DDP with our Feb trip. Called and canceled DDP 2 days prior to check in. Instead of refunding it, they added on to the room as credit. I'm not sure if it's something the CM did or it's their policy to do a room credit if DDP is canceled that close to arrival.Thanks! When I get closer to my arrival date I may call my resort and ask. I just can't believe that someone hasn't found a way around this yet given how industrious we all are.
Crafty!There is kinda a way around this. I booked the DDP with our Feb trip. Called and canceled DDP 2 days prior to check in. Instead of refunding it, they added on to the room as credit. I'm not sure if it's something the CM did or it's their policy to do a room credit if DDP is canceled that close to arrival.
Of course we spent the credit, and more... but now I'm wondering if we had a credit at checkout, would they refund to the DVA (original payment) or the CC associated with the room.
Sorry for the third degree. I'm just trying to understand the basis for your claim. I, too, have only seen it said and not experienced it. But the only reports I've seen have been that, even when the front desk enters the DVA number as a gift card it throws an error message. That's the technique that works for paying DVC dues. If there have been changes, I haven't seen the reports. That would be great news, but it just needs to be verified. Having bad information on the forum doesn't help anyone.
Agreed!
They were convention/meeting tickets. Orders for those tickets don't go through the regular Disney website.
I'd love to be able to do this but I'm skeptical about it until I see multiple posts about people having success in doing it. Do you have a link to the post? The last thing that I want to have happen is to have $XXXX in my DVA for the purpose of paying off room charges and then not have it work! I would much prefer to just ask for a refund of my DVA balance on a single Disney GC and then use that to pay down my charges before checking out.
I'm confused how this would work. You're going to call the Disney Reservation line? Wouldn't the hotel be managing your reservation at that point? I would think you'd call the front desk from your room, and hope to get some call center then apply the DVA.
No one really knows how it's going to work. I don't know. I'm willing to try it. If it doesn't work, I'll try calling the front desk. I won't try in person. I think that's a dead end.
I asked if I could do it over the phone when I went to book convention tickets online and saw there was no place to enter DVA or GCs. The DVA contact said no-dice. I'm waiting to see if this applies to the hotel too.
