disney vacation account????

[pixeemom]

Hi
Anyone know how this works? is anyone doing this? good??
https://disneyvacationaccount.disney.go.com

 

[bumbershoot]

There have been posts off and on about it since it started.

Biggest complaint I've seen is that no one at Disney seems to know what it is or how to help. Even when calling the number on that website. I personally think that the DVA people work only "banker's hours", M-F eastern time, and any contact beyond those hours results in difficulty. It's also possible that there are only a few people answering phones there, and if those people are already on the phone then the call gets shunted to other CMs who don't have a clue. That's my theory.

Big huge important thing to do is read the WHOLE site. Read all the FAQs and instructions, etc. Know 100% what you're getting into. Know that you can't use a TA with it (when it first was created they said you could, so earlier threads about it will include that info). Just know what it is and what it cannot do.

Then make your decision on if you want to do it!

 

[pixeemom]

There have been posts off and on about it since it started.

Biggest complaint I've seen is that no one at Disney seems to know what it is or how to help. Even when calling the number on that website. I personally think that the DVA people work only "banker's hours", M-F eastern time, and any contact beyond those hours results in difficulty. It's also possible that there are only a few people answering phones there, and if those people are already on the phone then the call gets shunted to other CMs who don't have a clue. That's my theory.

Big huge important thing to do is read the WHOLE site. Read all the FAQs and instructions, etc. Know 100% what you're getting into. Know that you can't use a TA with it (when it first was created they said you could, so earlier threads about it will include that info). Just know what it is and what it cannot do.

Then make your decision on if you want to do it!

awesome thank you so much for your help!!!
it might just be safer to use a bank that offers vacation clubs

 

[gshumaker]

I used it to combine some disney gift cards and make the deposit for our vacation through disney - not sure of much use beyond that

 

[pixeemom]

I used it to combine some disney gift cards and make the deposit for our vacation through disney - not sure of much use beyond that

thank you

 

[turkey1031]

Has anyone used it to make a payment for a package through mde? I'm wondering how that works with the site. I went through aaa for our last vaca so I don't even know what the payment screen looks like. I do think its interesting that I could use the gift cards I bought at target with the 5% discount and then get $20 per $1000 spent on the trip so I'd basically be getting the same perk as if I put the $1000 on the disney visa plus the 5% discount. I might actually book direct through disney if this vaca account works like I think it will

 

[w84no1]

I have an account. I have been putting the Gift Cards I got from Kroger on it. I will pay for my trip with it. The payment screen on disneyworld.com has a part for entering your vacation savings account number.

I save around 9% on fuel (4x fuel points), get 2% Disney Visa, and $50 for every $1000 from the account. I get 5% from target on red cards here and there, also. I have a balance of $6k, so that is a pretty good amount of savings