Does anyone know how long it takes by mail to receive a Disney giftcard?

[disney4us2002]

I tried a search but it seems most of the discussions focus on those packages that get gc. I want to order a gc for our March 27th trip for food and incidentals rather than carry cash, but I don't want to wait too long. Is a week to 10 days a fair estimate or should I order sooner? I would like to wait til my last paycheck closer to the trip (Mar 17th) but I don't want to chance missing the card.

 

[NJGirl]

I ordered one tonight...it told me 10-15 business days for standard shipping when I checked out.

 

[DVCBELLE]

Walgreens sells Disney gift cards now. You can have it in hand immediately!!

 

[disney4us2002]

Walgreens sells Disney gift cards now. You can have it in hand immediately!!

Thanks. Our groceries sell them too but I don't want to buy 10 $50 gc as it would be easier to keep up with just 1 $500 card.

 

[LynnTH]

Thanks. Our groceries sell them too but I don't want to buy 10 $50 gc as it would be easier to keep up with just 1 $500 card.

I just bought one at Walgreens. And the one I bought was one where you can load the card with any amount you want. I would check there first instead of ordering one.

 

[DVCBELLE]

Thanks. Our groceries sell them too but I don't want to buy 10 $50 gc as it would be easier to keep up with just 1 $500 card.

Yep - you can load them with up to $500 at Walgreens!

 

[disney4us2002]

Wow, cool. I didn't look at Walgreens as I assumed they were the same preprinted $25 or $50 like our groceries sell. Thanks!

 

[mamalle]

a relative sent my daughter one for her bday on 2/10 and she had just asked a week prior what to send her..

 

[bumbershoot]

Along with Walgreens...you can buy them from disneyland.com (same giftcards!), and if you want to just wait, you can buy them at the giftshops when you get to WDW. We've done the latter at DLR, giftcards are how we usually budget ourselves without having 18,000 debits on our card (we aren't big fans of charging to the room). Go to any store, buy either one big card for the trip or divide it up per day, good to go!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

I've done it twice and it usually takes about 7-10 days total. Not the fastest, but certainly not the slowest!