Doing Disney For Free?

[TheHannas]

Well nothing is free.. But anyways my question is could i do Disney using nothing but my reward points? We are doing a Miami cruise in 2020, I thought it would be doable to stay at Disney for a few days before and spend say one day at Hollywood studios with hopper pass. So i would be looking to use my reward points for 2 nights stay, tickets for 2 for 1 day, food for the stay.. I figure parking would have to be out of pocket.
I have never used any of my reward balance in the year we have had our card. so all this is new to me. I figure by 2020 we would prob have at least $1500 in rewards. This first year we hit $800.. So the cash would be there if it is usable.. Thanks guys in advance.

 

[krybandt]

It would depend on when you go, and where you stay and eat, but if you’ve run the numbers, I can’t see why not. Pretty sure you can redeem rewards dollars to pay for anything Disney, including room reservations, park tickets, and dining. We’ve used them to cover a lot, but never all, of our dining. What has always seemed like a ridiculous amount of spending money hasn’t lasted long for us in Disney, lol.

 

[TheHannas]

It would depend on when you go, and where you stay and eat, but if you’ve run the numbers, I can’t see why not. Pretty sure you can redeem rewards dollars to pay for anything Disney, including room reservations, park tickets, and dining. We’ve used them to cover a lot, but never all, of our dining. What has always seemed like a ridiculous amount of spending money hasn’t lasted long for us in Disney, lol.

Thanks for the reply, I have not ran the numbers. I just kinda guessed at room rates $250 at a moderate for two nights and tickets say $125 each, guessed at the rest.. My main thing was actually pulling it off with the points.. But I would guess i just turn all or most of the rewards to a gift card and I would be free to use it anywhere in Disney World.

 

[krybandt]

Thanks for the reply, I have not ran the numbers. I just kinda guessed at room rates $250 at a moderate for two nights and tickets say $125 each, guessed at the rest.. My main thing was actually pulling it off with the points.. But I would guess i just turn all or most of the rewards to a gift card and I would be free to use it anywhere in Disney World.

Yes, that part is easy. You can request a rewards card online (do this about a month in advance...they can take awhile to show up) and transfer rewards dollars to it $10 or more at a time. The transfers are instant, so I like to put $50 or so before our trip and then transfer more over in the morning before we head out to a park. You can use it anywhere in the parks. I think that's also how you would use it to pay for hotel/park tickets, by transferring points to a card first. We love our disney visa because it's allowed us to splurge on dining and extras we would normally not do. Good luck and hope you have a great cruise and trip!