Illuminations Cruise payment ?

[mrsap]

How is everyone keeping expensive payments secret? I mean, I want to surprise my partner with a dinner at V&A, and I know she'll absolutely flip if she sees the full cost, but there's really no way to keep secrets without having private accounts. Even if I went to buy a gift card, there's still a charge for the amount and she'd ask what I bought at the disney store for $600 or whatever. Do most people have private credit cards they don't let their partners see?

LOL I think this is comical... Richard Nixon is asking how to keep secrets from people!!! Haven't you learned anything?!?!?!

Lol sorry, had to do it.

 

[wheredreamsbegin]

How is everyone keeping expensive payments secret? I mean, I want to surprise my partner with a dinner at V&A, and I know she'll absolutely flip if she sees the full cost, but there's really no way to keep secrets without having private accounts. Even if I went to buy a gift card, there's still a charge for the amount and she'd ask what I bought at the disney store for $600 or whatever. Do most people have private credit cards they don't let their partners see?

I have been purchasing Disney gift cards for our upcoming trip and plan to use them to pay for our Illuminations Cruise (a 40th birthday surprise for my husband). I have been purchasing the cards at Giant Eagle and Target. There is nothing on the bank statement that looks the least bit suspicious!

 

[ccgirl]

The official policy is that food and beverages should be ordered through Yacht Club in-room dining ... but we have done several "special" cruises, and being big wine drinkers, we have often brought a special bottle or two. It's not like in-room dining has a 40 year old Bordeaux or a bottle of Dom Perignon from the year you were married sitting around. It's never been a problem, and often the captain has even offered to serve the wine or champagne we brought.

I will add that we have always ordered some extra snacks, like a shrimp cocktail or cheese plate, to go with it.

I pay the bills so my husband never knows. However, being that I pay the bills, if he tries to surprise me with something on a credit card, I always know.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

I paid cash at the window while I had my family stay off to the side taking some photos by the water. They were none the wiser about the cost.

 

[Cree629]

Very easy to pay discreetly at the window.

As for food and beverages, I had ordered some food through the Yacht Club, but I wouldn't bother doing that again. We did each get an adult beverage at the Yacht Club bar in a "to-go" cup and brought those on board without a problem. Also, I am fairly certain that if I had brought along some of our own food/other drinks, our captain would not have said a word (even though the official "policy" is that you can't).