Prepaying on your key

[cjackearl]

This may, ok probably will, sound like an odd question. Can you pay an amount up front, say $1000 when you check in, to cover charges you put on your key? I'm on the fence about the dining plan and will make a decision after the rates come out, but I like the idea of paying up front. Call me easily influenced, but it just seems like less money is being spent if its spent up front, at least mostly. confused3

 

[CleveRocks]

This may, ok probably will, sound like an odd question. Can you pay an amount up front, say $1000 when you check in, to cover charges you put on your key? I'm on the fence about the dining plan and will make a decision after the rates come out, but I like the idea of paying up front. Call me easily influenced, but it just seems like less money is being spent if its spent up front, at least mostly. confused3

Yes!

WHat you're talking about is a room charge. You can put down a credit card, debit card (with VISA/MC logo), cash, travelers checks, even Disney Dollars, and then charge anything in the parks and resorts to your room card.

If you put down plastic, NO HOLD will be placed on the card/account, no amount will be pre-charged. Your credit/debit card won't be charged until you reach the room charge limit, or it's early in the morning of your check-out day, whichever comes first.

If you reach the limit, you simply verbally authorize another room charge, and the process starts all over again. [If you don't use plastic, you'd actually need to go to the front desk with more cash/travelers checks.]

The maximum limit on a room charge account is dictated by level of resort -- $500 for Value resorts, $1,000 for Moderate resorts and $1,500 for Deluxe resorts. You can set a lower limit if you like.

If you put down cash/travelers checks/Disney Dollars, any amount that you did not charge on the room charge will be immediately refunded to you at time of check-out.

Please post again if you have any more questions on this topic.

 

[cjackearl]

Thanks for your reply! That's just what we want to do. This trip we'll be doing a split stay between POR/BC so I doubt we'll hit our room key charge limit at either spot, so it'll be nice to hand the check-in CM some form of cash and not have to think about money until (hopefully) getting some back at check out!