Stores are out of Disney Dollars

[rickdeni]

I have been to two local Disney Stores looking for Disney Dollars. They have $5 but no $1's. I was told that they would not get them until mid-Spring. I was told you could special order them but they did not know how to do this. Does anyone know - are they still selling them somewhere or are they, like the DVC discount, on their way out?

 

[rileyroosmom]

I went to my Disney store last weekend and they were out of $10s, had to get all $5s.

 

[Savin4Disney]

I just picked up some last week. They had $1's and $5's. I hope to get $5.00 a week for going to my WW meeting and losing at least 1 pound.

I am going to the mall to get luggage. Having a great suitcase sale so I will pick up a few then too.

Oh I sure hope they do not run out.

 

[Julia M]

I called today. The ones that are in the back (new design, I guess) they are not allowed to sell yet. They are out of everything else.

Julia

 

[piglet33]

The new design is supposed to have something to do with the Disneyland celebration. That's why the current supply is so limited.

 

[CheapMom]

Went yesterday and they had no DDs in any denomination.

 

[Savin4Disney]

i did get a few ones with Chicken Little on them. I wanted to get more today but the store was not open yet. I had hit the early 7 am sale to grab my luggage for the trip.


I will check on Tuesday when I go to WW. Every meeting and if I lose at least one pound that week. I treat myself to $5.00.

 

[ncbyrne]

I bought $60 worth of Disney Dollars yesterday at the Disney Store in Woodbridge Mall in NJ

 

[we3disneygo]

A week ago I tried to buy some disney dollars-they had one's only-they had another shipment of them in back that they couldn't release to sell- this was on a Friday. called on Tues. and they had been released for sale I got 50.00 but only in five's.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

I went to buy $300 worth and they only had $155.

 

[CheapMom]

I think I remember that there is a limit to how many you can buy at once. Is that right? If so what is the limit?

 

[WillCAD]

Disney Stores all over have been running out of DD$ for the last couple of months.

I hope the new DD$ are released for sale soon; not only do I need to get some ever payday to save for my trip, but I collect the $1 notes and I'm eagerly awaiting the new designs!

 

[JoannaOhio]

Pardon my ignorance, but is there some advantage to having Disney Dollars over regular cash?

 

[WillCAD]

There are two advantages.

1. They are way cooler looking than regular cash. The $1 bill has Mickey Mouse on it! Except right now; it has Chicken Little on it as a promotion for the new Chicken Little movie due out this summer.

2. You can't spend DD$ anywhere but the Disney Stores and parks. Sure, if you convert your money to DD$ instead of putting it in the bank, you miss out on the interest. But some of us just don't have the willpower to not dip into our savings before a trip, so buying a few DD$ each week locks our money into the vacation fund, and also gives us a regular weekly dose of the Magic when we go to the Disney Store to get them.

 

[lovesdumbo]

I will check on Tuesday when I go to WW. Every meeting and if I lose at least one pound that week. I treat myself to $5.00.

Good Luck! This really worked for me last year. I rewarded myself $DD10 for every pound. I "earned" $DD550.00 for my last trip. I figured I was saving that much by not stopping at Dunkin Donuts every morning and by brown bagging it more often. I wanted to start up again as I still would like to loose another 20 to 30 pounds and this seemed to work for me but my Disney Store just closed.

WillCAD-how nice to see you! I remember you from Rita's site. I think I was "SUZE" there.

 

[JoannaOhio]

Thanks WillCAD for the explanation. I have a single Disney Dollar, left over from my last trip to WDW in 2000, when my daughter invited me along on what we all knew would be the last "family" vacation with her then husband and my then 9-year-old granddaughter. At that time WDW charged only $1 deposit when renting a wheelchair, and returned the deposit in a DD$. On my last day of wheelchair rental, I didn't have the energy to stop in the last gift shop to find something for one dollar, so I brought the DD$ home with me. I stuck it up where it could remind me of WDW, but I had no idea when (or if) I might go again.

Well, times have changed. My daughter is divorced and has a new boyfriend. My granddaughter will be 14 this summer. And the four of us are going to WDW in December!!!

My daughter's boyfriend has MD and gets around exclusively in a wheelchair. He has a motorized chair that he uses whenever he's away from the house, and a manual one that he uses at home. We're renting a fabulous villa with private heated pool, and we'll be in FL the last two weeks in December. The villa belongs to a disabled person, and has everything we could possibly need to fit boyfriend's needs, including a lift for the pool.

He plans to take both of his wheelchairs, and I'll be able to use the manual one in the parks. (We haven't yet figured out if we can do some sort of hookup so he can pull the manual chair with his electric one, but my granddaughter should be big enough to help with some of the pushing this time around.)

As for converting savings into DD$ in order to avoid the temptation to spend that money before the trip, I am extremely disciplined about not touching what I've earmarked for the trip - so that won't be a problem for me. I may not even take my lone DD$ to spend in December. Maybe just keep it as a souvenir - to remind me of what I expect to be an even more fabulous trip than last time. (Boyfriend is way more fun than ex-son-in-law ever was!)

 

[disney 4 5]

I was at our Disney store on Saturday and all they had were 5 - $1.00, I wanted a lot more than that. We put them in our kids easter eggs each year. The lady behind the counter said that the new ones to celebrate Disneyland's 50th anniversary are supposed to go on sale at the beginning of March. She didn't say exactly what day. She also said that you can call Disney just like ordering anything else and they will send them to you.

 

[LauraAnn630]

They only had 5s in Cleveland a few weeks ago. Im going tomorrow to see if they have any for an Easter egg hunt.

 

[LauraAnn630]

They only had 5s in Cleveland a few weeks ago. Im going tomorrow to see if they have any for an Easter egg hunt. Im going to buy vacation related items for my boys baskets too! I was thinking Disney dollars, sunglasses, bathing suits, sandles.......any other ideas?

 

[DebMcDonald]

Taunton, MA has $5 and Attleboro MA had $5 and $1, Manchester, CT also had $5 nd $1. I bought $100 in $1, (chicken little) bribery for my kids, but I have to say I LOVE the easter egg idea I would not have thought of that, and my husband and I look at it this way, it's better to pick up disney dollars monthly than to give our kids spending money at the parks, this way we have taken care of it ahead of time and they know what they have to spend and when its gone it's gone....

Debbie