Tickets - Mail or Box Office?

[BrianL]

I'm heading to DL in just over 2 weeks. I was going to order tickets, but I have several gift cards and apparently you can only use one online. They can't send me e-tickets if I do it over the phone. I was advised to just bring the gift cards and buy when I get there. Is there any disadvantage to doing that? I know I'd save the shipping fee, but I am wondering about timing and such. I wanted to be in line early because I know it will be busy. I am so used to WDW where all this is handled ahead of time (and no shipping fees!).

 

[SMD]

How many gift cards? They do have to print a receipt for each card like it's its own transaction. But 10 minutes in line plus a 5-10 minute transaction would still be preferable to paying for shipping and chancing lost mail to many people.

 

[TheChapman6]

Do you have a Disney store close by? I took 22 50.00 dollar gift cards and bought all our park hoppers LOL The cast member checking me out was super excited for me.

 

[BrianL]

It's three gift cards of varying amounts, plus I'll have to pay the remainder on my own CC.

Wow, I did not know you could buy park tickets at a Disney Store. We do have one. Maybe I should check out that option.

 

[Hofmanns4]

I have seen posts from others that have opened a Disney Vacation Account to consolidate the cards and then use one payment type. I have not done it and am not sure of the timing, but wanted to bring it up in case that is an option.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

It's three gift cards of varying amounts, plus I'll have to pay the remainder on my own CC.

We did this two years running--showed up with, er, several Disney Gift Cards at the ticket booth to purchase our APs. It's not a problem at all. They just run each card to verify its value and give you a receipt, but with three gift cards at most it might take 10 minutes.

 

[LizzyS]

Please don't have them mail the tickets to you. I did that the first time we went and if I hadn't done it way in advance, I'd have been in trouble as it took AGES.

 

[BrianL]

Well I did try my local Disney Store, but they only sell WDW tickets (despite the poster saying otherwise behind the registers. They said it was very old, haha!). I am just going to buy when I get there. Thanks everyone.