UPDATED: New Discount Being Released 12-21

[WDWKOOK]

I've updated the details of the promo. on the first page. Mousesavers reports that:

The Disney Gift Card can be used for almost anything at Walt Disney World, including souvenirs, tours, spa treatments, watercraft rental, gratuities, alcoholic beverages or meals.

 

[WDWKOOK]

I just clicked on "special offers" on the WDW website and found this:

Get up to a $750 Disney Gift Card FREE when you buy a 5-night/6-day non-discounted Magic Your Way package at select Disney Resort Hotels!
Eat, play and shop with the Disney Gift Card. Use the card to cover vacation expenses: dining at your choice of Walt Disney World® restaurants, special event tickets, sports, recreation, tours and more—all this in addition to shopping! With your gift card in hand, the world is yours!


Select Disney Deluxe Resorts or Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts

A $750 Disney Gift Card is yours when you purchase a 5 night/6-day non-discounted Magic Your Way room and ticket package at select Disney Deluxe Resorts or Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts.

Valid for arrivals on 1/3-1/11/10, 1/19-3/27/10 and 4/11-6/3/10.


Select Disney Moderate Resorts

A $500 Disney Gift Card is yours when you purchase a 5 night/6-day non-discounted Magic Your Way room and ticket package at select Disney Moderate Resorts.

Valid for arrivals on 1/3/10, 1/10-1/12/10, 1/18-3/27/10 and 4/11-6/3/10.


Select Disney Value Resorts

A $300 Disney Gift Card is yours when you purchase a 5 night/6-day non-discounted Magic Your Way room and ticket package at select Disney Value Resorts.

Valid for arrivals on 1/3/10, 1/10-1/12/10, 1/18-2/9/10, 2/15-3/27/10 and 4/11-6/3/10.



The number of rooms allocated for these packages is limited. Tickets are for one theme park per day and must be used within 14 days of first use. See Important Details.
For best availability, book now. Rooms fill up fast! Book through March 27, 2010.

Thank you for posting this. I wasn't trying to overlook your post by also posting the details on the first page; I was just trying to make it easier for everyone to find.

 

[kschafer]

I've updated the details of the promo. on the first page. Mousesavers reports that:

The Disney Gift Card can be used for almost anything at Walt Disney World, including souvenirs, tours, spa treatments, watercraft rental, gratuities, alcoholic beverages or meals.

FYI, my travel agent also specified that the gift card CANNOT be used to add the dining plan or to upgrade tickets

 

[WDWKOOK]

I'm thinking about all the possibilities: Can you use the gift card to book another trip? And if you can, can you apply that gift card to a potential bounceback offer (if there is one in your room?) And for the photopass -- I understand you get a discount because you're staying on Disney property, but can you actually pay for the photopass with the gift card? Hmmmmm. So many possibilities.

According to Mousemisers, YES, you can use it toward a future WDW vacation. And, since you can use it toward anything that you can use a credit card for at WDW, I'm assuming you can use it toward Photopass, too.

I've posted an update with more details on the first page.

 

[WDWKOOK]

FYI, my travel agent also specified that the gift card CANNOT be used to add the dining plan or to upgrade tickets

Yes, that is true. You can't use it toward package components.

 

[Joan1]

FYI, my travel agent also specified that the gift card CANNOT be used to add the dining plan or to upgrade tickets

I know you cannot use it to add the dining plan because the dining plan cannot be added when you check in. It has to be added at least 4 days before you arrive

I don't know about the park tickets

 

[vallamen]

So after an hour of "disney math", I changed my reservation. Previously booked using 30% room discount for 7 nights with dining and 1 day passes for 2 adults and 1 child (child to be upgraded to 5 day at gate). Ended up re-booking with a combo of the new package and the 30% general public room only code.

Old price- 7 nights at pop @ 30%, 7 days ddp (2 Adults & 1 child), 2 adult 1 day passes, 1 child 5 day pass, ddp tips for $1600.

New price - 5 nights @ pop (rack), 2 nights at pop @ 30%, 5 days ddp (2 Adults & 1 child), 2 days OOP food(same eating itinerary), 2 adult 5 day passes, 1 child 5 day pass, ddp tips for $2000 - $300 gift card = $1700.

So by doing the split reservation, it works out to be $100 more money total on an already discounted package, but dh and I now get 5 day park passes instead of 1 day passes for $50 more a ticket. Had 4 day passes left on no exp. tickets, but for $50 each - we will take the tickets

Worked for us, because all of our more $$ table service reservations were earlier in the week anyway so losing 2 days on the ddp was a big savings for those 2 days. It actually worked out better for us than the buy 5/get 2 deal as well. If I took the $300 off the room price then it is $172.50 total for the first 5 nights (63% savings) and the last 2 nights are 30% off.

I'm happy!

 

[dmbfan]

From what I am getting, this gift card is not really free...my guess is you are paying for it someway when you book your trip. At least that is what my travel agent told me. She said sometimes these are good deals, but for us we got the buy 4 night stay for 7, so to change my resevations, I would lose 2 nights and 3 days, and end up paying over $1000 more for a $500 gift card...so in the end, I am paying for it.

I do hope they come out with new deals soon, but this sounds like a great deal for those that only can afford 3 nights, you can get the 5 nights, and get a gift card. Glad some of you are able to use it!!

 

[cheap traveler]

Wow, this is a tough one. Do I book a June trip with this deal, and take my daughter out of school? (we don't finish until the last week of June, and it's only Kindergarten)

Do I wait, keeping my fingers firmly crossed, hoping for our normal free dining for the end of August?

Oh man, now I have to check on flights.

I will never sleep tonight

 

[PolyAddict]

So after an hour of "disney math", I changed my reservation. Previously booked using 30% room discount for 7 nights with dining and 1 day passes for 2 adults and 1 child (child to be upgraded to 5 day at gate). Ended up re-booking with a combo of the new package and the 30% general public room only code.

Old price- 7 nights at pop @ 30%, 7 days ddp (2 Adults & 1 child), 2 adult 1 day passes, 1 child 5 day pass, ddp tips for $1600.

New price - 5 nights @ pop (rack), 2 nights at pop @ 30%, 5 days ddp (2 Adults & 1 child), 2 days OOP food(same eating itinerary), 2 adult 5 day passes, 1 child 5 day pass, ddp tips for $2000 - $300 gift card = $1700.

So by doing the split reservation, it works out to be $100 more money total on an already discounted package, but dh and I now get 5 day park passes instead of 1 day passes for $50 more a ticket. Had 4 day passes left on no exp. tickets, but for $50 each - we will take the tickets

Worked for us, because all of our more $$ table service reservations were earlier in the week anyway so losing 2 days on the ddp was a big savings for those 2 days. It actually worked out better for us than the buy 5/get 2 deal as well. If I took the $300 off the room price then it is $172.50 total for the first 5 nights (63% savings) and the last 2 nights are 30% off.

I'm happy!

Glad you posted this, it made me rerun my numbers. If i did a 5 night pkg, plus 2 nights with my 40% pin on 2 CBR rooms I would save an additional $157. So tell me if i do the 5 night pkg first, can i have a 7day hopper that we can use the remaining 2 nights on the room only?

thanks

 

[Amy&Dan]

Okay, my TA was able to get me the $300 gc, we arrive on 3/26 and depart on 4/5. So even though our dates fell in the blackout period, our arrival date was before that and they gave it to us. I have confirmation with it all spelled out from Disney so apparently if your arrival falls within the dates, you are set! I am so happy, $300 is something and will be very helpful. This also seals the deal we will not do the QSDP, it was not going to save us much anyway and we probably would have been eating more than we wanted anyway. Now we can just use the gc towards meals.

 

[SummerIrmoma2_3]

I am really confused now. I just called Disney and the cm told me that we had to complete our travel (ie check out) by June 3rd to get the card . . . BUT if I go to book it online it is showing my dates as available for the promo code. What to do now?? Call again and see if a different cm tells me something different? Book online using the promo code and hope I am not surprised when we arrive? It is looking like I am back to square 1 again.

ETA I just went and rechecked the website and it says:
Valid for arrivals on 1/3-1/11/10, 1/19-3/27/10 and 4/11-6/3/10.
and we will arrive June 2nd so we should be fine, and that would be why the online system was letting me use the code.

 

[Amy&Dan]

I am really confused now. I just called Disney and the cm told me that we had to complete our travel (ie check out) by June 3rd to get the card . . . BUT if I go to book it online it is showing my dates as available for the promo code. What to do now?? Call again and see if a different cm tells me something different? Book online using the promo code and hope I am not surprised when we arrive? It is looking like I am back to square 1 again.

My TA got us the deal (see my above post) and our dates (except for arrival) fell during the blackout times. I would book that online and print out the confirmation that you have the gift card.

It clearly states arrival on certain dates then you get it.

CM's are known for telling you the wrong thing!

 

[silmarg]

Wow, this is a tough one. Do I book a June trip with this deal, and take my daughter out of school? (we don't finish until the last week of June, and it's only Kindergarten)

Do I wait, keeping my fingers firmly crossed, hoping for our normal free dining for the end of August?

Oh man, now I have to check on flights.

I will never sleep tonight

I would bet free dining will be out for late August.

I am really confused now. I just called Disney and the cm told me that we had to complete our travel (ie check out) by June 3rd to get the card . . . BUT if I go to book it online it is showing my dates as available for the promo code. What to do now?? Call again and see if a different cm tells me something different? Book online using the promo code and hope I am not surprised when we arrive? It is looking like I am back to square 1 again.

Book online. If your printout and documents say you are getting the giftcard, I would rest easy...

 

[mickeystoontown]

I am really confused now. I just called Disney and the cm told me that we had to complete our travel (ie check out) by June 3rd to get the card . . . BUT if I go to book it online it is showing my dates as available for the promo code. What to do now?? Call again and see if a different cm tells me something different? Book online using the promo code and hope I am not surprised when we arrive? It is looking like I am back to square 1 again.

Our departure date is June 5th and I was able to get our $500 gift card. I'd call back and get another CM.

 

[Tiggr88]

Okay, my TA was able to get me the $300 gc, we arrive on 3/26 and depart on 4/5. So even though our dates fell in the blackout period, our arrival date was before that and they gave it to us. I have confirmation with it all spelled out from Disney so apparently if your arrival falls within the dates, you are set! I am so happy, $300 is something and will be very helpful.

That's interesting. I just tried the exact same dates on-line and it told me my dates were outside the dates.

I called and they said it was blacked out.

As someone already postd from the on-line, it clearly says arrivals by 3/27 but its not working. You really need to finish travel by the blackout date.

I'll try and call back and see if I get a different answer this time. Glad it worked for you. Who was your TA?

 

[jenseib]

According to Mousemisers, YES, you can use it toward a future WDW vacation. And, since you can use it toward anything that you can use a credit card for at WDW, I'm assuming you can use it toward Photopass, too.

I've posted an update with more details on the first page.

I thought that with the photopass site you couldn't use disney gift cards? They are not owned by Disney.

 

[Ambassador]

unfortunately, because our dates begin April 8th, the new offer does not add up for us. We would have to add a day on the back end and even with the $750 deluxe gift card, we only net a savings of $200, not incluing changing our flights . Pretty tedious info, but some will here will know what I mean. thank you.

Our TA is confident that other offers will come after the first of the year and before April: fingers crossed.

 

[Amy&Dan]

That's interesting. I just tried the exact same dates on-line and it told me my dates were outside the dates.

I called and they said it was blacked out.

As someone already postd from the on-line, it clearly says arrivals by 3/27 but its not working. You really need to finish travel by the blackout date.

I'll try and call back and see if I get a different answer this time. Glad it worked for you. Who was your TA?

Rhonda Ctvrtnik at Dreams Unlimited. I tried doing it myself too, but was unable to as well, although for me it said "offer not available" which could mean the deal was sold out for my dates/resort already. She emailed me my confirmation she got from Disney so that makes me feel better. But I have to admit, I'm still a bit nervous. I am printing it out and when I get my documents, it had better say the same thing!

 

[jlcd]

Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I am not getting any real savings with this. We currently have a room only with AAA discount booked at CSR for 8 nights in April for 1381.32. Add 8 day hoppers through undercover tourist for $1138.80 for a total of $2510.62. The 8 day package comes to $2459.29 once you subtract the $500 gift card and add he $133 insurance. I would only save $61.33?? What am I missing?