Wizard money and gift cards--how will that work?

[coastgirl]

How does wizard money work? Do we buy it at Gringott's? Anywhere else?

I bought the kids gift cards for Christmas; anyone know if we can turn the gift cards into galleons? And is it just bills? I guess coins would be too much to hope for--but the level of detail is so great elsewhere a girl can hope!

 

[lazer]

There is a Gringotts bank shop with a Goblin that interacts with you and everything. It is basically behind you if you're facing the ride queue. Off to the side. The smallest denomination you can buy is $10. And, you can use gift cards to buy it. Makes a great souvenir!

 

[coastgirl]

Thanks Lazer. Too bad you can't break it down into sickles and knuts! But good to know we can take our gift cards and turn them into galleons pretty quickly. I think the wizard money is accepted throughout the parks, is that right?

 

[hydrotony]

Your real money is converted to Gringotts money that can be used anywhere in the parks like a credit voucher/local script or kept as a souvenir. They do sell coin sets as souvenirs but not as convertible money.

 

[coastgirl]

Thanks Tony. We'll definitely seek out the coin sets, to have a peek if not bring them home! Sadly, I gave the kids "vouchers" for Christmas using a conversion rate that was true to the books but not the theme park! Good news is they get more Galleons out of it but no knuts or sickles!