Discounts and Forms of Payment

Discount varieties

Annual Passport Discounts

If you possess a Disneyland Premium Annual Passport, you can receive 10% off food purchases that cost over $10 (that is the minimum purchase to receive the discount). There is no time restriction for the discount, but it is only valid at buffeterias and full-service restaurants. 

You can use this 10% discount at Rancho del Zocalo, Redd Rockett's Pizza Port, French Market, and Plaza Inn. At the Blue Bayou, you actually get 15% off. 

In DCA, your discount is good for 10% off at: Bountiful Valley Farmers Market, Cocina Cucomonga Mexican Grill, The Lucky Fortune Cookery, and Pacific Wharf Cafe.

Over at the hotels, you can use your Premium Passport for 10% at Goofy's Kitchen (DLH), Granville's Steak House (DLH), Disney's PCH Grill (PPH), Practically Perfect Tea (PPH), and Yamabuki (PPH).

Disneyland Annual Passholders receive a variety of discounts depending on the level of pass they hold, the restaurant in question, and even the day or time of day. For the MOST up to date listing, the Disneyland Web site has an Annual Passport discount page. (Note - you need to be a Disneyland annual passholder and register with the Disney Web site to view the page)

In general, here are the discounts you receive with your pass:

Premium Pass:

• Disneyland - 15% off at Blue Bayou and Carnation Cafe, 10% off at French Market, Plaza Inn, Rancho del Zocalo, Redd Rockett's Pizza Port.
• DCA - 15% off at Ariel's Grotto, The Vineyard Room and Wine Country Trattoria. 10% off at Bountiful Valley Farmers Market, Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill, Pacific Wharf Cafe, Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Taste Pilots' Grill.
• Disneyland Resort Hotels - 10% off at Disney's PCH Grill, Goofy's Kitchen, Granville's Steakhouse, Hook's Pointe, Storytellers Cafe and Yamabuki.

Deluxe Pass

• Disneyland - 10% off at French Market, Plaza Inn, Rancho del Zocalo, Redd Rockett's Pizza Port.
• DCA - 10% off at Bountiful Valley Farmers Market, Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill, Pacific Wharf Cafe, Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Taste Pilots' Grill.

So Cal / So Cal Select Pass:

• Disneyland - 10% off at Plaza Inn, and Redd Rockett's Pizza Port.
• DCA - 10% off at Bountiful Valley Farmers Market, Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill, Pacific Wharf Cafe, Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Taste Pilots' Grill.

In addition to these discounts, ALL passholders receive the following discounts at Downtown Disney eateries:

• Catal Restaurant & Uva Bar - One (1) complimentary appetizer for each two (2) passholders with purchase of two (2) entrees for lunch or dinner (Not valid during special events or on holidays)
• ESPN Zone - 10% off food and beverage excluding alcohol and holidays or special events. (AP must be in attendance and must present payment to receive the discount. 8 person party maximum.)
• Häagen-Dazs - 20% off food
• Jamba Juice - 10% off
• La Brea Bakery and Cafe - 10% off food (excludes alcoholic beverages)
• Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria - One (1) complimentary appetizer for each two (2) passholders with purchase of two (2) entrees for lunch or dinner. (Not valid during special events or on holidays)
• Tortilla Jo's - One (1) complimentary appetizer for each two (2) passholders with purchase of two (2) entrees for lunch or dinner. (Not valid during special events or on holidays)
• Wetzel's Pretzels - 20% off food

Cast Member Discount

Employees of the Walt Disney Company receive a 20% discount on food items (regardless of whether they have the "A" discount or the "B" discount). This applies to all food locations, and there is no time limitation. They have even done away with the minimum purchase to receive the discount.

Senior Citizen Discounts?  

I'm sorry to report there are no specific discounts for senior citizens at any of the restaurants, and there are not even senior citizen menus available.

Military Discounts?  

Unfortunately, there are no specific food discounts for retired or active duty military members.

Forms of Payment

Cash

Naturally, you are welcome to use good old-fashioned American currency. Most locations have no trouble changing even hundred dollar bills, unless you try to do this during the first hour of business on a given day.

Credit Card

Can you name all the cards accepted at Disneyland and DCA? All together, now: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, and Disney Visa. All locations now use the magnetic stripe, so there are no more messy carbon forms. However, some of the smaller locations (like fruit carts) may not accept credit cards.

Personal Check

You may write a personal check FOR THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASE ONLY. It is possible to cash checks at the Bank of Main Street or City Hall if you need cash, or you could visit one of the many ATM's in the Park. Business checks are not accepted.

Traveler's Check

Disneyland and DCA accept all forms of traveler's checks. If they are unsigned by the time you reach the cashier, they will ask you for identification (as well they should!) The "two signature" traveler's checks are OK, provided that you sign one of those signatures in the cashier's presence.

Disney Dollars

Everyone owns some Disney Dollars, and Disneyland and DCA really do accept them as payment at the restaurants. Unless you specify otherwise, however, any change you receive will be in American Dollars.

Foreign Currency

Bet you didn't know this one. You could exchange foreign currency at the Bank of Main Street or at City Hall (much cheaper than airports), or you could even pay at the restaurant for your food with rubles, pesos, lira, deutsch marks, whatever. The cashier will call Cash Management for a current quote on the exchange rate, calculators will be brought to bear, and presto! you then hand the cashier the equivalent of a $33 dollar bill (or whatever) and receive change in American Dollars. You can even use Traveler's Checks drawn on foreign currency.

FOREIGN COINS, HOWEVER, ARE NOT ACCEPTED. There is only one form of foreign coins allowed - Canadian. The Disneyland Resort will accept these up to $1 without bothering to hassle with exchange rates.

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