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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 Walt Disney World? All
together, now: Visa, MasterCard,
American Express, Discover, JCB, and Disney Charge.
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 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
Walt Disney World accepts 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 Walt Disney World
really does 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 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. Walt Disney World
will accept these up to $1 without bothering to hassle
with exchange rates.
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