Originally Posted By Sparrow I'm trying to purchase an AP online but there's no payment option besides using a credit card and I'm trying to use a gift card to make my purchase. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm just trying to save some time by not having to wait at the ticket window.
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS Last month I purchased a park hopper online (upgraded to AP on last day of trip)and I used gift cards for partial payment and credit card for remainder. They had a 3 gift card limit and I didn't have enough on my gift cards. I would think the AP purchase would allow gift cards. Try another web browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox in case it's something just not showing up on yours.
Originally Posted By Sparrow Ok I pretended to purchase a park hopper and it gave me a whole new checkout screen with the option to pay with a gift card. Then I took that out of my cart and added an AP and it took me to the same screen as before when I tried and only let me pay with a credit card. So bizarre! WHY would Disney not want you to use a gift card online to pay for an AP?
Originally Posted By mickeymorris1234 Are you using a payment plan? If so, they need a card to charge monthly. You can purchase an AP over the phone if you want as well. Just call Disneyland.
Originally Posted By Sparrow No, I was trying to pay for it all at once. It's all good, we're going to the park today so I think we're just gonna get them at the gate. Thanks for the advice, though!
Originally Posted By pleiades357 renewing last year, I had so many problems with the online I called it in... had the impression that was not unusual, and the guy who helped me... knowledgeable and personable, might be the way to go....
Originally Posted By Sparrow We ended up just doing it at the ticket window and it was quick and painless.
Originally Posted By pleiades357 double check though... Friend stopped at guest services to renew her pass, she was upgrading to deluxe... woman at the window upgraded her pass for 2.5 weeks, did not renew.... we walked a few steps away and something she said about it didn't seem right... fortunately we were right there and didn't have to convince someone weeks later that it was a error CM said "well I thought that was odd, that you would want if for a couple weeks" especially since there was no advantage in days... surprised she didn't point that out, just took the money
