Hi Maryann! Welcome to planDisney!
Oh boy! Only three more sleeps until you are heading down to the
Most Magical Place on Earth! The last couple of days leading up to arrival day is always the most exciting. You can start to dream about the adventures that await knowing they are right around the corner!
I'm happy that you will be using a
Disney Gift Card during your trip. I always stock up on them throughout the year in anticipation of an upcoming visit. This way many of my meals and merchandise purchases will already be paid for! Currently, you are not able to link your Disney Gift Card to your My Disney Experience account or save it for future payments. When making a purchase, you'll need to select the Disney Gift Card option as your payment and enter the necessary information each time. You can use this to pay for
mobile food & beverage orders, as well as Individual Lightning Lane purchases.
Disney Gift Cards offer a tremendous amount of versatility during your trip. My wife and I purchase one for each of our daughters before every trip for them to use on merchandise purchases. This gives them an exact amount they can spend during our trip and eliminates them constantly asking for something new every time we pass a gift shop. We also like to use them for our table service and quick service meals as a way to pay for our dining ahead of time. We'll usually research the menus of the restaurants we plan to eat at, then purchase Disney Gift Cards for this approximate amount.
Maryann, you are in for an amazing trip to the Walt Disney World Resort! The
50th Anniversary Celebration is still underway and there are plenty of new experiences to check out.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is worth the price of admission alone. Make sure to include this in your itinerary for your EPCOT day!
Have a magical trip, Maryann! See ya real soon!
Greg