Can you use a Disney gift card for gratuities at table-service restaurants?
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Last: Sep '14 (Coronado Springs)
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I'm not sure as we gave a cash gratuity with our gift card payments. I would think not since they deduct the amount immediately from the card.
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Our tips always went on the card...but to be fair, we used TIW and so the tip was always included on the bill. 1/2 the time we did give 20% and a couple of times they were lucky to get the standard 18%.
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I have added a tip when paying with the gift card [on the gift card!] so I would think yes! 
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I usually leave the gratuity on the gift cards. I try to buy enough gift cards through the year and I have been pretty good as just using gift cards for our trip dining expenses.
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I think Disney Gift Cards are OK, but Visa/MasterCard Gift Cards were a problem last time I was at the world.
Because the don't actually charge until after you sign the tip amount, I think Visa/ was declining the hold they were putting on (probably because it exceeded the amount on the car)..
I was able to use the same cards at CS locations but TS locations (and I tried at several) always declined the Visa gift cards. Funny thing, the gift cards were a cash back for a DVC purchase, so they were provided to me BY Disney, but I couldn't use them where I wanted.
