Disney dollar

Disney dollar
User(s)	Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Castaway Cay, Disney Stores
Pegged by	US Dollar
Symbol	$ or Disney $
Nickname	Disney Money, Mickey Dollars
Banknotes
Freq. used	1, 5, 10
Rarely used	50
Central bank	Walt Disney Company
Website	www.disney.com
Printer	Walt Disney Company

Disney dollars are a form of corporate scrip sold by Walt Disney and redeemable for goods or services at many Disney facilities.

Similar in size, shape, and design to the paper currency of the United States most of them bear the image of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, or a drawing of one of the landmarks of Disneyland or Walt Disney World Resort and are accepted at the company's theme parks, the Disney cruise ships, The Disney Store and at certain parts of Castaway Cay, the Disney Cruise Line's private island.

History

They were first issued in May of 1987,^[1] and originally came in one and five dollar denominations but in 1990, Disney added the ten dollar bill to the list.

Disney dollars come in A dollars and D dollars, the former created for Disneyland in Anaheim, California (hence the A), and the latter D for Walt Disney World in Florida. In 2005 only, Disneyland (A) and Walt Disney World (D) released a $50 bill designed by Disney artist Charles Boyer for Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration. Since 2005 they also have T dollars (for The Disney stores).

Special editions are sometimes sold to Disney Cast Members as a form of incentive.^{[citation needed]}

Since October 4th 2009 Disney Dollars are no longer sold by Disney Stores.

Use

The bills are redeemable for goods or services at the Disney theme parks, the Disney cruise ships (only for prepayment of the Cruise, call in advance to arrange payment), Disney's Castaway Cay port of call and the Disney stores, unless indications to the contrary are printed on the individual bills.

They are often kept as souvenirs, or collected by Disney memorabilia fans, but at Disney resorts they can also be exchanged back to U.S. currency.^{[citation needed]}

Security features

Disney Dollars are created with anti-counterfeiting features such as microprinting, and hard to scan/copy reflective ink and imprinting on the front and back of the bill. In addition the bills are printed with serial numbers and letters which are unique to each bill. The Dollars have small bits of glitter scattered on them.^[2]

Parodies

The concept behind the Disney dollar was mocked on The Simpsons episode "Itchy & Scratchy Land". At the episode's titular park, Homer converts $1,100 to "Itchy & Scratchy Money", advertised by the ticket-taker as similar to regular money, but "fun". When the family heads to the merchants within the park, they discover that none of them take Itchy & Scratchy Money.

References

1. ^ History: How it started
2. ^ Security Features

External links

• Disney Dollar Information Resource