One of the worst aspects of cruising on Disney Cruise Line is the fact that you actually have to pay your final bill! (Just kidding). If you’ve never cruised with Disney Cruise Line before, I wanted to share exactly what that final Guest Account Summary will look like once you receive it.
This Guest Account Summary is from our most recent cruise on the Disney Magic. It was waiting for us the morning of disembarkation. You can also go to Guest Services at any point on the cruise to get a printed version of it (for charges up to that point).
The first two individuals on the bill are our daughters. They both have charging privileges (they ask via the Navigator app before charging anything). The first one didn’t charge anything. The other one charged popcorn and drinks at the Preludes bar outside of the Walt Disney World Theater.
The next set of charges are mine. The first two items under my section are actually stateroom credits. The first is from Disney Cruise line from when we used an onboard booking on this cruise (for cruises under seven days, you receive a $100 stateroom credit). The next credit was from our travel agent, Michelle McKnight, as a thank you for using her to book our cruise. The rest of the charges are for various drinks around the ship, a tube rental on Castaway Cay, as well as our charges for Palo brunch ($30 each plus tip). The last item is the final charge to my credit card to settle the remaining balance.
The next section is Nancy’s charges. There are various drinks as well as some laundry that we had to do on board. Nancy’s charges continued to the next page.
Following the list of individual charges is a total of the charges as well as the payments that have been made. Since this was our final bill, the balance was zero. Below the balance is a list of all the payments that have been received into your account so far. Disney Cruise Line will charge the credit card on file at certain points on the cruise once your balance reaches a certain amount. So, if you are going to pay using Disney Gift Cards, you should either have Guest Services load the gift card onto your account or have them reverse some of the credit card charges in order to pay with your Disney Gift Cards.
We have personally loaded Disney Gift Cards onto our account at Guest Services and then not used the full amount. The remaining amount was returned to our Gift Card once the cruise was over. We have also had our credit card charged before we were able to pay with the Gift Card. In that case, Guest Services reversed the credit card charge and we then used our Gift Card to pay the balance off.
So, that’s our description of our final bill. Hopefully, your bill won’t be a nasty shock for you (or at least bring back the fond memories of your adventures)!
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Thank you for both posting an example of DCL’s Final Bill, but also explaining what certain charges look like. I tend to get over concerned when bills aren’t completely specific on each charge. It looks like DCL does a really good job on this, especially breaking out each person’s own charges. Thanks again, Tom.
I’m glad you found it useful. I’ve never had a problem understanding what any of the charges are with DCL. You can always go to guest services for a better explanation if you don’t understand one of the charges.