{{Short description|Defunct corporate scrip sold by The Walt Disney Company}} {{Use American English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox currency | image_1 = Disney Dollar.png | image_title_1 = A $1 Disney Dollar in 1987 | using_countries = Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Castaway Cay, Disney Stores | date_of_introduction = {{start date|1987|05|05}}<ref name="Discontinued" /> | pegged_by = US Dollar | symbol = $ | symbol_comment = (or {{big|1=Disney $}}) | frequently_used_banknotes = 1, 5, 10 | rarely_used_banknotes = 50 | banknote_article = Federal Reserve Note | issuing_authority = The Walt Disney Company | printer = | obsolete = yes }}
'''Disney Dollars''' is a form of corporate scrip previously sold by The Walt Disney Company and redeemable for goods or services at many Disney facilities.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9FfbBUMAH0C&dq=%22Disney+dollars%22&pg=PA28|title=Discovering The Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide |isbn=9781452063133 |last1=Shaffer |first1=Joshua C. |date=September 24, 2010 |publisher=Author House }}</ref>
Similar in size and design to the paper currency of the United States, most bills bear the image of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Dumbo, or a drawing of one of the landmarks of the Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney Dollars came in series of A and D—the former created for the Disneyland Resort in southern California and the latter for the Walt Disney World Resort in central Florida.<ref>{{cite book |last=Strodder |first=Chris |title=The Disneyland Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1595800909 |edition=3rd |pages=146–147 }}</ref>
Despite the currency being discontinued from printing and sale by Disney on May 14, 2016, it must, and still does, accept bills at the company's United States theme parks, the Disney cruise ships, the Disney Store and at certain parts of Castaway Cay (Disney's private island in the Caribbean).<ref>{{cite web |title=Using Disney Dollars - Walt Disney World Resort |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/using-disney-dollars/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ordering Disney Dollars - Walt Disney World Resort |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/ordering-disney-dollars/}}</ref><ref name="Discontinued">{{cite web |last=Pimentel |first=Joseph |title=Disney Dollars to be discontinued at Disneyland, Walt Disney World |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-715755-dollars-disneyland.html |website=The Orange County Register |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=May 15, 2016 }}</ref>
==History == Disney Dollars were first used in Disneyland on May 5, 1987,<ref name=ccn>{{cite news |title=<!--We need the title of the article!--> |work=Canadian Coin News |date=July 21, 1987 |volume=25 |issue=6 |page=2 }}</ref> while Walt Disney World started with the currency being used at Epcot on October 2.<ref name=ccn0>{{cite news |title=<!--We need the title of the article!--> |work=Canadian Coin News |date=October 27, 1987 |volume=25 |issue=13 |page=1 }}</ref> In 1992, Disney Stores started using the scrip. For Mickey Mouse's 65th birthday in 1993, a special $1 Disney dollar was issued.<ref name=dm>{{cite web |first=Ken |last=Polsson |date=February 27, 2015 |title=Chronology of the Walt Disney Company 1993 |url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1993.htm |publisher=Polsson's WebWorld |access-date=June 16, 2016 }}</ref>
Every Disney Dollar was signed by "treasurer" Scrooge McDuck, and had an image of Tinker Bell on the front.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Korkis |first1=Jim |last2=McLain |first2=Bob |title=Secret Stories of Extinct Disneyland: Memories of the Original Park |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683902041 |chapter=Main Street, U.S.A. }}</ref>
==Use== The bills are redeemable for goods or services at the Disney theme parks,<ref name=ccn/><ref name=ccn0/> the Disney cruise ships, Disney's Castaway Cay port of call and the Disney Stores,<ref name=dm/> unless indications to the contrary are printed on the individual bills. However, they are not compatible with coin machines, and must be exchanged for U.S. currency if machines are to be used. In addition, if Disney Dollars are used for purchases and change is given, the change is provided in U.S. currency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneydollars.net/where_can_disney_dollars_be_used.html |title=Using Disney Dollars |website=DisneyDollars.net |access-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301202105/http://www.disneydollars.net/where_can_disney_dollars_be_used.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|date=August 2021}}
Disney stopped distributing and printing the currency on May 14, 2016; however, they will still accept them in the future.<ref name="Discontinued" />
==Security features== Disney Dollars were created with anti-counterfeiting features such as microprinting, and reflective ink and imprinting on the front and back of the bill to deter scanning and copying. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneydollars.net/Security%20Features.html |title=Security Features |website=DisneyDollars.net }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.disneydollars.net/ Disney Dollars information resource]
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