DVC phone tour w/ $25 Disney GC offer

[easyas123]

I recently got a email from DVC referencing our upcoming May trip (we are long time point renters and are doing so again this time) and offering us a $25 gift card to participate in a short phone survey...here is some of the verbiage from the email:

Call us from the comfort of your home to discover more in a quick phone tour. Plus, you'll receive a $25 Disney Gift Card eGift, to make your upcoming trip even more magical.

They give me a number to call and a code to enter to participate/earn the GC. Small print says it's about 20 minutes.

Has anyone else gotten this and made the call? I'm thinking of doing it - hey $25 is $25 at Disney, right?!?!? - but hate to be wrangled on the phone for longer than 20 minutes.

 

[easyas123]

forgot to mention....I did call to make sure it was legit, it is from the DVC and is legitimate.

 

[FabFive24]

I did this a few months ago and the call was short, I think less than 20 minutes. The person was very pleasant, only requested that I reply to his email to ensure it had been received (which I did) and I received the gift card email with no issues.

 

[easyas123]

Great - thanks for letting me know. I'm going to go ahead and do it.

 

[virge]

I had a similar offer in January. I was hesitant to call, but threads here said it was painless. My phone call was less than 15 minutes. The DVC agent I spoke with was very nice and not at all pushy. After the phone call, I received a packet of information, 1 follow up email, & 1 follow up phone call that went to my voicemail. For me, this was well worth it for a Disney gift card.

 

[MegWheels]

I got something in the mail today to do a tour at WDW and I'd get a $50 GC and 3 fastpasses. Has anyone done this? It said it would be about 60-90 mins, so I would probably do it on our arrival day so we could use the fastpasses at MK.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I've done it 2 or 3 times. The first time the guy just sent me an e-mail with info and that was it. The other 2 times I had to be in front of my computer so that I could click on different things on the website as they told me about it. It took maybe 10 or so minutes.

 

[LibbyG]

I got something in the mail today to do a tour at WDW and I'd get a $50 GC and 3 fastpasses. Has anyone done this? It said it would be about 60-90 mins, so I would probably do it on our arrival day so we could use the fastpasses at MK.

We did one this summer. The offer was $75 each for my husband and myself, plus three fp. The $150 was well worth the time spent, and it was interesting to see the rooms.

 

[easyas123]

So I did this today, phone call was probably less than 5 minutes. It has been 2 hours, but no emailed (that is how they said it would come) gift card, although I did get the DVC salespersons email.

 

[MommyBryn]

I did this when it was a $40 GC and it wasn't bad at all, actually kind of interesting and the lady wasn't pushing by any means. She knew I was pretty much just calling for the GC (although some of the info was valuable and I did pass it on to my parents, who were curious) and didn't make me feel like I'd cornered myself. LOL

 

[easyas123]

It's been 24 hours, and no gift card emailed yet...
So I called, they said it would be a few days.

 

[Carrie Ellis]

How do you insure that you will get the offer to do the phone tour? I realize it is only $25 right now but maybe it will go back up later this year. Did ya'll sign up for the free DVD or something?

 

[MommyBryn]

How do you insure that you will get the offer to do the phone tour? I realize it is only $25 right now but maybe it will go back up later this year. Did ya'll sign up for the free DVD or something?

When I did it, I actually asked at the end of the call to make sure I'd be getting it. I'm not usually that bold. LOL