Disney World supports Apple Pay method. From Wednesday, December 24 Apple’s new payment system will be accepting by Disney Club. This news has flown this morning. During the holidays time Disney’s theme park empire visitors who own an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus will be able to use Apple’s mobile payment solution to make contactless payments. Walt Disney World is the most popular place for vacation in the world, and welcomes more than 50 million visitors annually. Disneyland Resort in California that is much smaller is in second place with over 20 million people coming each year.
Disney’s theme parks together with resorts in Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo for the company in 2013 earned $14.1 billion in revenue. According to the huge amount of transactions from these parks they could dramatically fast become one of Apple Pay’s top merchants. The parks, together with Disney’s retail stores, were announced as part of the first introduction of Apple Pay partners in September. Apple Pay will be accepted in most Disney World stores, bars , quick service restaurants, and to purchase tickets.
The Apple company claimed that any place that use portable payment terminals, such as table service restaurants, will be added soon. The Apple’s payment system uses Disney’s existing RFID infrastructure that released two years ago in 2012 as part of MyMagic+. The company noted that the Disneyland Resort will be expected online with Apple Pay in 2015. Disney World supports Apple Pay became early launch partners for this payment solution, together with McDonalds, Macy’s, Subway,Walgreens, Whole Foods and many others.