Disneyland,Spring,1977

Banking at the Bank on Main Street!


Trying to cash a personal check in a strange city is pretty difficult. Stores are mistrustful; banks are wary. If it's a weekend or holiday,forget it. Most stores are closed, as are most banks.
But that's not Disneyland's style. Guests are always welcome to cash a check at the most unique bank branch in the land-operated by the Bank of America on Disneyland's Main Street.
Open from 10a.m. to 3p.m. everyday that Disneyland is open, the Main Street branch offers check-cashing and currency exchange privileges to all Disneyland guests-whether regular Bank of America customers or not. Check cashing up to $10 in cash with proper identification is available after the Bank closes at the Main Street Railroad Station ticket booth,located on town square; the Adventureland ticket booth located by the Jungle Cruise; the Fantasyland ticket booth, located by the Matterhorn; and Starcade by Space Mountain. Most Disneyland shops, stores and restaurants will accept a check for the amount of purchase.
"We get coins and currency from all over the world," saided Jim Horan,bank manager and a 40-year employee of Bank of America. "Mostly, though, it's Mexican pesos or Canadian dollars. Each night we send all foreign notes to the Federal Reserve Bank, which arranges for them to be sent back to the country of origin."
The banks friendly tellers also cash countless traveler's checks and personal checks each day. As at every bank, guests must provide at least two forms of identification, such as a driver's license and major credit card.
Even well planned vacation trips sometimes have unexpected expenses, and a guest needs to get hold of more money. Often, Disney tellers will call a guest's home bank-anywhere from here to Maine-to help expedite cashing a large check.
Decorated much like the banks of the turn-of-the-century, Disneyland's Bank of America features many authentic items from that era. The vault door, was originally built in the early part of the century, as was Horan's magnificent roll-top desk. Some office equipment, like an interest calculator and adding machine, are displayed in the bank's foyer area.
And each day, at Disneyland and all other Bank of America's, the friendly service is ample evidence of the original philosophy of service to all, and still one of the major assets of Disneyland and Bank of America.




DR LEE