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I don’t think we’ve ever covered a Walt Disney World offer before, but I imagine many of you with children have either been or are being badgered to go!

Book a Hotel & Ticket package to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida by 7th November 2024 for selected arrivals between 7th January – 17th December 2025 and enjoy FREE Disney Dining & Drinks and so much more when staying at selected Disney Resort hotels. The offer is available during most school holidays!

Get FREE Disney Dining & Drinks at Walt Disney World Resort in 2025

Walt Disney World comprises of four Theme Parks: Magic Kingdom Park, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. With the Disney Magic ticket included in the below promotions you get access to all of them as well as Water Park Fun.

The official offer page is here.

Get Free Dining and Drinks

Walt Disney World is giving Free Dining & Drinks to anyone who books a 5 to 21 day stay at one of their participating Resort Hotels.

The list of participating resorts is extensive and you can see the full list in the terms and conditions at the bottom of this page here.

The offer applies to packages booked for selected arrivals between 7th January – 17th December 2025.

Depending on which standard of resort you book, you’ll either get Disney Dining Plan (Deluxe Hotels), Quick Service Dining Plan (Moderate Hotels) or a Quick Service Meal (Value Hotels) for everyone on your booking.

The Disney Dining Plan entitles you to one Quick Service Meal per day, one Table Service meal per day plus a snack. One drink (including alcohol) per meal is also included. Over 170 outlets are included across the four Theme Parks. You can see more info about the plans here.

If you already have a booking for 2025 but would like to make use of this deal, Disney will let you make a new booking under the offer. Email disneytraveluk@disneyonline.com to cancel your existing booking for free. This does not apply to bookings with flights or cruises.

Get FREE Disney Dining & Drinks at Walt Disney World Resort in 2025

14-days for the price of 7

Guests will also enjoy Disney’s 14-Day Ticket for the price of a 7-Day! This gives you double the days to experience all four Theme Parks and Water Park fun, with access to Disney’s Water Parks, Disney’s Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon (whichever one is open).

Memory Maker (worth $210) is also included to capture unforgettable magical moments.

Buy before you fly for better value than at the gate!

Plus, save £100 on your package

Finally, and on top of the above, enjoy a saving of £100 per booking when you book your holiday direct with Disney. Available on all package bookings on selected 2025 dates.

You don’t need to pay now, either – you can secure your booking with just a £50 deposit per person.

Get FREE Disney Dining & Drinks at Walt Disney World Resort in 2025

FREE Dining & Drinks Easter 2025 from only £91 per person, per night

Arriving on 5th April 2025, you can enjoy a 14-night package at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort from only £91 per person, per night. This holiday package includes a whole host of benefits, including the Free Dining & Drinks offer for 2025:

• 14 nights at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort (arriving 5th April 2025)

• 1 Free Quick-Service Meal per person, per night – save £728 for the whole family

• 1 non-alcoholic/alcoholic drink with every FREE meal

• Disney 14-Day Magic Ticket for the price of a 7-Day Ticket

• Memory Maker (worth $210) to capture and download digital memories

• Includes a £100 saving on your package

Book with Walt Disney Travel Company and enjoy no amendment fees, plus peace of mind with their ATOL and ABTA protection.

Terms and Conditions apply.

Conclusion

All of these offers must be booked before 7th November for travel in 2025.

Don’t forget you can get 14-day tickets for the price of 7 throughout 2025 if booked as part of a package, whilst the dining offer and £100 discount are only available for selected arrivals throughout the year.

You can find out more on this page of Disney’s website.

Terms and Conditions

Free Disney Dining & Drinks offer is available for bookings made until 7th November 2024 for selected arrival dates. Full terms and conditions available here. Average Hotel & Ticket price calculated by dividing the total package price (£5,062 at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort) by 4 people (2 adults + 2 kids aged 3-9 years old inclusive) and 14 nights. Based on bookings made by 7th November 2024 arriving on 5th April 2025 sharing a Standard Room including Disney 14-Day Magic Ticket for the price of a 7-Day Ticket and a £100 saving. Prices are correct as of 15th August 2024, subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.

Comments (97)

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  • jp-mco says:

    Put it this way, I’d pick Orlando over Dubai any day of the week.

    • mart says:

      Put it this way, I’d pick Dubai over orlando any day of the week
      been to orlando with kids wouldnt dream of going as a sane grown up adult

      • Sam says:

        +1 for Dubai here (and I’ve done both)

      • jp-mco says:

        You realise there’s more to do in Orlando than just theme parks? You can do airboat tours, visit museums, enjoy the state parks, visit the space coast, hop over to the beach (Gulf or Atlantic) or visit one of the many quaint towns that surround Orlando. If you think Orlando is just theme parks and Disney you’re hugely mistaken. Add to this that Americans are some of the friendliest and kindest people you’ll ever meet.

  • Manya says:

    I see this is a paid for article.

    What’s the independent assessment of whether this is a deal or are there other ways of doing this for cheaper /better?

    • Gareth Oakley says:

      My TLDR; – the Disney parks are incredible, but I don’t think the hotels are up to the same standard and offer relatively poor value for money. I’d look at the non-Disney owned hotels in Bonnet Creek or Disney Springs first (or maybe the Marriott operated Swan/Dolphin resorts). If you do want to stay on property though I’d probably look at Gran Destino Tower at Coronado Springs – the rooms are more modern and being in a moderate resort the pricing is a bit more reasonable.

    • Alan says:

      If you want the fully immersive experience then it’s not a bad deal, but it will never be considered ‘cheap’. If you want a sit down and counter service meal a deal, so the full dining plan consider a moderate but upgrade the free quick service.

      For me the biggest problem with the deal is you have to have your hotel stay start with your park tickets. I’d prefer to have say a week onsite but have a week elsewhere before with some park access from the 13 day tickets, but that’s isn’t allowed,

  • Gareth Oakley says:

    Another good HfP-esque option if you’re visiting Orlando would be have Emyr at Bon Vivant book you into either:

    * Waldorf Astoria Bonnet Creek (includes air conditioned coach service to the WDW parks, although you’ll need to transfer at the TTC for Magic Kingdom)
    * Loewes Portofino Bay at Universal (includes free unlimited Universal Express)

    Both the above include normal Virtuoso agent benefits like free breakfast and availability dependent upgrades. We’ve booked both the above before through Emyr and I’d say he’s come through for us – would happily recommend

    • jp-mco says:

      Respectfully, the Waldorf Astoria Bonnet Creek is awful. The pool and leisure facilities are very poor and overrun by guests staying at Signia next door that can just walk in. There was European style sunbed reserving going on. I know they had a refurb of the rooms and some common areas last year but it wasn’t a full refurb and the rooms are poor compared to the FS. There are far better options in Orlando (even cheaper ones) than the WA.

      • Ian says:

        Disagree. Waldorfs internal communal areas are now much nicer than the four seasons. The room refurbishments are done very well.

        The only thing they never changed was the windows and balcony doors(should have)
        Never had an issue getting 4 sunbeds. Obviously not got the same grounds as the four seasons.

        • jp-mco says:

          They didn’t touch the bathrooms during the refurb. It’s still the same bathroom that the property opened with 15 years ago. General upkeep of the FS is far ahead of the WA as are the water park facilities and pools.

      • Gareth Oakley says:

        Admittedly we stayed at WA Bonnet Creek back in 2017. It seemed pretty nice then though – no complaints about the room or communal areas, and loved using the spa. Maybe the Four Seasons is nicer, but when I’ve looked it’s typically been twice the price and WA is already stretching my budget – I still think WA is much nicer (and was far cheaper) than most Disney owned hotels.

        • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

          We stayed at the WA this May for six nights and found it to be excellent in almost every respect. The fact we were on a points booking that made it much more affordable was another plus. You should however be aware that some of the parks take quite a while to reach on the free bus. Uber/Lyfts are plentiful if you want to make your own way. Definitely an option to weigh up v the Disney hotels. Even buying Hilton points in one of their 100% sales may be worth it.

  • Gordon says:

    Took the granddaughters last November, we did consider resort properties, but even though you will not be spending much time in the room, re confined space, Florida being the land of the villa rentals, we opted for the latter, just like the extra space, and the cost saving, admittedly, you don’t need a rental car, and no parking costs, if you stay at a resort property. It will be interesting to hear posters thoughts, Resort vs Villa?

    • tony says:

      DVC – Disney Vacation Club – gives best of both worlds. It’s Disney’s own timeshare model, but you can rent via the secondary market. I’ve never done that, but I do rent my surplus points out via a broker.

      So you stay onsite, villas are integrated with Disney hotels and many are within walking distance of a theme park, but you get a full blown condo with sepaarte rooms, a kitchen and a washer/dryer set up rather than just a hotel room which is superb especially with smaller kids.

      Also these Disney offers, whilst great as a marketing play, are essentially just bundling. The US consumer economy is struggling and Disney park attendances are down so I would expect Disney to be doing 30-40% off rack rate next year anyway.

      • Gordon says:

        Interesting insight, thanks.

      • Ready2go says:

        Did this a few times pre-Covid, just for 2 or 3 nights at the beginning or end of a longer trip and cut the hire car short. Buying points was much cheaper than the hotel room prices. Great to walk in and out of Epcot or magic kingdom for easy access to early hours plus use their full transport system to tour round the other hotels for a nosy! However, the room standard is not great, it’s fine, but dated and would only consider based on the location.
        Other nights have mostly used IHG or Hilton points at various places near Disney or Universal… all back in the day when business travel wasn’t restricted and I made the most of points for personal use!

    • Alan says:

      Offsite you don’t get the 30 minutes early entry, which is highly valuable queuing wise. Also no free transportation to parks. But offsite is usually cheaper, although not so much for a villa if just up to 4 people, it comes into its own when couple of families together.

      • Bigmaggot says:

        Some Offsite hotels such as the hotels that surround Disney springs such as WA and Signia at Bonnet Creek do include early entry and evening extended hours! We just stayed at the Signia on points over the summer. Universals new theme park epic opens next year!

        • Alan says:

          Sorry yes you are right. Personally I find those hotels tend to be very expensive, it get I’m not someone who tends to spend big.

  • Claire f says:

    Free dining offers like this have been around for many years, used this first when we took our daughter aged 3 to florida and she is now applying to uni! That holiday cost us just over 3k for the 3 of us travelling with my parents and staying in a 2 bed apartment at saratoga springs. The flights were one of our first long hall (economy in those days) using avios points and included food tickets and accommodation. If eating in their restaurants the cost of tips needs to be factored in which is quite a considerable extra.

    • Alan says:

      We went in 14 family 4 about £3.5k Old Key West studio. I had a booking for 2020 and the price had more than doubled and down to a moderate! Of course these prices no flights.

  • Matt N says:

    We’ve not been to Disney for a good few years as the ‘kids’ are now all grown up, but on the 4 occasions we did venture out there we used the Disney Dining plan each time and would highly recommend doing so if you plan to stay in a resort hotel. We stayed in Disney’s Beach and Yacht club each time which is an incredible hotel and gave us the higher end vouchers to use at the better restaurants. Until going to Disney for the first time, I thought it would be all burgers and fries but I can honestly say their higher end hotels have some of the best restaurants I’ve ever eaten in. A particular favourite of mine is the Yachtsman steak house in the Beach and Yacht club. They still give you the bill to sign but delete what’s owed when you show them the dining plan on your wristband – I think it should have been something like $500 for a family of four and that’s prices 10 years ago. The ‘better’ restaurants require two dining vouchers per person meaning you could not have a sit down meal every evening of your stay but when you factor in you’ll likely be doing Universal, Busch Gardens or Kennedy Space centre as well you would probably not be eating at Disney on those days anyway and therefore can ‘double up’ on your dining for the next meal at Disney. Bookings for restaurants are required but can be done at the reception in the hotel you choose to stay in. A family stay at Disney is NOT a cheap holiday but by using the dining plan to its full effect you will save yourselves thousands of dollars.

  • Alan says:

    Sorry but needs saying this post should have been like April/May when the offer also had a free $200 gift card!

  • vzzbuckz says:

    The cost of the package (even including the food) is usually far more than staying off property, in a better hotel, and hiring a car. That being said, for new visitors, staying on property is an adventure and means everything is paid up front. I’d try to aim for a mid to deluxe property though as the ‘value’ property mentioned above (all-stars) is really just a Disney themed motel and for myself, the hotel/accommodation does form part of the experience. My favourite is Wilderness Lodge but that costs significantly more.

    • Alan says:

      When I went back in 2014 I had planned to stay offsite in a cheap hotel, but intended to eat most of the time onsite. I calculated roughly that I’d be spending on food what the difference in price was and got to stay instead at Old Key West. In exchange I got free transport and the onsite experience. Bit if you eat offsite then yes staying away would be cheaper.

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