All Current Disney World Discounts for 2024
Looking for the best discounts for Walt Disney World through Fall 2024? This post offers money-saving details & dates on special offers for the general public, Disney+ streaming subscribers, Annual Passholders, Visa cardholders, and Florida residents. It covers deals on resorts, theme park tickets, dining, and more. (Updated February 20, 2024.)
We won’t bury the lede. The most popular special offer of the returned for the first time since 2019: Free Dining at Walt Disney World in 2024. Before you get too excited, the first wave of this promo has now concluded. Before you get too disappointed, the words ‘first wave’ should imply that there’s more to come later in 2024. Suffice to say, it’s going to be another very good year for discounts at Walt Disney World as ‘revenge travel’ is now fully and finally finished and Walt Disney World needs to incentivize tourists to return with better deals!
Speaking of which, you can subscribe to our free email newsletter for instant alerts when new discounts are released. We’ve consistently notified newsletter subscribers on the days that deals go live early in the morning, which is often a significant head start before Disney makes an official announcement. That can make a huge difference when booking–you’ll have better availability and won’t have to wait in a virtual queue or for hours on hold.
While Walt Disney World has gotten more aggressive with discounts in 2024, they’ve also become more strategic about ending them. It used to be the case that special offers were bookable until the immediately before the travel period started or ended. On some rare occasions, the timeframe was condensed, so you had until a certain date to book–but that was communicated in the deal terms. For example, a discount might encompass travel dates of August 14 through September 23, if booked by July 10.
However, that’s becoming less and less common. Instead of specifying an end date, many discounts simply state “Now Booking” and are open ended. Here’s what that looks like on the Disneyworld.com deal page:
This used to say “Book through: [date]” and is still formatted that way. “Book through: Now Booking” doesn’t exactly make sense, does it?
Anyway, the reason we’re mentioning this is because several special offers have been pulled early (by historical standards). This has caught many longtime Walt Disney World vacation planners by surprise, as they assumed they had longer to make a reservation, but instead, the deal vanished.
We just wanted to give you a heads up about this practice, as Walt Disney World is doing it more and more. From our perspective, this actually isn’t the worst thing. Disney has also gotten very aggressive with deals, both the percentage savings and the eligible dates. For example, there were great deals that included the heart of Spring Break season–dates that would’ve been blocked out in the past.
The alternative is doing more targeted discounts that aren’t available to everyone or keeping the deal open, but having minimal availability. The current approach is understandably frustrating to those who thought they had more time, but those approaches would be even more frustrating (and time-wasting). For this and other reasons, we always advise booking early. You can always cancel later–but you cannot book a deal once it’s pulled or resort/room availability runs out!
In more positive news, Walt Disney World continues to release more and more special offers, putting the ‘discount drought’ of 2021-2022 further into the rearview mirror. Walt Disney World released nearly 20 different discounts over the course of last year, and although 2024 is young, it’s already ahead of trend. Most of these discounts have dropped earlier than normal by historical standards, and offer better savings than their counterparts from the last two years.
If weak discounting and late releases were a sign that pent-up demand had still been running strong, all of this is a sign that the opposite is no longer be true as of 2024. This suggests a corner is being turned and visitors are no longer going on spending sprees to make up for lost time.
Accordingly, there are better Walt Disney World discounts throughout 2024 than there have been at any point in the last 4 years, and we’re increasingly seeing Walt Disney World pull from the “2019 playbook” for special offers. Pent-up demand has fizzled out, and Walt Disney World is now experiencing its own slowdown. This is also now starting to be evident in crowd levels, and Walt Disney World is acting quickly to entice people to continue coming to the parks.
If you’re thinking about booking one of the many discounts that’s currently available for Walt Disney World, we cannot overemphasize the importance of pricing out multiple options. Don’t just look at the marketing and assume one special offer is best for you based upon its headline savings.
This has always been the case with Disney discounts, but it’s even truer than normal right now–and even with apples to apples comparisons. For example, we’ve found instances of “up to 30% off” room rates actually resulting in lower savings than “up to 25% off” room rates.
If you want to help determining what discounts are available for your travel dates and which resort will work best for your family, we recommend requesting a quote from Be Our Guest Vacations, a no-fee Authorized Disney Vacation Planner (they’re paid by Walt Disney World–so free to you!).
Their travel agents will do the math for you, booking your vacation with the best-available special offer, and monitoring your package for future discounts that can be applied retroactively. Beyond that, they help take the stress out of planning and will assist with itineraries, dining reservations, and much more.
With that out of the way, here’s a rundown of what is available for the Annual Passholders, Floridians, active or retired US military personnel, Disney+ subscribers, and everyone else. We’ll start with a look at the resort by resort savings for the general public, followed by Florida resident and Annual Passholder rates:
Save Up to 25% Off Resorts in Winter & Spring 2024 – This is a tiered discount for the general public, but with the big twist being that it’s tiered both by resorts and by when you book. If you booked by December 15, you could save you up to 30% off rooms through March 24, 2024–including during the peak of Spring Break! Now, that max is only 25% off.
There are some great deals here, especially during the winter off-season. Starting rates include All Stars for $99, Pop Century for $144, Coronado Springs for $184, and several Deluxe Resorts for under $400 per night, which are relatively reasonable rates. Prices are higher for mid-March 2024 and weekends, but that’s to be expected.
Stay Longer & Save Up to 35% Off Walt Disney World Resorts in 2024 – This is a HUGE deal, literally and figuratively, offering up to 35% off room rates for March 25 through October 3, 2024. The savings can be tremendous, depending upon your resort and room combo, and travel dates.
This is the first time that Walt Disney World has released a general public discount offering this significant of savings since 2019. In fairness, you have to book longer–and earlier–to “unlock” the final 5% off, but it’s still the best general public offer we’ve seen in the last ~5 years. Suffice to say, “revenge travel” is officially over!
2024 Bounceback Discounts on Walt Disney World Rooms – For the first time in 3 years, bounceback discounts (also known as “Future Stay Offers”) are finally back as of last month and bookable for dates throughout 2024! Bounce-back discounts are only available to travelers who are currently staying at one of Walt Disney World’s resort hotels to book during the duration of their trip.
In a normal year, this would run from January until August (or so) and be bookable for travel dates through the following December. In August, the bounceback would switch over to Free Dining for the following fall. Booking bouncebacks discounts is a great idea and efficient way to lock-in a future stay discount. See this for full dates & details, blockouts, how to book bouncebacks, etc.
PIN Code Discount at Walt Disney World for 2024 – Unfortunately, this is not a discount you can choose to book–Walt Disney World needs to choose you, sending out targeted emails to those who meet their criteria. But as we discuss in this ‘how-to’ post, you can increase your odds of receiving a coveted PIN code by doing certain things on DisneyWorld.com or signing up for emails from the Walt Disney Company family of brands.
Walt Disney World’s 2024 PIN or Unique Offer Code is valid for stays most nights:
- February 25 to March 28, 2024
- April 8-24, 2024
- June 30 to August 1, 2024
- September 2-12, 2024
- October 25 to November 3, 2024
- December 8-25, 2024
Save Up to 35% Off WDW Resorts for Visa Cardmembers in 2024 – This is a pretty aggressive special offer, with the largest number resorts in the highest 35% off tier. Beyond that, it’s 10% to 30% off, depend upon the popularity of the resort. This offer is valid for stays most nights through March 24, 2024 when booking using your Disney Visa Card.
Visa Cardmembers Deal for Spring & Summer 2024 – Disney Visa Cardholders enjoy “great rates” at Walt Disney World hotels for stays most nights from March 25 through June 29, 2024. There’s no percentage savings chart, so you have to price out specific resorts to see savings and do comparison shopping–but the deals are pretty good!
Save Up to 35% Off Resort Discount for APs in Winter & Spring 2024 – The first AP discount for 2024 offers up to 35% off on room reservations through March 24, 2024. The after-discount prices are often lower than the 40% off Oct. to Dec. discount because the starting rack rates are lower!
Lowest prices include All Stars for $88, Pop Century for $122, Coronado Springs for $161, both Animal Kingdom Lodge and Wilderness Lodge for $303, Fort Wilderness Cabins for $290, and even the Crescent Lake or monorail loop Deluxe Resorts for under $400 per night are all good options.
Save Up to 35% Off Resort Discount for APs in Spring & Summer 2024 – Pretty much the exact same discount, but for travel dates immediately after the above offer–starting March 25 and running through July 7, 2024. The lowest starting rates are a bit higher, which is due to the above discount encompassing winter off-season dates, and this one being for slightly higher (but still average) rate seasons.
Save Up to 30% Off WDW Resorts for Florida Residents (Winter to Summer 2024) – Florida residents can save up to 35% off rooms at select Disney Resort hotels, valid for stays the first few months of 2024. There’s a second deal that runs immediately after this through July 7, 2024 and is almost identical (aside from the dates).
2024 Disney World Florida Resident Ticket Deal (Winter & Spring) – Floridians can purchase a 2-Day Disney Thrills Ticket for $199 plus tax or 3-day ticket for just $219 plus tax. The Disney Thrills Ticket is now available for purchase, and is valid for use from January 11 to March 15, 2024 with an advance park reservation.
Discounts for Swan & Dolphin at Disney World – Many Walt Disney World fans dismiss these three third party hotels out of hand, but the Swan, Dolphin, and Swan Reserve are located on-site and within walking or boat distance of both EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. They also are eligible for Early Entry and Extended Evening Hours.
Aside from the Disney details and themes, these hotels offer better benefits and a superior location to most Value and Moderate Resorts. With prices starting at under $200 per night after discount, they are well worth considering.
2024 U.S. Military Salute Ticket & Room Discount at Walt Disney World – US military personnel can purchase promotional Walt Disney World theme park tickets at deeply discounted prices. Choose 4-Day, 5-Day or 6-Day Disney Military Salute Ticket (formerly the Disney Military Promotional Ticket) for visits through December 20, 2024.
Armed Forces Salute room-only discounts are also available at Walt Disney World. These are valid most nights through December 20, 2024. Precise percentage savings is not published online, and varies by season, resort popularity, and room category. Military personnel (active or retired) receive better room-only and ticket discounts than the general public, Floridians, or Annual Passholders. Call (407) 939-7830 for rates and to book. If you’re eligible for this deal, it’s your best bet. Note that blockout dates do apply around peak season dates.
Future Walt Disney World Discounts
What’s past is prologue.
That expression holds true with Walt Disney World discounts, which play out in predictable patterns every year. Or at least, did until the closure and subsequent reopening. That threw a monkey wrench in things, as pent-up demand collided with closed resorts to create a room inventory imbalance that is just finally starting to be resolved.
Technically, Walt Disney World has already released a “full” lineup of discounts all the way through October 2024. General public and several affiliation discounts all dropped already–some multiple months earlier than normal.
With that said, we suspect that Walt Disney World is not done with the discounts dates beyond Summer 2024. It wouldn’t surprise us to see additional Annual Passholder, Florida Resident, and Disney+ subscriber deals–as well as another general public offer with a different twist.
Lately, Walt Disney World has been trying to incentivize planners to book early and save more. That has meant discounts are released earlier–and end earlier–than in the past. However, those dates haven’t been ‘done’ when the discount ends…they just release a new discount, often of a different nature or for a different group.
Suffice to say, we expect another discount to be released on or around March 25, 2024. There probably won’t be anything prior to then, but that should include more special offers for late summer and early fall. Then in June or July, we’d expect deals for late October through December 25, 2024.
Whether these are general public special offers or just offers for Annual Passholders, Floridians, Disney+ subscribers, and/or Disney Visa cardholders remains to be seen and is likely dependent upon resort occupancy projections. Walt Disney World has been tinkering with more targeted discounts during the period of pent-up demand, so more of that wouldn’t be surprising–it really depends on whether that’s starting to slow or if travel is still booming.
While past is prologue, it’s also true that history doesn’t always repeat itself–sometimes it just rhymes.
Other Walt Disney World Discounts
Some of these room-only discounts can be converted to a package, which we do not recommend. The only difference with booking a package is that you’re locking yourself into paying more for park tickets and other vacation components, meaning you can’t use our Money-Saving Tips for Buying Walt Disney World Tickets or other strategies for saving.
Next, there’s the option of Renting DVC Points for Rooms at Walt Disney World. This allows you to rent use of Disney Vacation Club accommodations from a member or business. DVC rental is safe, easy, and cheaper than standard hotel reservations. It’s also a great way to “test drive” the accommodations before buying a DVC membership.
In addition to the aforementioned general public discounts, one popular under-the-radar discount among Walt Disney World fans is the PIN or Unique Offer Code targeted deal. If you’re wondering what a PIN code is and how to get one, read this. Currently, the best available PIN code offer is the same as the summer and early fall AP discount.
Another way to score deep discounts on accommodations is via Hotwire & Priceline Express Deals for Walt Disney World. These are opaque deals, meaning you can’t see the name of the hotel prior to booking, but it’s very easy to “reverse engineer” the hotel with clues provided in the listing plus good ole fashioned internet sleuthing. Unfortunately, we haven’t see any WDW hotels added to either service in over a year.
Finally, some words of warning and generalized commentary. In addition to the standard varying rates of the discount depending on precise travel dates, some room-only discounts have incredibly limited availability, especially room-only offers with peak travel dates. Don’t be surprised if you search for an otherwise qualifying hotel and are unable to book the discount due to zero availability.
In our searches, there are a number of situations close to holidays where these “discounts” would actually cost more, due to zero availability in standard rooms, meaning you have to upgrade to a room with a view, suite, or Club Level room. In other situations, there’s just nothing, period, so Disney’s site recommends upgrading resorts. (Such helpful suggestions for “saving” money!)
On the other hand, the discounts for off-season travel dates look pretty good in terms of availability. The additional upside to those dates is that you can choose off-season times to visit when crowds are lower and rack rates are lower, which means you’ll pay even less.
For more details on the pros and cons of taking advantage of a room-only discount, read our Room-Only Discounts at Walt Disney World post. This is our favorite discount because it’s straightforward and tends to offer the best value for us, and many other Walt Disney World regulars are fans of it for this same reason. However, if you’re a first-timer visitor to WDW, there’s a good chance a better, more inclusive offer will work better for you.
Typically, the best discounts are offered in August and September, and January and February. The downside to the former is that this is the heart of tropical storm season (see our Storm Season at Disney World Survival Guide for more info), and it’s still fairly hot and humid during the fall in Florida. These months are arguably the worst of the year in terms of weather, and that’s assuming you don’t have to deal with any hurricanes or intense tropical storms.
The downside to the latter is that January and February are colder. However, both sets of months are typically among the least crowded times of the year to visit Walt Disney World. (Although that’s less true about the winter with each passing year.) Suffice to say, it’s a trade-off for lower prices and crowds.
As always, keep in mind that Walt Disney World does not offer discounts out of generosity. Discounts are offered because Disney wants to hit a target occupancy rate for its hotels–they are a way to entice people who otherwise might not do so to book a trip.
Disney only offers discounts to the extent that are needed to hit projected target occupancy rates. Once those targets are reached, discounts are not offered. Hence the lack of availability for some resorts and some room categories in any promotion.
This is all a long-winded way of saying that flexibility is important when it comes to Walt Disney World discounts, especially Free Dining. If you want to save the most money, there’s a decent chance you will need to choose your resort hotel based upon discount availability. If you’re able to be flexible on travel dates, that’s even better!
Planning a Walt Disney World trip? Learn about hotels on our Walt Disney World Hotels Reviews page. For where to eat, read our Walt Disney World Restaurant Reviews. To save money on tickets or determine which type to buy, read our Tips for Saving Money on Walt Disney World Tickets post. Our What to Pack for Disney Trips post takes a unique look at clever items to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Ride Guides will help. For comprehensive advice, the best place to start is our Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide for everything you need to know!
Thoughts?
Have any Walt Disney World deals of your own to add for saving money on vacations or things you’ll need while on vacation? Have you had success booking any of the current room-only discounts? Any difficulties? Any questions about these deals that we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
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I need help understanding. I was told all these pros with going with an authorized Disney travel agent. After talking with her and getting quotes, I realized that is the same exact price if I were to go to wdw website and book it myself. There were no no discounts applied. She told me there weren’t any, but through my own research on this blog and others, there’s 15% off at the hotel we chose, plus better park hopper prices. I just don’t see the advantage of using them. Am I wrong to think they should’ve been able to find the deals that I found if not better ones?
She got really defensive and so we aren’t working together anymore.
Thanks for any insight you might have.
Hi! I just recently asked an Authorized Disney Travel Agent that very same question, about a month ago. Her response was, they only have access to the “current” Disney specials. If you book with them, even at regular rates, once the rates drop, you can get the cheaper rates, without having to take the chance that a specific room type or Resort may sell out. You’re already booked, but they will get you the better rate & you won’t have to go through the hassle of cancelling & re-booking at the lower rate. If that all makes sense. They can also book all of your dining reservations & fast passes. More for the convenience factor, is why people book with them. I did some research myself, and found that it is way cheaper to rent Disney Vacation Club Points & stay at a Deluxe Resort (Animal Kingdom Lodge) , for less money than booking through Disney, and cheaper than a Value Resort room! I found the DVC Rental Store on this site & that’s the way we’ll be going this trip. You should check it out! Thanks to Tom for recommending the DVC Rental Store! I hope this answers your questions. I know it’s confusing! Have a nice trip!
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We are a family of 10. We stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort this past January. We loved it! But it was extremely expensive paying for two rooms (even with a discount), especially when we were in the parks most of the day. We are going back next May to celebrate our daughter’s graduation. However, this time we are taking our travel trailer so we can all stay together. AND it’s much cheaper, allowing us to stay an extra 2 days. My question to you is, do you think there will be any deals or discounts available to us, even though we are staying at the Fort Wilderness Campground? With our large family, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for this website. I just stumbled upon it, and it’s already given me some wonderful information for our trip.
We have a large family too, and have found renting a house is far more economical. We got a 5 br for $80 a night (off season). It allows us to stay longer and the kids can swim without getting lost in a crowd. They have Aldi and walmart across from each other, so food shopping is easy and way cheaper.
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Hi! Avid reader of your blog, first time commenter… We recently booked our second WDW vacation (January 2017 Art of Animation). Two days ago we received a “little extra pixie dust” offer in the mail which offered up to 30% off select resorts. I called Disney and learned that we could receive a 20% discount ($350) on our room! But it got better. The cast member wanted to explore another option: discounted dining for our week. This ended up saving us twice as much as the discounted room! It was a lengthy phone call but well worth the time. We saved $700 in less than an hour!
Family of four (two teens) + mother-in-law (80 and fit)–would staying in a junior suite at Coranado Springs be roomier than staying at Port New Orleans?
I just added the Play, Stay, Dine and Save option to a pre-existing 6 night Caribbean Beach / 7day park hopper solo trip I’m taking the 2nd week of January and it added about $200.00 to my total. I think it was worth it – I hope it was. I’ve never done the dining plan before and haven’t eaten at many sit down service restaurants in the park. This trip I wanted to try some of them – based on your reviews Tom! – and already had 6 sit down reservations before adding the Play, Stay… so I thought it made sense. When I asked how taking advantage of the room discount would impact my total the Disney phone agent said it would save me about $120,00. I hope I made the right choice!
Looking at going to WDW over Mardi Gras because of a seminar for my husband’s job. Hotel accommodations are on resort property and are being taken care through seminar registration, but we have to order park tickets on our own. Do prices of park tickets change/should we get them now, or wait, etc. I know that once the hotel reservation is made for us, we can link the reservation to ticket orders through Disney website. Just looking for suggestions (Family of 4 – 2 adults, (a girly-princess loving) 7 yr old girl and a 4 yr. old boy)….Also, regarding park suggestions…my kids are not interested in thrill rides, but rather more into the meeting characters, etc. We’re planning on doing magic kingdom 2 days, and then another park on the 3rd day. Which one would you recommend? Thanks!
There is a great discount on park tickets available thru ParkSavers for extended stays (I think it’s getting a 7 day park hopper ticket for a 4 day price, which saves you roughly $70/ticket). Since you’re only there for 3 days, it may not matter where you get your tickets through but if you don’t buy directly from Disney, make sure you use an authorized site like ParkSavers or Undercover Tourist. As for the other park on the 3rd day, I’d do Epcot, only because it’s more “experience” related than “ride” related. But if you’re 4 yr old is a big Disney Jr fan, he might like Hollywood studios better since that’s where the Disney Jr characters are. Alternatively, if either of the kids are big animal fans, maybe a day at Animal Kingdom would be good for them. The nice thing is that character experiences are available for the big 5 (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy & Goofy) at all of the parks.
Do you know what time in the morning the room only discount will go live?
Ok I just reordered my annual passes, I could have waited until Oct 30 to reorder. I think it would have been nice for them to,tell me if I waited at least until Oct 3 I would get a free month. I mean really . Same thing with TIW renewed three weeks ago. Could have gave a life long pass holder a heads up
I’m also an annual passholder, my pass expires 11/19 so if I wait until 10/31, I will get the xtra month free?
Do u think there will be a room discount for April 29th 2017? I saw the one released through April 7th, just wondering if i should look into changing my dates.
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I’m a Chase Disney cardholder and priced out the difference between the “Play, Stay, and Dine” and the “up to 25% off”. Using the same meal plan, resort, and number of days, booking directly with Disney; there was only a $100 difference between the two.
Which hotel, and how many people, if you don’t mind?
There are some situations where the difference between the two promos will be minimal. In other cases, one offer will clearly be better than the other. It’s just a bit frustrating that the Play, Stay & Dine” deal isn’t more straightforward…
2 adults and 2 children (both age 8) at both All Star Music and Caribbean Beach for February 19-24. I made sure everything was the same between the two deals so it was an equal comparison. The “Play, Stay, and Dine” came out to be the better of the two, but not by much. I’m sure if it wasn’t a holiday week the difference might be greater along with a more expensive hotel, but that’s what worked best for us. There were also limitations on the type of room you can book the “Play, Stay, and Dine” making you book a more expensive room at some of the resorts. This will make the other deal a much better option.
Thanks for the news. General question…can these be applied to reservations we have already made?
If the existing reservation meets the eligibility criteria, yes. That is, if there is availability; some promos only “set aside” a certain number of rooms at each resort, and once that allotment is gone, the promo is gone there, even if you could still book at the hotel.
So really, the answer is “it depends,” but that usually means yes.
Cool, thanks. We’re at the Poly starting on the 1st, and they had still had a few rooms as of about a week ago.
Appreciate all of the tips!! Very helpful! Unfortunately the Amazon promo code for the battery pack did not work for me. But it was discounted to $27 on the site.
Any prediction for the release of late fall room discounts? (Early Nov – Early Dec)
Before the end of this month. The last several years, these discounts have been released in late July.
Is it accurate to say that you are ready to share suppers on the dinning arrangement at a table administration eatery to make them extend further? Case: 10 individuals eating (4 grown-ups, 6 youngsters), just requesting 5 suppers?
Are you able to share meals on the dinning plan at a table service restaurant to make them stretch further? Example: 10 people eating (4 adults, 6 children), only ordering 5 meals?
I believe this works on a case by case basis. If the restaurant has certain rules about sharing plates (as in, two people sharing a meal will be an extra $2 or something along those lines) then you might not be able to use a dining plan credit. However, children under 3 are always able to eat off an adult’s plate.
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11-27 to 12-11 2016, staying offsite, 2 adults. Chose these dates because of historically lower crowds, and to see all the holiday décor. Will the new “free dining” promo impact crowds during this time? Or, is this still a good/best time during the holidays?
Thank you!
I chose our September dates for low crowds, staying off-site. Then free dining was announced and included our week. I was still optimistic… No. The parks were twice as crowded as I expected and was predicted. My personal experience is that feet dining impacts crowds. Definitely disappointed.