All Current Disney World Discounts (Summer to Fall 2023)
Looking for the best deals & discounts for Walt Disney World between now and September 2023? This post offers money-saving details & travel dates on special offers for the general public, Florida residents, Annual Passholders and Visa cardholders on resorts, theme park tickets, dining, and more. (Updated May 17, 2023.)
Before digging into available special offers, we’ll start with the biggest deal that is not back: Free Dining. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, as discussed in the latest update to our post about Free Dining at Walt Disney World in 2023-2024, it could come back within the next year. The groundwork has been paved with the regular Disney Dining Plan returning.
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.
In other positive news, Walt Disney World already has more discounts for 2023 than were available at any point last year. Walt Disney World has already released 10 different discounts during 2023, which follows 4 discounts released last fall. 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 2023. Although this is not yet evident in attendance or crowds at Walt Disney World–the parks are still quite busy–it does suggest a corner is being turned and visitors are no longer going on spending sprees to make up for lost time.
Accordingly, we’re optimistic that there will be better Walt Disney World discounts throughout 2023. Last year’s holiday season appears to have been the “last hurrah” for pent-up demand. As that starts to fizzle out, household savings decrease, inflation stings more, and the economy slows down, it seems increasingly likely that 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 in Summer 2023.
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. The agents there 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 Disney World Resorts for Spring & Summer 2023 – This is a tiered discount, offering up to 25% off resort stays most nights through July 10, 2023.
This is the first general public room-only discount that we’ve seen in a while, and it works well for those who aren’t eligible for the AP or Florida resident discounts–or don’t want to book the above vacation package offers. (To each their own, but we prefer room-only discounts.)
Save Up to 30% Off Walt Disney World Resorts in Summer & Fall 2023 – Another tiered discount for the general public, this time offering up to 30% off room rates for July 11 through September 28, 2023. If you’re not eligible for the AP or Visa discounts below, this one is about as good as it gets for the general public.
Total prices can end up being slightly above $100 for the All Star Resorts and under $150 per night for Pop Century. At just over $200 per night, Caribbean Beach is also a standout (especially if the room refurbishment is finished for the entire resort by late summer). Another one that catches my eye is BoardWalk Inn for under $400 per night; we’re eager to stay in the new rooms there!
Save Up to 30% Off Disney World Resorts for APs in Late Spring & Early Summer 2023 – Annual Passholders can save up to 30% on rooms at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels hotels, valid for stays now through July 10, 2023. Actual savings are tiered from 10% off the most popular resorts to 25% off the least popular ones. Availability is pretty good, and rates are really attractive during the winter off-season, when some Value Resorts are under $100/night and Moderates can be under $200/night after discount!
Save Up to 35% Off Disney World Resorts in Summer & Fall 2023 – This discount runs immediately after the prior summer savings for Annual Passholders, with discounted rates through September 28, 2023. There are some really good deals here, as both the percentage savings is higher and the rack rates are lower for some of these travel dates. Definitely worth checking out if you’re an AP!
Up to 35% Off Disney World Resorts for Visa Cardmembers to September 2023 – 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 September 30, 2023 when booking using your Disney Visa Card.
Up to 20% Off WDW Resorts for Florida Residents (Now) – Florida residents can save up to 30% on rooms at select Disney Resort hotels, valid for stays most nights now through July 10, 2023. These two discounts might appear identical–and they are in most cases–but we’ve actually seen some pricing differences between the two, so it pays to check out both if you’re eligible!
Save Up to 30% Off WDW Resorts for Florida Residents (Summer & Fall 2023) – Another offer for Florida residents, this one coinciding with the post-peak period of summer through the Fall 2023 off-season.
Annual Passholders Save 30% Off Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser – Walt Disney World APs can save 30% off select Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Voyages now through June 28, 2023.
Save Up to $700 on 2-Night Disney World Resort Stays + Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Voyages – With this discount, you save money on 2-night stays at select resorts when paired with a select Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser voyage through September 30, 2023.
Reservations-Free Discount Walt Disney World Ticket for Summer & Early Fall 2023 – The discounted 4-Park Magic Ticket includes one admission to each of the 4 theme parks on 4 separate days. Additionally, this ticket does not require theme park reservations to enter the parks. The 4-Park Magic Ticket is valid for theme park admission from June 1 to September 29, 2023—subject to blockout dates during holiday weekends.
Florida Resident Ticket Deal at Disney World for Summer & Early Fall 2023 – This discounted 4-Day Disney Summer Magic Ticket costs just $58 per day and is valid for Florida residents from now through September 29, 2023 (subject to blockout dates). Unlike the 4-Park Magic Ticket above, this one does require reservations. However, it’s a significantly deeper discount!
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.
2023 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 between a 4-Day or 5-Day Disney Military Salute Ticket (formerly the Disney Military Promotional Ticket) for visits through December 15, 2023.
Armed Forces Salute room-only discounts are also available at Walt Disney World. These are valid most nights through December 15, 2023. 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.
While special offer trends aren’t totally back to normal, they are falling back into familiar form most of the time.
Accordingly, our expectation is that the next Walt Disney World discounts will be released in early to mid-July 2023 for travel dates from September through the week of Christmas 2023. In an average year, this discount would be released in mid-July and would encompass travel dates from early September through Christmas Eve.
However, this is not a normal year. For one thing, the current discounts already run through September 28, 2023. Normally, this round of discounts would encompass July through late August or early September. Then the next round would include all of September before excluding much of October.
Consequently, it’s possible that the next round of discounts will release later this year, skip October entirely, and be available for November and December 2023 travel dates. Or, it’s possible that they’ll release as normal and also include more of late September and October.
Moreover, discounts have been releasing earlier than normal this year. That has been true of every single special offer released thus far this year. They’ve all come earlier than the historical norm.
So on the one hand, the next special offer could release later if it’s only for November through December, or earlier if it’s for September through December 2023. Not particularly helpful, I know!
For those thinking I’m offering a wide range of possibilities to cover my bases and ensure my prediction ends up being “correct,” that isn’t it at all. Just acknowledging past precedent here, and how this year is a bit awkward in that regard.
Personally, I’m willing to bet more discounts drop in late June 2023 or early July. No rumor or history to back that; just a hunch based on what we’ve seen to date thus far. I find it difficult to believe that Walt Disney World would drop so many deals early in the year, and then nothing at all for several months.
In fact, I also would not be the least bit surprised if Walt Disney World offers a ‘second-wave’ of the Free Dining Card Discount: Up to $150 Per Night at Walt Disney World. That special offer was cut short, and it’s unlikely that it was due to a lack of room inventory given the deals that have been released since. In the past, Disney used a similar strategy with Free Dining, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see it leveraged here.
Failing that, my suspicion is that room discounts will be offered for dates in late September through the entirety of October. Although those have been blocked out in the past, we’re seeing much better discounts this year, and pent-up demand is only likely to decrease more as the year continues. (That’s without even factoring a potential recession or economic downturn into the mix.)
Regardless, I doubt we’ll see any major discounts before June 2023. You can stop refreshing obsessively between now and then if you’re visiting Walt Disney World for the Halloween or Christmas seasons. The last round of special offers just dropped; the next one won’t come for a bit longer!
Whether these are general public special offers or just offers for 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. Currently, there’s confirmed DVC availability for 2023, or custom-bookings for summer and beyond.
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 months.
Speaking of deals that are not available, there would also normally be a Bounceback Deal on Walt Disney World Rooms. However, this is NOT AVAILABLE during the phased reopening. Honestly, we’re not confident this type of discount will ever return.
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.
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!
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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!
Hi
I receieved a promo code for a room discount for up to 25%. The promo tag says save on another stay but this will be our first in June? I am a little confused. Also my trip is from June3-June11 2018 and this promo is thru 6/9. Should I wait for something better? I am a Disney Visa card holder and have a deposit at the BCR and that is my tippy top as far as funds! I am hoping for a good discount some way or we have PORS as the back up plan. So excited for this trip!!!! Thanks:)
Hi Tom,
I have to say this is the first time I have ever been disappointed with Disney. I called the first day the new discounts were released during the AM hours, only to find out that they were all sold out at Pop Century for the Stay Play and Dine. Since Irma rained on our parade in September and we had to reschedule our first trip in several years, we chose a week that would fit our schedule and that historically fell during the Stay Play and Dine offer. How can they sell out within a 3 hours? They did offer a room discount but it actually only comes to a savings of $97… for the whole week. It comes out to a 2% savings. Argh!!!
They probably never had any availability to begin with. Pop Century might already have a high occupancy rate during your visit (which wouldn’t be difficult, since they are already taking rooms out of the inventory to do the refurbishment), in which case they might not have it for all dates during the promo range.
Did you check any other resorts? I’d recommend doing that. Alternatively, if Pop Century is a must-have, I’d keep checking back periodically, as sometimes additional rooms are added to a promo.
i received a unique offer code (up to 25% off) for travel dates of 3/11 –06/09/2018. i just called to see if i could add the extra 10% off for the visa disount and they wouldnt let me combine it. ???
Unique Offer Codes don’t stack with other discounts. The Disney Visa discount is a different, distinct discount.
Hi Tom!
We’re in the midst of planning our first family trip to Disney World for June 2018, and I signed up for a Disney Visa, to up my eligibility for discounts :-). The extra Visa discount for Jan-April 2018 states that you need to call to book your reservation…..but I’ve heard that the Disney lines can get tied up for hours. Is there a special phone number to call for reservations, if you’re a Disney Visa cardholder? Or am I stuck sitting and waiting on hold…?
Thanks!
I just received a Unique Offer code (CCSQ-K22Z) email last night…immediately called Disney to try and use the code and the limited availability was as small as I ever encountered and we return every year and are targeted with these offers. So the latest offer code was up to 30% off the deluxe room rates at select hotels…we had previously booked last month a non-discounted 6 night stay at Wilderness Lodge for the end of February 2018. Not only was the discount only 15% off at Wilderness Lodge…it did not apply to standard rooms, courtyard view room categories. The savings was next to nothing overall, even when upgrading to the queen with bunk beds room option the price was not much of a savings overall. We ended up having the Disney Rep find a full 30% room only discount offer at Grand Floridian for $300 less for our stay than Wilderness Lodge for the same dates. Needless to say, we jumped all over the Grand Floridian offer and made the switch! Perhaps the new additions and end of construction at Wilderness Lodge has that resort not needing to offer much of a discount in 2018.
Not sure how the details exactly worked, but our room discount also had a component where we got an extra day of park hopper tickets essentially for free — which made it a better deal to do a package through WDW (room + park tickets) than to book park tickets separately.
We booked through Be Our Guest several months ago, and they applied this discount to our existing reservation without our even having been aware of it. Room upgrade + extra day of parkhopper tickets wound up being several hundred dollars less than the price we originally booked at. Thanks for the tip, we’ve been happy with that agency!
I am having a difficult time finding out any information about January 2018 in Disney World with respect to anticipated promotions or deals. Do they not offer anything during this time frame? I am looking for the period between the end of the Holidays and February school vacations.
I am really struggling with ‘on property’ vs ‘off property’. We are driving, have a teen and a toddler and want spacious accommodations. But we also want the most out of the experience as this is our first time. Additional suggestions????
We’ve done both, and while it was nice to have an extra bathroom/bedroom when we stayed off-property, we’ve always stayed on-property since. There’s something special about staying in the “Disney bubble” rather than driving to and from each day (even if you do rent a car, or live close enough to have driven to Orlando) and with the Magical Express available to/from MCO, we’ve gone without a car most trips.
We’ve used various strategies to procure groceries, from Uber to delivery to picking up a few items at the gas station across from Disney Springs, and other than that have not felt a need to leave Disney property. Your choice, of course, but our preference is always to enjoy the perks and proximity of staying on property.
We got home yesterday from staying at Pop Century. We had friends staying off-resort. I would recommend staying at the resort. There is a Free shuttle to & from airport with baggage pick up and room check-in when you arrive, if available. The parking, cost of parking, and drive time to get into resorts & out after a long day made it so worth it! Free shuttles to every park & Disney Springs were easily accessible. Plus, you can take the monorail, ferry and boats free as well. Also, magic bands mean no need to carry cash if you don’t want to have to do that. And, any purchases in-park will be delivered to your hotel!
Do you expect significantly higher crowds/wait times for early/mid-November now? We booked that time frame due to the tendency of less people, so I am curious to see if you think it’ll be worse than years past.
I received a pin code on 6/23 for the 10/8-12/24 dates. It was labeled as “Return to the Magic”. I couldn’t get it to work online so I called and spent 2 hours on the phone but was able to get 20% off of my existing moderate resort rooms. The CM’s that I talked to said they had been busy booking packages for those pin codes all day and availability had almost run out.
Just booked our first stay at Disney’s Grand Californian! We couldn’t be more excited to stay here, we’ve been wanting to and could never justify the cost compared to the Disneyland Hotel, but this discount makes it less than the least amount we’ve ever paid at the Disneyland Hotel.
Disney is getting rather chintzy and selective with the discounts. I had a room booked at CBR for Sept 9 – 16. When the Enchanted Escape rates came out, I rebooked and the rate went from 207 to 155 for water view 2 queen room. Then the passholder rates came out … lo and behold, they are HIGHER! The rate would be 163 for a passholder!!! If it weren’t for the construction GC we’re getting, I’d tell them to stuff it.
I do believe this first on site stay will be our last. We can get a 2 bedroom villa at the Sheraton Vistana for less than half what Disney wants, at a discount, for a moderate resort room.
Saw much of the same. We snagged a 256/night Jambo house for 11-16 Sept on the Enchated discount. When annual pass discounts dropped there was nothing better. We wound up shifting our dates to 1-7 September and to the yacht on the annual pass discount for slightly more. But overall I was not happy with the discounts this year.
Saw the same the first few days when I was looking at the holiday time discounts. However some more has opened up. Was able to book the 20% off discount on a standard room at AKL which actually did save us money.
We booked in February for 3 rooms covering 9 people at the Pop Century. The dates are November 3-10, 2017. I just learned the free dining plan dates and Surprise! we are right before the November dates My daughter and son-in-law are having a difficult time getting money together for their portion of the trip. Are there any specials for those dates that can be of help? We all booked Magic Your Ways Packages plus Dining.
The free dining program has launched today, but my stay in CBR during 10/31-11/14 is not in the eligible date. Any information about room discount？ The room discount offer now is just eligible till 10/5. Keep my finger cross for further room discount dates in the future.Thank youï¼
I’m wondering the same thing. Nov 5 to Nov 9th. I really was hoping dining or a better room discount for those dates as well
**Off topic, but…Congrats, Tom on having your photo featured on the Disney parks website! What a gorgeous shot of a rainbow over Epcot 🙂
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Will the room discounts be applied to those that have all ready been booked? We made our reservations for Aug 20-26 several weeks ago.
With the new summer room discounts just announced, has there been any indication that those with current reservations at Caribbean Beach Resort are able to switch to the lower rate AND keep the $75 gift card? I have a fall reservation at CBR and am curious if there is a chance the trip could get cheaper if a room discount offer is announced.
We didn’t get any response from be our guest vacations. I filled out an online form in between Christmas and new years, received no response and then after new years, called and left a message asking to call back for package pricing and again no response.
I also requested information from them last fall. Someone called right away and got my info and was supposed to get back with details. Never heard from them again. I booked my own trip which I just got back from. Luckily I enjoy the planning and research.