Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World has announced a group of room rate discounts that largely cover stay dates from October 12 through December 25, 2025. A tricky promo card is also available for some guests.

• For stay dates October 12 through November 20, the discount excludes nights of your stay that are Friday nights and Saturday nights.
• For stay dates November 23 through December 25, the discount includes all nights of your stay.

On nights it applies, the level of discount is 10-20%, and varies by specific hotel, although on average the better deals are at the more expensive hotels.

Exact details from Disney World are later on this page, but I put together the following table to maybe help clarify how dates and discount levels work together.

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DELUXE AND DVC RESORTS SAVINGS

On this deal, standard rates at the deluxe and DVC resorts are 10% to 20% off. For deluxes and DVC, I’ve divided the screenshot into two parts, as there are so many variations. The first part:

The second part of DVC and deluxe deals:

MODERATE RESORTS SAVINGS

On this deal, standard rates at the moderate resorts are 10% to 20% off.

VALUE RESORTS SAVINGS

On this deal, standard rates at the value resorts are 10% to 15% off.

PROMO CARD

Those who both book this deal and add a package that includes at least 4 days worth of normal-price tickets will also receive a promo card–with a $50 value at value resort stays, $75 value at moderate resort stays, and $100 value at deluxe resort stays.

There are limits ot the use of this card—for example, you can’t use it to help pay for park tickets, for Disney gift cards, or to pay off charges on your resort hotel bill.

Think of it as a way to pay directly for food, beverages, and merchandise that you don’t charge to your hotel. For more on these tricky little promo cards, see this.

As always, the supply of rooms available is limited and not all room types are on offer. For more on the deal, see this.

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DISNEY WORLD FREE DINING DEAL FOR MANY DATES LATE JUNE THROUGH MID-DECEMBER 2025

Walt Disney World has released a Free Dining deal covering most arrival dates from

• June 29th to September 30, 2025
• October 20 to November 1, 2025, and
• December 6 to December 22, 2025

“Free Dining” means that guests with the deal staying in an eligible DVC or deluxe room get the Disney Dining plan for their stay for free, and guests staying in a value or moderate resort get the Disney Quick-Service Dining Plan for free.

At the simplest level, you get credits for two meals and a snack per night of your stay, plus a refillable mug, per person on the reservation:

For more on the Disney Dining plans, see this.

The following hotels are eligible for the Disney Dining Plan for free:

And the following hotels are eligible for the Quick Service Dining Plan for free:

Not all room types will be available under this deal. Moreover, room rate discount deals and kids ticket deals are also available that cover some of these dates. Some groups will see better savings with the other deals. This page begins with the kids ticket deal then continues with more detail on the current deals.

For details on the free dining deal, see this.

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DISNEY WORLD KIDS TICKET DEAL

Walt Disney World recently announced multiple deals covering various dates from May to December 2025.

One is a half-price deal for theme park tickets for kids for visit dates from May 27 through September 20, 2025.

Kids, as Disney World defines them, are folks between 3 and 9 years old (kids younger than 3 are free). Ticket prices vary by start date and length of ticket, but for the lengths most first time visitors will use, savings will be on the order of $200-$300 per child.

Several other new Disney World discounts and deals came out at the same time.

Of them, the same party can separately book both this kids ticket offer and also a room rate offer that can save an additional 10% to 30% per night off the cost of a Disney World hotel room. Room rate deals vary depending on hotel, dates, and length of stay. Because of huge differences between hotel costs in particular, the saving potential is wide. With the room rate deals, you can save between $25 and $250 a night per room….

For more on the 50% off kids offer, see this.

For the new room rate deal for dates between May 1 and July 31, see this.

For the new room rate deal for dates between August 1 and October 11, see this.

Disney World also announced a Free Dining deal the covers three different arrival date periods:

• June 29 through September 30
• October 20 through November 1
• December 6 through December 22

You cannot combine either the kids ticket deal or the room rate deals with Free Dining.

The savings from Free Dining vary by family structure and type of hotel, but can easily range from $150 to $250/night.

For the new free dining deal, see this.

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DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS FOR MAY, JUNE AND JULY 2025

Walt Disney World has released a group of room rate discounts covering stays most nights from May 1 through July 31, 2025.

Savings range from 15% through 30%. Available rooms for the deal are in three groups of savings, and in each group, savings are 5% better for stays of 5 nights or longer than for stays of one to four nights.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 25-30%

A group of mostly DVC and deluxe resorts is available for discounts of 25% to 30% per night.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 20-25%

A mix of select deluxe, DVC, and values resorts and room types, plus most of the moderates, is available for discounts of 20% to 25% per night.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 15-20%

The campsites, the rest of the values, and Caribbean Beach are available for 15-20% off.

Not all room types will be available under this deal. Moreover, other deals, including a kids ticket deal, which can be combined with this deal, and a free dining deal–which cannot be combined with anything–are also available for these dates. Consider all of them before deciding on one.

For details on this deal, see this.

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NEW DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS FOR AUGUST THROUGH MID-OCTOBER

Walt Disney World has released a group of room rate discounts covering stays most nights from August 1 through October 11, 2025.

Savings range from 10% through 30%. Available rooms for the deal are in three groups of savings, and in each group, savings are 5% better for stays of 5 nights or longer than for stays of one to four nights.

In addition, some dates have better deals available than others. Specifically, deals within the time frames August 12 to August 23, and September 15 to September 27, have 5% less savings than the other eligible dates.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 20-30%

A group of mostly DVC and deluxe resorts is available for discounts of 20% to 30% per night.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 15-25%

A mix of select deluxe, DVC, and values resorts and room types, plus most of the moderates, is available for discounts of 15% to 25% per night.

DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNTS OF 10-20%

The campsites, the rest of the values, and Caribbean Beach are available for 10-20% off.

Not all room types will be available under this deal. Moreover, other deals, including a kids ticket deal, which can be combined with this deal, and a free dining deal–which cannot be combined with anything–are also available for some of these dates. Consider all of them before deciding on one.

For details on this deal, see this.

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DISNEY WORLD FREE DINING DEAL FOR MOST DATES LATE MAY THROUGH EARLY AUGUST

Walt Disney World has released a Free Dining deal covering most arrival dates from May 27 through June 26th, and July 7 through August 6, 2025.

“Free Dining” means that guests with the deal staying in an eligible DVC or deluxe room get the Disney Dining plan for their stay for free, and guests staying in a value or moderate resort get the Disney Quick-Service Dining Plan for free.

At the simplest level, you get credits for two meals and a snack per night of your stay, plus a refillable mug, per person on the reservation:

For more on the Disney Dining plans, see this.

Not all room types will be available under this deal. Moreover, a room rate discount deal is also available that covers all of these dates. Some groups will see better savings with the room rate deal.

For details on this deal, see this.

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