Disney World brings back FREE Dining plans which can save families up to £1,119

WALT Disney World is bringing back its free dining and drinks package meaning you can save over £1,000 on your next holiday.

The offer can be used in the magical kingdom resort in Florida for breaks in 2026 - and bookings open on 29 April, 2025.

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Anyone planning on heading over to Florida to enjoy a break at Walt Disney World should wait a few days to make the most of their latest offer - as you can save just over £1,000.

From Tuesday 29 April 2025, customers who book a break to Disney World for next year could be eligible for free dining and drinks package.

To bag the deal at no additional cost, guests need to book a hotel stay along with a 14-For-7 Day Ticket package.

The offer excludes gratuities but does also include the Memory Maker photo package – worth £159 – which gives guests unlimited downloads of pictures taken by Disney PhotoPass photographers.

The Disney Dining & Drinks deal is only available for guests staying a minimum of five and a maximum of 21 consecutive nights for arrivals between 7 January and 19 December 2026, which includes summer holidays.

Bookings for the package must be made between 29 April and 5 November 2025.

Across the park, 26 resorts are participating in the Disney Dining & Drinks deal including Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort, Disney’s Port Orleans and the French Quarter.

As well as Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort.

The Disney dining packages cover more than 170 locations to eat in.

There are three dining plans to choose from, which are available at various resorts across the park.

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The Disney Dining & Drinks plans are Quick-Service Meal per day, a Disney Quick-Service Dining Plan, or a Disney Dining Plan that can be used throughout guest stays, depending on the participating Disney Resort hotel.

The choice of drinks with each meal includes milkshakes, fresh smoothies, mocktails, hot drinks and alcoholic beverages.

At the value resorts, you can book the Quick-Service meal, the package provides one meal and one drink per day, which amounts to savings of £279pp.

With the Quick-Service Dining Plan, you get two meals, one snack and one drink as well as a refillable mug, which add up to savings of £699 per adult.

And with the Disney Dining Plan, which is available at the deluxe hotels and villas, you get one quick service meal, a table service meal, snack, drink and refillable mug, which saves £1,119pp.

All savings are based on a two-week stay at Walt Disney World Florida.

Plus, holidays to Disney World are to be cheaper this year with ‘first-of-its-kind’ discount for kids.

And a travel expert reveals the must-dos at Walt Disney World Resort.

One Writer Went Back To Disney World 30 Years Later

THE last time I was in Orlando, it was 1992 and I was seven years old and overwhelmed by the magic.

It’s more than 30 years since I last visited Walt Disney World in Orlando but my inner child reappears and I am transported back to the magic I felt as a seven-year-old.

But boy have things changed. It goes without saying the Florida theme park has evolved in the three decades since I last visited.

The sheer technological advances meant I was not just reliving childhood memories but experiencing a totally different side as an adult.

Everything seemed bigger and better attractions - none more so than the astonishing tech marvel that is the Happily Ever After display at the Magic Kingdom.

And there was so much more. With Disney bringing back its Free Disney Dining offer for 2025, here’s the best of the new arrivals that seven-year-old me could never have imagined.

Tron Lightcycle Run only launched last year, making it one of the newest rides - based around the cult Tron movie franchise.

This epic modern take on a rollercoaster sees you sat astride the futuristic motorbikes as you speed along the futuristic blue.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that some things haven’t changed since the 90s - such as the Tomorrowland Speedway - and the nostalgia I felt in those moments was overwhelming.

Magic Kingdom’s latest addition, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, opened to the public at the end of June.

The new Frontierland attraction replaces the much-loved log flume ride Splash Mountain.

It is visually stunning; with lots of trees and greenery covering the outside, while colourful flowers and cute new characters adorn the inside as you sail around in your log, with a few surprises along the way.

Epcot Centre was vivid in my memories, particularly its World Showcase.

Aged seven, I hadn’t really made it past Spain before our family trip to the US, so to see multiple countries from across the globe represented around the lake was breathtaking.

Standing in Mexico, next to a replica of a Maya temple, I was right back to my childhood, looking out across the water to Morocco, France and Japan.

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