Spend less on your Disney+ subscription service.
This streaming service from Disney saw prices go up in November 2023 – but there are plenty of ways to save.
We’ll share the best ways to pay less when we spot them, including special offers, free trials and discount codes.
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Disney+ Price
Sadly there’s no free trial for Disney Plus. Though a 7-day trial was initially available you’ll now need to pay to access the service.
You can pay monthly (and cancel at any time) for three of the options ranging from £4.99 with adverts, £7.99 for the “standard” option and £10.99 for “Premium”. The latter two tiers can also be paid for annual for a small discount.
You can read more about the new tiers and price changes in our news story and analysis.
Standard with Ads | Standard | Premium | |
---|---|---|---|
Ads | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Subscription Price | £4.99 per month (No annual bundle) |
£7.99 per month or (£79.90 per year) |
£10.99 per month or (£109.90 per year) |
Video Quality | Up to Full HD 1080p | Up to Full HD 1080p | Up to 4K UHD & HDR |
Concurrent Streams | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Downloads | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Audio | 5.1 and Stereo | 5.1 and Stereo | Dolby Atmos |
Disney+ offers
Annual pass: Two months free
Paying for an annual subscription to Disney+ normally offers you two months free.
For Standard it works out at £79.90 rather than £95.88, a saving of £15.98 which is just under 17% off.
Premium will set you back £109.90 rather than £131.88, saving around 17% too.
You can pay this yourself in your account or buy it as a gift card.
Up to £27 off annual plans with cashback
Users of Quidco and TopCashback can get £10 back when they take out a year-long subscription to Disney +. You’ll still pay the full £79.90 but you’ll get £10 paid back to your account.
Even better, if you’re new to either cashback site you can also get a £20 or £15 new member bonus too.
This is only open to new Disney+ customers.
Andy’s analysis – is it worth paying for a year upfront?
If you know you want Disney+ all year round (hello anyone with kids!), the annual pass discount and potential cashback bring the price down.
But it’s worth thinking just how often you’ll actually watch it. Do you only want it for the big Marvel and Star Wars TV shows? If so, maybe you only need to get it when these are released.
And if you can cut Disney+ for at least two months a year (more if you get the cashback), then it’s exactly the same cost to go for the monthly price. So every month on top that you don’t subscribe you are saving cash.
Of course you do need to remember to cancel and not let it keep rolling over month to month.
One year free via Lloyds
This was my top way to get Disney+. The Club Lloyds current account is giving away a year of Disney+ as one of the Lifestyle Benefit freebies.
Sadly, since 1 November 2023 the included tier is Disney Standard with Ads – and there’s no way to upgrade it to a different option at the moment.
Not only is this worth less than before (£59.88 a year rather than £79.90), but you’ll have to watch adverts.
It’ll take a month from opening the current account until you will get access to the service.
Clubcard: 50% off
Swap £12 in Clubcard vouchers for three months of Disney+ Standard, which would cost £24 at full price.
There’s a cheaper option for Disney+ with Ads, which requires £7.50 in Clubcard points for three months, worth £15.
You don’t need to redeem your voucher until 14 June 2024.
£5 off Premium with O2
If you’re on a pay-monthly refresh tariff or a SIM-only 12 or 18 month contract, then you can add Premium to your mobile plan (so you’ll pay alongside your bill) at £7.99 a month, rather than the usual £10.99.
You’ll also get £2 credited to your bill, effectively meaning you’ll save £5 a month. If you keep it for a full year, then versus the annual Premium plan cost of £109.90, the total saved will be £38.08.
However there is a minimum term of six months.
You can get this offer until 30 September 2025. It’s not available for existing Disney+ subscribers but isn’t specifically for new ones, so you could cancel and then sign up through O2 to get the discount.
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Up to 6 months free with O2
If you’re new to O2 or upgrading then you can claim either one, three or six months of Disney+ for free. This can be a great way to save, but you need to make sure you can’t get a cheaper SIM-only deal elsewhere.
This “Extra” is only available on certain deals, and most of the time O2 SIM deals are more expensive than elsewhere.
However, sometimes you can find a bargain via a comparison site. For example, a two minute search found 50GB of data for £12 a month via MoneySuperMarket, which comes with 3 months free Disney+.
So you’d pay £144 a year for your phone tariff, get three months free Disney Premium, then (via a deal listed below) get £2 off the Disney+ for the next nine months (and beyond). There’s also currently £10 cashback via TopCashback for SIM-only deals at MoneySuperMarket. This means you’d pay a total of £188 for your SIM and Disney+ for one year.
Let’s compare this to an alternative deal. You can often get 15GB for under £7 a month so the total for 12 months of your phone is £84 and that’s before any cashback or other deals. A year upfront for Disney Premium would be £109.90. So in total, you’ll pay at most £163.90 this way – a little pricier than the O2 deal. Though of course that’s assuming you don’t use the other deals listed here to reduce that Disney+ cost.
Disney+ Day: Three months for £1.99 a month (expired)
For a limited time, new and returning Disney+ users can get a three-month subscription for £1.99 a month.
After the three months, your subscription will auto-renew to the Disney+ Premium price of £10.99. So be sure to set a reminder to cancel your subscription if you don’t plan on paying.
You’ll need to sign up by 20 September 2023 to get this offer.
The offer coincides with the anniversary of the service launching in America, and there’s usually something available around this time each year.
Samsung Pay: Get 3 months of Disney+ free (expired)
Get 3 months of Disney+ for free with Samsung Pay.
You’ll just need to click ‘Enter Now’ in the app and accept the terms and conditions.
Then make 3 separate payments using Samsung Pay by 23 September 2023.
Each transaction you make is worth 1 “stamp” and once you have 3 you’ll get a voucher to redeem your free 3 months of Disney+.
You’ll need to be among the first 80,000 users to qualify for this deal and you’ll have until 30 September to redeem the code.
After the free 3 months are up you’ll have to pay £10.99 per month unless you cancel beforehand. So be sure to set a reminder to cancel if you don’t want to be charged!
3 months free with O2 (expired)
Some O2 customers will get three months free Disney+ when they text DISNEY3 to 21500 from their O2 phone. If it works, you’ll get a text confirmation and a link to connect your existing Disney+ account or set up a new one. I’ve used this twice – I just had to wait for the first three months to end.
Discounts via banking cards
it’s worth checking apps for your debit and credit cards to see if there’s a discount on Disney+.
15% off with Monzo
Digital bank Monzo is offering customers 15% back when you spend at least £79.90 – so effectively it’s one of the two annual plans.
You’ll need to activate the offer in the app and pay with your Monzo card. It ends 13 December 2023 (though of course it could return).
Plus Disney+ newbies can stack this with the Quidco or TopCashback offer mentioned above and it brings the annual Standard price down to £58 – a total saving of 28%.
15% off with American Express
If you have an Amex card then check the offers tab in your account to see if you can add a deal to save 15% on Disney+.
You’ll need to activate the offer in the app first. The offer comes and goes with different expiration dates, and you’ll get the discount on all transactions that are on your card in that time.
Don’t pay via a third party, e.g. your phone or PayPal.
15% off with Curve
The multi-bank app Curve is offering 15% off Disney+ until 19 March 2024, though it could well return or be extended.
You’ll need to activate the offer in the app and pay with a card connected to Curve and spend at least £4.99. The biggest discount you can get is £11.99 (if you pay upfront for a year of standard at £79).
15% off with Santander (expired)
If you have access to Santander’s Retailer Offers via a current account or credit card, you might see an offer earn 15% cashback on Disney+.
It says it’s on new purchases, though I reckon you’d get the money even as an existing customer. It’s certainly worth a try if you are already paying. Premier Access payments are excluded.
The offer comes and goes and the most you can earn is £7.99 (so that’s really only 10% off the annual price).
Disney+ deal stack
Stack £20 off + £15 off + 15% off
There’s a way for new Disney+ users to get a huge discount, by combining three different offers. Not everyone will be eligible for each step.
- Join Quidco as a new member by our special Be Clever With Your Cash newsletter subscriber offer to get £20 bonus cashback
- Sign up for Disney+ via Quidco for £15 cashback
- Activate cashback offer on partipating bank cards, such as American Express, Monzo and Curve for 15% off the full price (potentially capped at £11.99)
This would bring the price of the annual Standard membership down from £79.90 to £32.91, and Premium (assuming no cap on the 15% offer) from £109.90 to £58.
Watch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film on Disney+
From 15 March 2024 you’ll be about to stream Taylor Swift’s concert movie on Disney+ as part of your subscription. Any of the deals above will help you save cash, but our picks are:
- Get Disney+ with Ads free for a year with a Club Lloyds current account (it’ll take a month from opening the account for you to be able to activate Disney+)
- Stack new member Quidco offer with other cashback to get a year of Disney+ standard for just £33
- Pay for Disney+ via your O2 contract to knock £5 off the monthly Premium charge – though there’s a six month minimum
- Pay for just one month of whichever level you fancy, but cancel at the end and move onto a different streaming service.
You’ll find more details of all these options on this page.