Free Disney Dining Plan for Kids Coming to Walt Disney World in 2026

22 days ago in "Walt Disney World Resorts"

Posted: Monday April 21, 2025 10:04am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting April 22, 2025, you can book a 2026 Walt Disney World vacation and get a free dining plan for your kids. The offer applies to children ages 3 to 9 when a dining plan is purchased for the rest of your travel party (ages 10 and up) as part of a Disney Resort hotel package.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

The free kids’ dining plan will be available throughout 2026 at all Disney-owned hotels when a standard dining plan is added for adults. This includes more than 25 resort hotels across the property, from value to deluxe.
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What You Get with the Free Dining Plan for Kids

Applies to children ages 3–9
Valid when staying at a Disney Resort hotel with a dining plan added for guests 10+
Includes meals, snacks, and kid-friendly options at participating restaurants
Can be combined with select other special offers during 2026

Disney Resort Hotel Guest Perks in 2026

Along with the free kids’ dining plan, Disney Resort hotel guests will continue to receive:

Early theme park entry: 30 minutes before official park opening, every day, at every park
Extended evening hours for guests staying at Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts on select nights
Free transportation via monorail, bus, boat, and Skyliner
Free parking at hotels, theme parks, and water parks
Early access to dining reservations and Lightning Lane bookings
Free water park admission on check-in day (returns summer 2026, subject to availability)

Booking Dates

Opens April 22, 2025 for travel through October 31, 2026
Dates for November and December 2026 will be released later

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Jrb197920 days ago

It really feels like they are throwing what they can at the wall and hope something sticks. I have never seen a year long deal. This tells me bookings must be very soft for 2026

monothingie20 days ago

No. To take advantage of the kids eat free promotion, The only requirement is a confirmed resort reservation or confirmed DVC reservation. If you are taking advantage of a Free Dining promotion,(which is different from the kids eat free promotion, and they do not overlap) you will need to have a non discounted resort reservation and non discounted tickets for the entire length of your stay. Disney is essentially charging $0 for kids age 3-9 who are part of a reservation with a dining plan for 2026.

stu190120 days ago

Do you still need a ticket package to have this offer? Seeing conflicting things

mattpeto21 days ago

GoofTroop8021 days ago

Any word if this include DVC and AP? I can't seem to find anything that confirms it one way or the other

Disstevefan122 days ago

I think we are going to continue to see more EPIC deals like this coming for WDW in 2025, 2026, 2027 😉😉

easyrowrdw22 days ago

Historically, yes. But the article posted says otherwise for this deal. “Can be combined with select other special offers during 2026.”

WDWhopper22 days ago

Instead of lowering prices, Disney, along with many other large corporations, have decided to offer discounts instead. This way, they can entice sagging tourist demand without lowering their top line revenue. (Theme park admission prices, resort room rates, food and merchandise prices, etc) it’s like a landlord of a strip mall agreeing to give you a free months rent instead of lowering the price per square foot. It’s more advantageous for the landlord to keep the price per square foot stable, and giveaway monetary concessions instead. Square footage is a top line number which can be used for loans, valuation of the property, shareholders. Concessions get buried in the pages of financial reports. I think we’ll see Disney giveaway much more in the future, before we would ever see price decreases.

MickeyLuv'r22 days ago

With 'adult' = anyone over age 9.

Batman'sParents22 days ago

Can't combine with WDW, so it's one offer or the other.

HauntedPirate22 days ago

Don't forget the inevitable requirement of purchasing length-of-stay park hoppers for everyone in the room, as well. BuT kIdS eAt FrEe!!!1!!

monothingie22 days ago

Almost like it's a scam promotion geared to fool low-information guests into paying rack rate and buying a dining plan for anyone over age 9 in the traveling party at full cost?

LindseyDisney22 days ago

Take that Epic!

easyrowrdw22 days ago

Yes. The last time I priced it the kids plan was an okay deal, especially if you did some character meals. The adult price was hard to stomach though. Maybe 2 adults and 2 kids free would be a decent value, especially if you can now combine it with other offers.