Hi there, Vickie, and welcome to planDisney.
I’m glad you stopped by with this question about one of my favorite ways to cool off during a
Walt Disney World Resort stay, the complimentary water park benefit for Disney Resort hotel Guests that I have taken advantage of multiple times throughout the year! As you may know,
the current benefit applies to stays in 2025, allowing Guests arriving between January 1 and December 31, 2025, to enjoy a visit to a Disney Water Park on their check-in day. The 2026 dates have not yet been announced; official Disney channels only say that this offer will extend to Guests of
Disney Resorts Collection hotels “during the summer of 2026”, but no specific date range yet. I’d recommend keeping an eye on the official Walt Disney World website, as well as the Disney Parks Blog, for the latest updates as your vacation approaches.
If you’d rather not wait for a new offer to be released, you can certainly continue planning your vacation now. Choose your perfect Disney Resorts Collection hotel, select your theme park tickets, and decide whether one of the Disney Dining Plans fits your family’s style, if at all. If the complimentary water park benefit ends up not aligning with your travel dates, you can still
upgrade your theme park tickets to include the Water Park and Sports Option or the Park Hopper Plus Option. Both allow a certain number of water park visits (based on the length of your ticket), so you’ll still be able to enjoy
Disney’s Blizzard Beach or
Typhoon Lagoon no matter when you visit.
Vickie, if you’d like, please tell me a bit about when you’re thinking of visiting and what kind of resort experience you’re looking for, and
I’ll be happy to help you narrow down your resort choices or discuss ticket options that fit your plans.
See you real soon,
Brent