Oh, we are SO ready to make a splash!
Blizzard Beach
In case you didn’t know, we are totally obsessed with Disney World hotel perks. We love booking our Lightning Lanes early and getting those hard-to-snag dining reservations before the rest of the public, let alone all the free transportation and how close everything is to the parks. One perk we’re absolutely obsessed with is free tickets to the water parks!
After patiently waiting, Disney has finally confirmed the Free Water Park Entry perk will return in 2027! Everybody, grab those goggles!
Blizzard Beach
On their website, Disney shared, “This benefit will also be available for Guests staying at an eligible Resort hotel in summer 2027, excluding the Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort. Stay tuned for more information and dates.” In 2026, the perk is only available from May 26th to September 8th, 2026, so we’re eager to see if that stays the same for next year.
Pineapple Upside-down Cone at Typhoon Lagoon
This hotel perk is a great way to start your vacation off in a strong way at no extra cost to you! When the perk begins, it will give Disney hotel guests free admission to one of Disney World’s water parks on the day they check in to the resort. As it currently operates, you cannot move your free admission to any other day of your visit, so it’s use it or lose it!
Typhoon Lagoon
This perk started in 2025 and allowed all guests for the year to have a free water park ticket on the day of their check-in to a Disney World hotel. In 2026, they changed it to only be during the summer months.
Blizzard Beach
This is such a great way to kick off your Disney World vacation. You likely aren’t going to buy a whole park pass for the first day of your trip, so the water park tickets let everyone registered in the room go to the water parks for free. If one water park is open, your ticket will be valid there, but if both water parks are open, you can choose one to visit.
Typhoon Lagoon
You can head to Blizzard Beach…
Blizzard Beach
…or Typhoon Lagoon!
Stitch at Typhoon Lagoon
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Fort Wilderness Campsites always seem to be left on the outside looking in for special perks and offers. Free Dining Plan offers never include campsites, and there is never more than a 10% discount on a nightly rate. This despite campsites often costing more than a Value Resort room.
If I had to guess why I would say this is because there is a significant percentage of guests staying at the campsites who rarely or never go into the parks, don’t buy many if any souvenirs, and cook most if not all of their meals at their campsite. So in essence, Disney would be giving these guests free perks when their “yield per guest” for the campsites is already very low.
I’m concerned that this guest pattern may eventually lead to Disney World eliminating or cutting the number of campsites significantly in the future. It would be relatively easy to turn camping looks into more DVC Cabin loops. The utilities and roads are already in place, so it wouldn’t take much to make this switch and the revenue per guest would increase substantially across all areas of guest spending.
This is a bummer for those of us who do go into the parks most if not all days, buy souvenirs and eat most if not all of our meals in Disney World restaurants when we stay at a campsite. One suggestion for Disney. Give the perk to campsite guests contingent on them purchasing tickets or a package.
I would hate to see FW turned into a giant DVC resort, but it looks like it is trending hard in that direction.
We REALLY want Magical Express with luggage service.