It’s time for a NEW Disney World perk!
Blizzard Beach
Disney World has announced that in 2025, those staying at Disney hotels will get a FREE ticket to the water parks on their arrival day. You’ll be able to use this perk at either Blizzard Beach Water Park or Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, but only on your check-in day. But, if you’re hoping to use this perk tomorrow — you’re out of luck.
HEADS UP! Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park will be closed on Saturday, January 4th due to incoming cold weather. Disney will often close the water parks on days when the temperatures drop. This is particularly bad news for any folks who were hoping to use their free water park perk on check-in day tomorrow.
Blizzard Beach
To use this benefit, all visitors hoping to get into the water parks with complimentary admission MUST be listed on the hotel reservation. Disney states that the tickets are based on availability, meaning if the park is closed for refurbishment or cold weather, you could be out of luck. The tickets are nontransferable.
Disney also notes that both water parks have annual refurbishments (as has been the case the past few years), but they will continue to be staggered. The website says, “Guests should be able to enjoy at least one water park experience year-round.” You also do not get anything as a replacement perk for not using the tickets, like a credit toward your vacation or a Disney gift card.
Blizzard Beach
For folks who may have booked a trip with this extra water park perk in mind, this might be a disappointment — but you probably wouldn’t want to go to a water park in the cold anyway! If you are traveling in the colder months or during hurricane season, you might want to manage expectations and keep an eye on the weather.
Blizzard Beach
Of course, if you do arrive early and can’t take advantage of the perk, you can always relax at the hotel or head somewhere like Disney Springs instead. Bell services can even hold your luggage for you!
In the meantime, we’ll be sure to keep an eye on the latest park closures you need to know about at Disney World. Make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog throughout 2025 as we bring you a look at the latest news, announcements, and more!
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We’re checking in today and our blizzard beach ticket in our Disney app now says it is valid for 4 days! Not sure if it will warm up to the point of us wanting to use it but figured I’d mention we’re not completely out of luck!
WHAT A DUMB PERK ! with that caveat
Our trips are usually in January now, and we usually try to go to the water park – we usually leave a couple of days open when we could go if they were open. But the water park that was operating was not open on any of the days that we could go during any of our most recent trips. Our tickets normally include access to the water parks anyway, but I do think that Disney is going to create more hassles for themselves than accomplish what they are trying to accomplish, which I assume is to thin out ‘first visit day’ crowds at the most popular parks. If Disney extended it to arrival day and the day after (but still limited to one visit), it might work better for everyone’s purposes.