You’ll pay more from 1 October 2025.
Disney+ is once again shaking up its subscription fees. From the end of this month, viewers are looking at paying extra on their bill over a year.
Fortunately there are ways, even after the increase. Here’s everything you need to know.
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When are Disney+ prices changing?
There are three dates here. The first is 1 October 2025, when those signing up for new packages or changing plans will pay new prices.
The second is for those sticking on an existing monthly plan, or who signed up by 30 September. The new prices won’t be implemented until your next billing date after 4 November, so you’ve got another month at the old prices.
For those on annual plans the new prices will kick in on renewal on or after 25 November 2025.
What are the new Disney+ prices?
Pay monthly price
The price is going up by as much as 18.2% on the Standard and Premium tiers, but staying the same on the cheaper Standard with Ads option.
| Standard with Ads | Standard | Premium | |
| New price | £5.99 per month | £9.99 per month | £14.99 per month |
| Old price | £4.99 per month (No annual bundle) | £8.99 per month | £12.99 per month |
| Price change (£) | +£1 per month / £12 a year | +£1 per month / £12 a year | +£2 per month / £24 a year |
| Price change (%) | +20% | +11% | +15.4% |
Pay annually price
Prices are also changing on the annual subscription where you pay up front, though this is only available on the Standard and Premium tiers.
| Standard | Premium | |
| New price | £99.90 a year | £149.90 a year |
| Old price | £89.90 a year | £129.90 a year |
| Price change (£) | +£10 a year | +£20 a year |
| Price change (%) | +11.1% | +15.4% |
Extra member charges
However, don’t forget that Disney stopped the sharing of accounts across different households. Instead you’ll need to pay an extra charge to let others use your password to stream in their home.
| Standard with Ads | Standard | Premium | |
| New price | £4.99 per month | £5.99 per month | £5.99 per month |
| Old price | £3.99 per month | £4.99 per month | £4.99 per month |
| Price change (£) | +£1 a month | +£1 a month | +£1 a month |
| Price change (%) | +25% | +20% | +20% |
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Can you beat the Disney+ price hikes?
Apart from a week’s notice on the annual price change, Disney only announced the new monthly prices late on 30 September 2025. So if you missed that this could be on the cards you won’t have been able to get a new annual plan at the old prices.
But I think that’s probably for the best. There are other ways to save on Disney+ plans which should save you more over the course of a year. We’ve detailed them in our Disney+ deals page, but here are the highlights.
Get it for £49.99 via Uber One
The easiest option for a full year of Disney Plus Standard is to pay for a year of Uber One, which costs just £49. This comes with a free year of the streaming service, so you’re saving 50%. And you’ll get discounts on Uber rides, trains and takeaways. However you need to be paying for the service to get this feature – it doesn’t come with free trials or via partners like Monzo and Revolut.
Get it for free (but with ads) from Lloyds Bank
Club Lloyds is offering one free year of Disney+ with ads as one of the Lifestyle Benefit freebies. You’ll need to deposit £2,000 into the account each month, but that’s easy to hack if you don’t have this as income.
Ask someone to add you as an Extra Member
At £5.99 a month, it’s cheaper than most monthly costs – though do make sure you send the cash to whoever adds you.
Save £2 a month via O2
O2 customers can save £2 off each month, so you’ll pay £7.99 a month, though there’s a six month minimum term.
Cancel when you’re not watching
Another option is to be a bit more strategic and only pay for the months you want to watch something on Disney+.
This means you can dip in and out of a subscription and probably end up paying less overall. For example, paying £9.99 for just 4 months will cost £39.96 – cheaper than getting Uber One now for a year.
You might also find that when you go to cancel you’re offered a cheaper deal to stick around.
Check out our rules to spend less on streaming guide for more.
Earn cashback via your bank card
You can bring the price you pay down further by paying with one of the frequent 15% cashback offers from many bank cards, including Monzo and American Express. Check your accounts to see if you can access any – you’ll need to activate or opt in to trigger the saving. You’ll earn £14.99 back on the standard Disney+ tier.
Sign up as a new customer
I’m assuming you already have an account – but does everyone in your household? If not, they can take advantage of extra month back via cashback sites Quidco or Topcashback. You’ll be able to get around £10 or more back as an extra saving.
If you’re new to either cashback site there’s another £20 back on top as a welcome offer. Meaning you’ll pay just £37.92 for a year.
All the latest offers in our dedicated Disney+ article
Disney+ tiers compared
Obviously, there are differences between each price option, and those features might dictate which one you go for.
You’ll avoid adverts on Standard and Premium, but have to sit through them on Standard with Ads. The latter is also the only one that doesn’t allow downloads for offline watching.
All plans will let you see at least full HD with 5:1 sound, though Premium increases that to 4K and Dolby Atmos (though not all shows are available in these formats, nor are all TVs).
Finally, you can watch on two devices at the same time with Standard with Ads and Standard. That increases for Premium. Of course, you can’t share it outside your home any more, but all allow you to add an Extra Member.
| Standard with Ads | Standard | Premium | |
| Ads | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Can add Extra Member | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 |
Which Disney+ tier is best?
Personally I hate adverts so I’ll always avoid that, but for some that won’t be a bother, especially with the far lower price.
I also don’t see the need for the top level of Premium, especially since the end of wider sharing means our household won’t ever have more than two streams going at once. If I’m honest, I don’t think even big families need to bother either.
Things to consider
Ultimately, if you’re considering the best Disney+ plan for you though, the main things to consider are:
- How many people in your home are likely to be streaming at the same time?
- Do you need to download shows?
- What is your tolerance for ads?
- Do you need 4K picture quality?
With all this taken into account, I imagine most people will actually be fine with the middle Standard tier! Although it’s good to have the cheaper option available if you want to save a little more.
Your answers to these questions above will help guide which plan will suit you best. And once you have a tier in mind, be sure to check out our Disney+ deals and offers guide to find out how to save on your subscription.