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Announcing the 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute!
Walt Disney World and Disneyland have a great military discount, the Armed Forces Salute. The Salute is a special temporary offer which has been renewed on a year by year basis since January 2009.
The Disney Armed Forces Salute offers Disney theme park tickets at over half off the regular price and Disney resort rooms at up to a 30% to 40% discount!
There are also permanent ticket offers available, though they are not as attractive.
Below you find this sometimes complex information explained and divided into several categories which are:
- Disney Armed Forces Salute Eligibility
- Disney Armed Forces Salute Overview
- Disney Theme Park Ticket Discounts
- Disney Resort Room Discounts
- Disney Magic Maker – PhotoPass+ Military Discounts
- Disney Cruise Line Military Discounts
- Even More Savings
This page is quite long and detailed (sorry) but there is a lot of complex info to explain!
Are you eligible for the Disney Armed Forces Salute?
Here is the list of who is eligible for this discount, as set by the DoD and Disney:
Current military members:
- Active
- Reserve
- National Guard
- Coast Guard
- Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS)
- Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Retired military members:
- Active
- Reserve
- National Guard
- Coast Guard
- Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS)
- Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
100% Service Connected Disabled with the DAVPRM code on their military issued ID.
Spouses in place of the member (not Civil Service or Contractor). Note the Disney Armed Forces Salute benefit is for the member only. While spouses may use their member’s benefit, they are not entitled to a benefit of their own. They only use the discounts in place of the member. Non-spouse dependents (kids) are not eligible.
Unremarried Widows are entitled to their departed spouse’s discounts (not Civil Service or Contractor).
Foreign partners/Coalition partners stationed at a US base are eligible. They must have a permanent US Military issued ID (CAC card with blue stripe).
Still not sure if you qualify or not in one of these categories? Check our Military Discount Finder
Or see Disney’s ID Guide for the Disney Armed Forces Salute
The 2019 Salute starts on 1 January 2019 and runs through 19 December 2019.
The 2020 Salute starts on 1 January 2020 and runs through dates between 18 December 2020 (17 December for rooms at Disneyland).
These are special temporary offers which run for this specified period of time and have dates on which they cannot be used.
The Disney Armed Forces Salute allows qualified individuals (see above) to purchase steeply discounted Disney theme park tickets. These tickets are totally separate from the Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets available at local military bases and Shades of Green (Disney World’s Military Resort).
The Disney Armed Forces Salutes also offer outstanding discounts on Disney Resort rooms.
The Disney Armed Forces Salute is offered at both Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California and may be used at both during the Salute offer.
This section deals with the Salute admission tickets for the Disney theme parks
The Disney Armed Forces Salute offers special military tickets. These tickets are for a specified number of days and come in several varieties.
Qualified individuals may purchase up to a maximum of 6* theme park tickets per military member during the 2019 Salute offer periods.
One ticket must be used by the member or spouse, the rest can be used by anyone else.
These tickets are non-refundable.
The tickets are valid for the entire length of the offer periods (with certain excluded dates):
- 2019 Disney Armed Forces Salute – 1 January through 19 December 2019
- 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute – 1 January through 18 December 2020
Days on the tickets do not need to be used consecutively. Any days left on the tickets will expire at the end of each offer period. Tickets from 2019 cannot be used in 2020!
Tickets purchased at all military resellers (except Shades of Green) and not directly from Disney must be activated prior to first use in person by the military member or spouse. See Salute Ticket Activation Procedures
Once the tickets are activated the party may split up. For example some go to one park and some to another, or even use the tickets on different days. The Military ID is checked only upon ticket activation.
Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida
Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets come and in two types at WDW:
- The Theme Park Hopper Option, which allows you to visit multiple parks on the same day
- The Theme Park Hopper Plus Option, which allows 4 entrances to a variety of non-theme Park Disney venues in addition to your 4 theme park days
