Disney Plus Free Trial: Best Ways to Stream for Free in 2024

The service doesn't offer a free trial directly, but that doesn't mean you can't get it for free in other ways.

Updated 2 weeks 4 days ago

BY:
JULIE RAMHOLD

Senior Editor

Disney Plus start screen displayed on smartphone.

As far as streaming services go, Disney Plus is one of the most popular options. It's a huge platform that competes with other giants like Netflix and offers an array of entertainment for all ages, despite the family vibes you might get from the name.

But even if Disney Plus is a popular option, it is just one more in the huge pool of streaming services available these days. Deciding if you want to add on yet another monthly (or yearly) subscription fee can be tricky, and it helps if you can try out a service before committing. So, can you get a Disney Plus free trial in 2024? Read on to find out!

Top Disney Plus Deals

Disney+, Hulu, Max Bundle

From $16.99 per month

Interested in the Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming services? Get them bundled together at a discount. Opt for the ad-free tier, and you'll be saving 42% per month compared to paying for the services separately. Alternatively, the tier with ads saves you 43% in comparison. Besides the streaming services themselves, both plans get you access to select Hulu content via the Disney+ app, along with access to select HBO content in the Hulu app. Learn more about Disney+ bundles here.

Disney+ Bundle Trio W/ ESPN+

Basic for $16.99 per month; Premium for $26.99 per month

Get the ad-supported tier (Trio Basic) for 46% less than you'd pay for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ separately. Or you can opt for the ad-free Trio Premium option for $26.99 a month, which is 42% less than buying each service separately. (You can also sign up for bundles with just Hulu and Disney+, as well as bundles with Max instead of ESPN+.) ESPN+ gets you access to originals, live sports, daily studio shows, as well as exclusive articles on ESPN.com.

Disney+ Premium 6-Month Subscription

Free with select Verizon Unlimited plans

You'll need to be a subscriber to select Unlimited plans (the eligible ones are no longer available for new customers), but if you are, you can get six months of Disney+ Premium at no additional charge. Note that if you've previously redeemed a Disney+ promotion with Verizon, you won't be eligible for this one. And there are other requirements to meet, as well.

Disney+ Bundle With Hulu and ESPN+

12 months free, then $10 per month with Verizon Fios Home Internet

Choose a Verizon Fios Home Internet plan — with prices from $35 a month — and tack on a Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ bundle for just $10 per month. Select plans also get you the bundle for 12 months free, before you need to start paying the $10 charge. Streaming plans with these three services bundled together have cost at least $15 a month on their own.

Disney Plus Free Trials

Is There a 30-Day Free Trial for Disney Plus?

While some streaming services can be generous with their free trial offers, Disney isn't among them. It no longer offers a free trial period. Even when it did, the free trial was only for seven days.

Does Disney Plus Have a Free Trial?

Disney Plus only offered a free trial for a very short amount of time — mainly, the first six months after launching. Since then, folks interested in a Disney Plus free trial have had to seek that out via outside methods, rather than going directly to the source.

Can You Get Disney Plus for Free via Other Services?

Hulu

A Hulu trial can get you free Disney Plus, but this offer isn't significant, so you'd better be ready to move fast. If you are, then sign up for a free trial of Hulu (With Ads) Plus Live TV, if one's available. You could get a whole three days, as we've shown in the screenshot above. That's right, you could have the length of a long weekend to watch as much as you want on Hulu, Disney Plus, and ESPN Plus. However, given that you may only get three days to use these services, we suggest signing up ahead of the weekend. You could potentially take Friday or Monday off, too, to make sure you get the full three days of exploration.

Verizon

If you want a longer trial period and you're a Verizon member with an eligible Unlimited plan, you can get Disney Plus Premium with no ads for six months at no additional charge. To be eligible, you must have a select Unlimited plan and enroll in the Disney Plus offer by November 17, 2024. One of the big downsides to this promotion is that the eligible plans are no longer available to add to a Verizon account, so you have to already be subscribed to one of these previously available plans. If you have any of the following, you should be able to sign up for the Disney Plus offer:

5G Do More
5G Start
Welcome Unlimited
One Unlimited for iPhone
Get More Unlimited
Do More Unlimited
Play More Unlimited (You must have purchased this plan before August 20, 2020)
Verizon Plan Unlimited
Go Unlimited
Beyond Unlimited
Above Unlimited

What Alternatives to Disney Plus Have Free Trials?

If you're not totally sold on using Disney Plus and are looking for other streaming services that do offer free trials, you're in luck. We've outlined some of the options below.

Amazon Prime Video

Prime Video is more than just a video streaming service and is one of the more popular Amazon perks. The good news is that you can get a 30-day trial of Prime, and therefore also Prime Video. That's a fair amount of time to explore the streaming offerings. As a bonus, Amazon also offers Freevee, which is a selection of movies, shows, Freevee Originals, and live TV that is always free (albeit with ads), but also requires no subscription at all.

Apple TV Plus

While you can net longer trials of Apple TV Plus, it usually means spending more on something else. For instance, buying an Apple device means getting an offer for three months of Apple TV Plus included. But if you don't want to buy something for that perk, you can get a 7-day free trial of the service at any point. Just note that it's $9.99 per month, so cancel before your trial is up, unless you love Apple TV Plus and want to keep it going.

Paramount Plus

Paramount Plus is one of the more affordable streaming services, and it offers a free 1-week trial to boot. If you like what you see, you can keep the service for $7.99 per month for Paramount Plus Essential or $12.99 per month for Paramount Plus with Showtime. You can choose a free trial of either plan, so it's worth trying out the more expensive one to see if you want or need all that it has to offer before deciding which plan — if either — you want to pay for long term.

What Else to Know About Disney Plus

Is Disney Plus Free With Amazon Prime?

Unfortunately, Disney Plus isn't available with Amazon Prime at all. While some premium channels are available as add-ons to Amazon Prime, Disney Plus isn't one of them. Because of that, there's also no way to get a free Disney Plus trial through Amazon Prime.

Does Disney Plus Have a Student Discount?

There isn't currently a Disney Plus student discount you can get directly through the service. While you can get a Hulu student discount, that doesn't extend to Disney Plus — even though the two services can be bundled together for intrepid binge-watchers that want to save.

How Long Is the Disney Plus $1.99 Deal?

At the time of publication, the Disney Plus $1.99 offer was not valid. That said, there's a chance this particular promotion will return. If it does, you can expect to sign up for Disney Plus for $1.99 per month for the first three months. The deal would likely only be valid for new subscribers, as well. So if you've redeemed a similar deal in the past or are a current Disney Plus subscriber, you likely wouldn't be able to take advantage of it.

Will the Disney Plus Free Trial Ever Return?

While there's no word on the Disney Plus trial returning, never say never! Though to be clear, given the amount of time the trial has been gone, there's also not a reason to think it ever will return. Of course, Disney could decide to bring it back for another short-term run, or even as a special promotion around something like a holiday season, but we wouldn't count on it.

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