Disney+ is rolling out a limited-time offer that could save you up to £15 over three months, with the three-month promotional period running right through to when HBO Max launches in the UK.
From January 15 through January 28, you can grab Disney+ at reduced rates across all three subscription tiers.
The offer is available to both new and returning customers. But is it worth it? Here’s everything you need to know.
Disney+ In 2026: A Very Different Service
It’s hard to believe Disney+ is now approaching its sixth birthday in the UK. The service that launched in March 2020 at £5.99 monthly has transformed dramatically.
When Disney+ first arrived – right as the first lockdown began – it offered everything in one simple package: 4K streaming, four concurrent devices, ad-free viewing, all for that modest £5.99.
Today, if you want the same experience via Premium, you’re paying £14.99. That’s a 150% increase in just under six years.
The service has expanded considerably to justify those rises. Back in February 2021, Star was added to Disney+, bringing more mature content like Grey’s Anatomy and Family Guy alongside the family-friendly Disney fare. That came with a price bump to £7.99.
Then in October 2025, Star was rebranded as Hulu – a globally recognised name rather than the somewhat generic “Star” branding. All the same content, just living under a different tile on your homepage.
Disney+ has also pushed aggressively into live sports. The service secured exclusive UK rights to the UEFA Women’s Champions League for five seasons and recently added Saturday evening LaLiga matches featuring Barcelona, Real Madrid, and other Spanish giants.
And let’s not forget the password sharing crackdown. If you want to add someone outside your household to your Standard or Premium plan, that’ll cost you an extra £5.99 monthly.
Between the sports additions, password sharing restrictions, regular price increases, and the ad-supported tier that still costs £5.99, Disney+ has firmly positioned itself as a premium entertainment platform with premium pricing to match.
The Winter Deal: What You’ll Actually Pay
Starting today, Disney+ is offering special promotional pricing for the winter – for up to three months:
Disney+ Premium – £9.99/month (normally £14.99)
- Savings over 3 months: £15.00
- What you get: 4K UHD & HDR, Dolby Atmos, four concurrent streams, downloads
Disney+ Standard – £6.99/month (normally £9.99)
- Savings over 3 months: £9.00
- What you get: Full HD (1080p), two concurrent streams, downloads
Disney+ Standard with Ads – £3.99/month (normally £5.99)
- Savings over 3 months: £6.00
- What you get: Full HD (1080p), two concurrent streams, advertisements
The offer is available to both new and returning customers – but you can’t take advantage if you currently have an active subscription.
After the three-month promotional period ends, your subscription will automatically renew at the then-current monthly retail price unless you cancel. So if you’re on Premium, that’ll jump from £9.99 back up to £14.99 monthly.
One important detail worth noting: whilst there’s a standard 14-day cooling-off period where you can withdraw from the contract and receive a refund, this doesn’t apply once you’ve actually watched anything. Start streaming and you’ve committed to at least the first month.
What’s On Disney+ This Winter?
Disney+ has front-loaded January with some interesting releases, which makes this discount well-timed if you were planning to subscribe anyway.
TRON: Ares
The latest instalment in the TRON franchise hit Disney+ on January 7, starring Jared Leto as a sophisticated AI program sent from the digital Grid into the real world. It’s the third film in the series, following the 1982 original and 2010’s TRON: Legacy.
The film had a rough theatrical run – it cost over £150 million to make but only pulled in around £100 million at the global box office. Reviews were mixed, landing at 53% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, though audiences were kinder with 84%.
The score by Nine Inch Nails has received praise, and if you’ve got a decent home setup, it’s worth experiencing for the visuals alone.
Both previous TRON films are also available on Disney+ if you fancy a franchise catch-up.
Marvel’s Wonder Man (January 28)
Marvel’s next series arrives later this month, and it’s taking an unusual approach for the MCU.
The show stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, an aspiring actor struggling to launch his career who discovers that legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man.
Sir Ben Kingsley returns as Trevor Slattery – the ham actor who posed as the villainous Mandarin in Iron Man 3.
All eight episodes will drop at once, with most clocking in around 30 minutes each.
FX’s The Beauty (January 22)
FX’s latest thriller from Ryan Murphy lands on Disney+ UK on January 22, and the trailer has already become FX’s most-viewed ever with 190 million views across social media in its first week.
The series explores what happens when a sexually transmitted treatment called “the Beauty” spreads rapidly, granting users physical attractiveness but concealing lethal side effects.
When international supermodels begin dying in mysterious ways, FBI agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) are sent to Paris to investigate.
It’s body horror meets sci-fi thriller, with Murphy describing it as examining “Ozempic culture” – the question of how far people will go to look perfect, and what they’re willing to sacrifice for beauty.
The first three episodes arrive on January 22, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays.
Plus Everything Else Already Streaming
Beyond the new releases, Disney+ is currently packed with recently added content:
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season 2 (concluded December 10)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (the latest MCU film)
- High Potential, Season 2 Part 2
- A Thousand Blows, Season 2
- Tell Me Lies, Season 3
- Only Murders in the Building, Season 5
- Alien: Earth (FX’s sci-fi series)
- LaLiga football matches
- UEFA Women’s Champions League
And of course, the entire back catalogue of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and Hulu content.
The HBO Max Timing
HBO Max is launching in the UK in late March 2026 – that’s confirmed despite all the corporate drama with Netflix’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount’s hostile counter-bid.
If you sign up for Disney+’s three-month deal now, your discounted rate runs through mid-April. That means you’ll still be paying the reduced Disney+ price when HBO Max arrives, giving you the option to run both services simultaneously without breaking the bank.
Sky and NOW Entertainment customers will get HBO Max’s ad-supported tier bundled in at no extra cost from March onwards.
But if you’re not a Sky customer, you’ll be paying for HBO Max separately – and having Disney+ at £9.99 rather than £14.99 makes juggling both subscriptions a bit more affordable.
How Disney+ Compares To The Competition
With these promotional prices, Disney+ becomes quite competitive – though it’s worth remembering this is temporary.
At the discounted rate, Disney+ Premium costs £9.99 monthly. That’s cheaper than Netflix’s Premium tier at £18.99, and even undercuts Netflix’s Standard plan at £12.99.
Of course, once the promotion ends in three months, you’re back to £14.99 – still cheaper than Netflix Premium, but not by much.
Amazon’s Prime Video works differently, bundling streaming with shopping perks at £8.99 monthly or £95 annually.
But here’s the catch: Amazon introduced adverts in 2023 and charges an additional £2.99 monthly for ad-free viewing. So the real ad-free cost is £11.98 monthly – or you can get just Prime Video standalone for £5.99 (with ads).
Apple TV+ remains the cheapest mainstream option at £9.99 monthly following its September increase, though its library is considerably smaller than Disney+ or Netflix.
The uncomfortable truth? If you’re maintaining subscriptions to Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+, you’re easily looking at £50+ monthly at regular prices.
Add HBO Max into the mix come March, and you’re approaching the kind of money that traditional Sky packages used to cost.
And that’s before considering Paramount+, NOW, TNT Sports, and all the other streaming services competing for your attention and wallet.
But, as I always say – there’s really no reason to keep them all AT ONCE. If you use the current Disney+ promotion, for example, then you can cancel other streaming services while you watch Disney’s content – and then cancel Disney+ and sign up for something else. Rinse and repeat.
For families with children, Disney+ remains difficult to beat. The combination of Disney classics, Pixar films, Marvel content, and Star Wars shows creates something you genuinely can’t replicate elsewhere. The promotional pricing makes it easier to justify.
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