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Disney Vacation Club's Welcome Home Weeks Bring Up to 40 Percent Off Eight Table-Service Restaurants and Free Treats Through August 26
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Disney Vacation Club's Welcome Home Weeks Bring Up to 40 Percent Off Eight Table-Service Restaurants and Free Treats Through August 26

Michael Travels
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Disney Vacation Club members have a five-week window to eat very well for a lot less. The club's annual Welcome Home Weeks returned on July 22 and run through August 26, and the standout perk this year is a dining discount deep enough to notice on the check.

Disney Vacation Club Ears to 35 Years anniversary logo.
Welcome Home Weeks anchor Disney Vacation Club's 35th anniversary in 2026. Image: Disney.

The dining deal: On Mondays through Thursdays during Welcome Home Weeks, members get 40 percent off food and nonalcoholic beverages at eight Walt Disney World table-service restaurants, and 20 percent off at two more. The discount applies during each restaurant's normal operating hours for the listed meals.

The 40 percent list:

Two more come in at 20 percent off: The Crystal Palace (lunch and dinner) and Be Our Guest Restaurant (lunch).

Beyond the dining discount

Disney is stacking on freebies and members-only moments across the resort. Highlights include:

  • Complimentary ice cream treats at select spots around Walt Disney World.
  • Welcome Home Weeks dining offers at Disney Springs, including a complimentary donut at Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew and ice cream at eet by Maneet Chauhan (no purchase needed), plus an appetizer at Frontera Cocina, a pretzel at The Polite Pig, and a slushie at City Works, each with a qualifying purchase.
  • Coffee and a morning treat gatherings for members.
  • A members-only character meet at Atlantic Dance Hall at Disney's BoardWalk, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
  • Complimentary 15-minute Disney PhotoPass sessions (preregistration required).
  • Free candy at Movies Under the Stars resort screenings, plus commemorative Welcome Home Weeks buttons at member lounges while supplies last.

The Partners statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse in front of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom.
Welcome Home Weeks perks span the Walt Disney World parks and Disney Springs. Photo: Disney.

Why the timing lines up

Welcome Home Weeks is the annual thank-you Disney Vacation Club throws for its members, and 2026 marks the club's 35th anniversary, branded "Ears to 35 Years." The perks run alongside a genuinely slow summer at Walt Disney World, where wait times have dropped to levels usually seen in September, so a 40 percent dinner discount lands at a moment when the parks are unusually easy to enjoy.

Perks are available to Disney Vacation Club members, and most require nothing more than showing membership at the location. Character meets, PhotoPass sessions, and a few other experiences ask for preregistration, so members should check the official Welcome Home Weeks details before booking around them.

Sources

Image credits: Disney Vacation Club 35th anniversary logo and Partners statue photo, Disney (via Inside the Magic).

Mentioned in this story

Check out our guides for more on each place in this story:

Be Our Guest Restaurant Biergarten Restaurant Coral Reef Restaurant Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew Frontera Cocina Garden Grill Restaurant Hollywood & Vine The Crystal Palace The Polite Pig Tiffins Restaurant Tusker House Restaurant

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