News for 2021:
- Orange County Florida Ending All Covid Measures!
- Disneyland Opening Nationwide and the Disney Armed Forces Salute
- Walt Disney World – One Step Closer to Normal
- Using Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets in 2021
- 2022 Disney Armed Forces Salute Timeline
- Using the Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation System
Great news from Disney, they have renewed their Military Salute Discount for Walt Disney World in 2021!
Note, this page only contains Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket Discount Information. You can see the Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount information on this linked page or go to the full page with eligibility and information on both Ticket and Room Discounts.
Note to non-retired veterans; you do not qualify for the Disney Armed Forces Salute, however there are Disney Veteran Discounts that you do qualify for.
The Disney Armed Forces Salute offers special military tickets. These tickets are for a specified number of days and come in several varieties.
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The Disney Armed Forces Salute offers special military tickets. These tickets are for a specified number of days and come in several varieties.
First: Special Information regarding 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets.
Walt Disney World extended both the use period and purchase period to 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets
- All 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets purchased for Walt Disney World may be used through 26 September 2021
- 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets purchased on or before 18 Dec 2020 have a ticket limit of 6 per eligible member
- 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets purchased on or after 19 Dec 2020 are combined with any 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket purchases for the 2021 Offer limit of 6 per eligible member
- 2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets may be upgraded to any 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute version through Disney for the price difference
2021 Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Tickets:
Up to 6 Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Tickets may be purchased and activated between 19 December 2020 and 17 December 2021 per eligible member.
For families larger than 6, Disney states “Exceptions should be made for immediate families larger than six people.” For example, if a family has five children, Disney will allow all members of the family to purchase Disney Military Promotion Tickets, for Mom, Dad, and the five kids. See this post for more info
One ticket during each purchase period must be for the use of the member or spouse, the rest can be used by anyone else (family or friends).
Days on the tickets do not need to be used consecutively. Any days left on the tickets will expire at the end of the offer period.
Tickets purchased at all military resellers (that’s Base Ticket Offices) 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.
These tickets are non-refundable.
Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Tickets come and in two types :
- 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
2021 WDW Salute Tickets
Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Tickets come in 2 lengths, 4-day and 5-day.
Disney World 2021 Armed Forces Salute Prices
- Four-Day Park Hopper Tickets for $296.00
- Four-Day Park Hopper Plus Tickets for $326.00
- Five-Day Park Hopper Tickets for $315.00
- Five-Day Park Hopper Plus Tickets for $345.00
These tickets can be purchased at Shades of Green, your local Base Ticket Office, or Disney Theme Park ticket booths (Sales tax will be added at Disney World ticket booths).
If you do not have a base near you, see this page for other options.
Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket Upgrade Information:
2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets – As always, the 4-Day Salute Ticket with Park Hopper may be upgraded to a 5-Day Salute Ticket with Park Hopper, a 4-Day Salute Ticket with Park Hopper Plus, or a 5-Day Salute Ticket with Park Hopper Plus. You must do this in person at Disney World (alternately those who purchased from Shades of Green may upgrade there). To upgrade you’ll pay the price difference (with sales tax through Disney).
2020 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets – 2020 Salute Tickets may be upgraded to any 2021 version! This includes both length and Park Hopper Plus option. This can only be done through Disney! We have had a report of one longtime reader doing this over the phone, they upgraded their 2020 Salute Tickets with the 26 Sept 2021 expiration to 2021s with the 17 Dec 2021 expiration. They were told it would be for the price difference, but then the cost was waived!
Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets purchased from Disney or Base Ticket Offices must be upgraded at a Disney World ticket or Guest Relations window, for the price difference plus tax. Some have had luck calling Disney to get their 2020 Tickets upgraded to 2021 versions!
Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets purchased at Shades of Green may be upgraded there to a ticket with the Plus Option, or to annual or seasonal passes , for the price difference (no tax).
Ticket Activation, Linking, Park Reservations, and FastPass
Note These tickets need to be activated at WDW prior to entering a theme park, see: Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket Activation – MDT’s How To Guide
Linking your military tickets to your My Disney Experience account does not activate your tickets! You will still need to do so at Disney with a valid military ID!
Theme Park Reservations – All military discounted tickets including the Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets need to be linked to your My Disney Experience account in order to make Theme Park Reservations.
FastPass Plus – All military discounted tickets including the Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets are able to be linked to your My Disney Experience account. You can then make your advance FP+ reservations the correct number of days ahead based on where you are staying.
- Disney Resorts (including Shades of Green, Swan and Dolphin, & and Disney Springs Hotels) – 60 Days
- Non Disney Resorts – 30 Days
- Day Guests – 30 Days
Note: To date after re-opening, FastPass Plus has been suspended but it will be back.
More on the new FastPass Plus System
Theme Park Reservations – All military discounted tickets including the Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets need to be linked to your My Disney Experience account in order to make Theme Park Reservations.
Using Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets in 2021
Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Disney’s Armed Forces Salute Military Discount Tickets
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At Disneyland Salute Tickets are not valid for Magic Morning early entry admission.
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I know that the military salute 2020 tickets have been extended to September 2021 for people that have them linked to their accounts. Can we buy them now and have the same extended date?. We plan to visit in February 2021.
Hi Cindy,
Disney has not yet restarted selling any tickets.
It remains to be seen what will happen for Salute Tickets once they do restart.
The salute to service tickets, can they only be purchased from the bases ticket office or can I purchase them direct from Disney. Also, if I purchase them from my local bases ticket office, will I be anle to use them to make a park reservation if still required in January 2021. I read they may have to be activated first at the resort????
Hi Gary,
You can purchase the Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets direct from Disney upon arrival, which prevents in advance park reservations or FastPasses when they come back.
But, it’s totally incorrect that the tickets have to be activated to make Park Reservations (or FastPasses)! I just made Park Reservations with unactivated Salute Tickets.
Are DOD civilians eligible for these discounted tickets?
Thank you so much for the awesome blog!
Hi Andy,
Thanks!
The Disney Armed Forces Salute requires a valid military ID. DoD Civs are not eligible.
However DoD Civs (and Civ retirees) are eligible to stay at Shades of Green and use their ticket office (just like your base ticket office) to buy any of their discounted tickets that do not require a mil ID (like the Disney Armed Forces Salute and Universal’s special highly discounted tickets that do require one)
https://www.militarydisneytips.com/blog/shades-of-green-resort-at-walt-disney-world/
Since the Salute tickets are confusing now, thanks to COVID, I have a question. We’re going to WDW in May with our 2020 Salute tickets. Usually when you get to Disney, you can go to Guest Services and an extra day if you didn’t buy the max (eg: adding a 5th day to your 4-day Salute ticket). When we bought our tickets, we purchased a 5 day ticket because we didn’t know how the park pass reservations would go & they didn’t allow park hopping. Now that park hopping’s back & the park reservations seem to be running smoothly, we’d like to add a 6th day.
Since the 2020 Salute tickets had a 6 day option but 2021 doesn’t, do you know if we’ll be able to add the 6th day when we get to WDW?
Thank you
Hi Peggy,
I queried Disney on this several weeks ago and they have not answered.
I’ll poke them again and try another intel avenue.
Still can’t get them to answer this? Does Disney just not care about the military anymore? Doesn’t seem like a smart move to alienate your loyal customer base at a time when attendance is low & profits are dropping. Especially when it’s the military – a very large, tight-knit group where words spreads quickly.
Hi Peg,
Please see: https://www.militarydisneytips.com/blog/disney-armed-forces-salute/using-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-in-2021/
Hello! Thanks for such a great, informative site!
I am really concerned about purchasing AFS tickets because they are non refundable.. We are going with my parents who are older….have you ever heard of tickets being refunded for extenuating circumstances? Spending almost 2K on tickets makes me extremely nervous! Thank you in advance for your response.
Hi Christina,
The only situation that I know of where Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets were extended is the 2020 Salute tickets being extended through 26 Sept 2021 for everyone. I’ve never heard of an extension other than that. But it is rare for people to report back to me…
Disney is firm on the no refunds, but would always let you use the value (if they are not expired) towards other full price tickets.
Disney IS in the Magic Business and if you are in a jam, it never hurts to explain the situation and ask for what you want then politely escalate up the management chain.