Disney Plus is getting more expensive in March, but you can avoid it

Dylan Crismale - Digital Content Editor

Last updated 24 January 2024

Disney Plus will be getting more expensive for existing subscribers from March 5 with the introduction of a new premium tier.

In real terms, the price of the current Disney Plus plan is increasing by $4 monthly or $40 per year when paid annually. That's how much extra you'll pay to keep the same features as you get currently.

If you want to keep paying the same amount then you'll stop having access to 4K and Dolby Atmos, and lose two simultaneous streams. There's no change to the number of offline download devices you can have.

Here's what the new plans will look like compared to the current one:

Disney Plus prices in Australia

	Disney Plus (Current)	Standard	Premium
Price per month	$13.99 (Monthly) $139.99 (Annual)	$13.99 (Monthly) $139.99 (Annual)	$17.99 (Monthly) $179.99 (Annual)
Resolution	Up to 4K	1080p	Up to 4K
Audio	Up to Dolby Atmos	Up to 5.1 audio	Up to Dolby Atmos
Simultaneous streams	4	2	4
Offline download devices	10	10	10

Avoiding the price increase

There is a way to stave off the price increase for another 12 months. Until March 4, Disney Plus will let new, existing and returning monthly subscribers sign up for the $139.99 per year plan - locking you into the current features for a year.

If you know you plan on staying subscribed to Disney Plus for another 12 months anyway it's a good way to automatically pocket $75 in savings as an annual plan amounts to nearly two months free.

You can sign up for the annual plan using the "View Plan" link in the table below.

	Plan	Inclusions	Price	Details
Disney Plus	Disney+ Annual Plan	Disney+ Annual Plan With entertainment from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars™, National Geographic and Star Watch on 4 devices at once Watch on 4 devices Min. cost $139.99 per year	$139.99/year Min cost $139.99 per year	View Plan

You can also downgrade to the standard tier if you want to keep paying the same price and aren't fussed about the quality or number of streams.

Password sharing crackdown

The new subscription tiers are accompanied by an updated subscriber agreement in which Disney has outlined a potential crackdown on password sharing.

The updated agreement states under section J. Account Sharing "Unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier, you may not share your subscription outside of your household."

It then further defines "Household" as the "collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by individuals who reside therein".

Disney further states it may analyse how you use your account and terminate access to your service if it determines you have breached the agreement. However, the wording also leaves room for Disney to introduce something like a "secondary residence" or "extra member" on certain tiers similar to what Netflix did when it started cracking down on password sharing.

Just whether Disney will actually enforce the new policy is another thing altogether. Similar policy changes came into effect for Canadian subscribers in November last year but comments on social media indicate that at least some users taking advantage of a relative or friend's accounts have had no issues so far.

Disney Plus with Ads

At this stage, Disney Plus hasn't introduced a plan with ads. However, it doesn't rule it out from happening any time in the future. Disney already introduced "Standard with Ads" plans in both the US and UK last year.

As with other streaming services, the ad-supported tier is cheaper in exchange for an average of four minutes of ads per hour of streaming.

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Dylan Crismale

Digital Content Editor

Dylan Crismale is a Digital Content Editor at WhistleOut, has been writing for almost a decade across a variety of Australian publications. He previously worked as a writer at Finder covering energy, internet and mobile plans. Dylan is passionate about finding the best deals to save people money and educating people about tech. When he's not sat at his desk Dylan loves working out, bingeing TV and hanging out with friends.

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