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Old 08-26-19 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by E Unit
To clarify, do you need to be a paid member of D23? Or can you be a free member and still get the discount?
Free members are eligible. I'm a free member.
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Sweet, thanks.
Old 08-26-19 | 05:33 PM
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If you're a D23 member, check your emails. I just got this once to announce the promotion

Hmm... if the offer is one week only and I won't get any offers until next week, that's kind of useless. I guess we'll see.
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Hmm... if the offer is one week only and I won't get any offers until next week, that's kind of useless. I guess we'll see.
I'm not sure what you mean. Did you sign up for D23 membership or did you not?
Old 08-26-19 | 05:42 PM
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fujishig, sign up on D23. There’s an option to sign up as a free member. You should be able to see the option for the Disney+ service in 24-48 hours after.
Old 08-26-19 | 05:48 PM
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There's also an option to link it with your DMR account. I don't know if that helps expedite things, but it doesn't hurt to try.
Old 08-26-19 | 05:52 PM
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re: Disney+ streaming service - November 12, 2019 launch

This also says newly signed up, may take up to 36 hours.
https://d23.com/disney-plus-exclusive-offer/

I'm on the fence with this too. 3 years is long commitment. Sure I want the new content, but I don't want to pay for it.
But here I am, checking over and over to see if the offer showed up yet...
Old 08-26-19 | 06:00 PM
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I'm on the fence with this too. 3 years is long commitment. Sure I want the new content, but I don't want to pay for it.
But here I am, checking over and over to see if the offer showed up yet...
Oh c'mon now. You don't want to pay for it?

This is $4/month. Barely the cost of 1 Frappucino at Starbucks. Even at $6.99/month that's still a great deal.

I get that one trepidation you may have is that you may or may not have time to really utilize it if you own so much video content and streaming services already. But it's Disney, they aren't going anywhere.

But they have so many awesome sounding shows, movies and catalog content coming in the next few years. IMO this is worth it.

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Originally Posted by DJariya
I'm not sure what you mean. Did you sign up for D23 membership or did you not?
Originally Posted by E Unit
fujishig, sign up on D23. There’s an option to sign up as a free member. You should be able to see the option for the Disney+ service in 24-48 hours after.


Originally Posted by DJariya
There's also an option to link it with your DMR account. I don't know if that helps expedite things, but it doesn't hurt to try.
Oh, I signed up, with my DMR account (it automatically asked me to sign in and I just used that one). There was just speculation because of the wording that offers come in weekly, so just venting based on that. We'll see in 24/48 hours...

I see the banner for this deal, just no email and nothing in my account. However the details do say:
Newly signed up D23 members: Please note that it may take up to 36 hours for the offer link to appear in your D23 account page. You will receive an email notification once the offer link is available to you.
Making it "exclusive" even for free accounts for a limited time makes it even more enticing. Masters of marketing.

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Old 08-26-19 | 08:11 PM
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re: Disney+ streaming service - November 12, 2019 launch

Great price, but the more I think about it, I might want to cancel YouTubeTV and do the Disney/Espn/Hulu bundle instead.
Old 08-26-19 | 09:40 PM
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Just syncd my accounts with the free tier, so here's hoping they send me one of those early invites.
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Just syncd my accounts with the free tier, so here's hoping they send me one of those early invites.


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Might be an OK deal but what if I find out it sucks within the first day of trying it? I bet they aren't going to have any free trials for this either. Sad thing is that people will likely subscribe to this at least for a while no matter how bad it is, just like they did for a long time with cable.

I still have some issues with Hulu but it was a LOT better during my last free trial a few months ago than when I'd tried it previously, if they keep improving that and bundle it with this not sucking then that'd be a decent deal. Problem is with subscriptions even when they don't suck, I sometimes don't have enough time to watch enough stuff to make it worth the price. I figure I need to watch enough to average $2 per movie for it to be worth paying for. If the High School Musical series is REALLY good though...
Old 08-27-19 | 12:23 AM
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I'm torn on this. It's a good deal. If it was $23 Off a 1-year subscription, I'd be all over it. But I'm not crazy about signing up for 3 years in advance. And $140 is a big nut. I'd almost rather pay $7/month.

More importantly, since I subscribe to Hulu, I'd rather get a bundle deal. I'm hoping there's a bundle or discount for D+ and Hulu No-Ads.
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If i get hulu but have a firetv would i be able to get this if i bundle it or is a roku or something else my only option so far?
Old 08-27-19 | 06:57 AM
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If i get hulu but have a firetv would i be able to get this if i bundle it or is a roku or something else my only option so far?
Amazon devices like Fire TV are not included among the initial devices that support this service.
Old 08-27-19 | 08:14 AM
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Not like this service needs me to shill for it, but this is what I'm taking into consideration:
1. This locks you in for three years. Most people seem to think that the initial monthly price is unsustainable and that they'll raise it. Whether they raise it in three years, who knows?
2. 140 is a lot of money, but in comparison, a year of "standard" netflix costs more (156).
3. You are basically getting the third year free.
4. The Hulu/ESPN bundle is 12.99, but doesn't seem to have an option for ad-free Hulu at any price. If you really don't care about ESPN, Disney+ basically only gets you a dollar off (6 bucks instead of 7) a month.

Caveats:
1. Service could potentially suck in the first few months. I'd think they'd want to come out of the gate fast and they have every incentive not to suck, but this is something brand new to them.
2. If you love ad Hulu and love ESPN +, the 12.99 bundle is maybe more tempting (though they can change that price whenever)
3. If you take a step back and really look at it, you can probably save even more money by just rotating subscription services, even at full price.
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Offer just showed up on my page, seems like it triggered for a lot of people just now.
Old 08-27-19 | 08:49 AM
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Offer just showed up on my page, seems like it triggered for a lot of people just now.
Yeah it did for me and I just signed up for the free membership yesterday. Thanks.

As an aside, reading through the description, you don’t seem to get a lot for the paid membership, do you? Is it just for people who want to go to that D23 annual event? Otherwise it looks like $100 for four magazines a year.
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I know some people here are gun shy spending that kind of money upfront, but man if you're a fan of the MCU, Star Wars and even Disney, they have so much good stuff planned over the next 2 years. For me it's worth it. And it's Disney, they aren't going anywhere. This will only grow in the years to come as physical media slowly dies out.

Saves you $141 from buying 8-10 Blu-Rays that you won't watch.
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I have not gotten the email yet, but I just logged in to the D23 account and the offer is there in my account.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned but is there any world of a bundle that will allow for Hulu Live as well? Or would I have to keep everything separate if I use Live?
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Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I have not gotten the email yet, but I just logged in to the D23 account and the offer is there in my account.
I'm in.
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I got my offer as well. Paid up, now we wait until November.


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