Welcome Home Weeks features a wide variety of ice cream giveaways, coffee meets, character encounters and more, and Disney Vacation Club has released daily schedules to help track the avaialble activities.
From August 14 to September 16 2025, Disney Vacation Club is celebrating members with its second Welcome Home Weeks event. Owners will be treated to a series of events that includes free ice cream novelties at theme parks and Disney Springs, morning coffee for guests of Disney's Wilderness Lodge, Bay Lake Tower and others, Wine Mixers, dining discounts and more.
To help track the schedule of offers, DVC has published daily guides in PDF format for each of the timeshare destinations. There are separate guides available for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Links to each document can be found below:
Several of the events were listed as TBD when Welcome Home Weeks was first announced back in May. Schedules have since been clarified. Among the more popular giveaways are:
Ice Cream Sweet Stop
- Magic Kingdom: Wednesdays
- EPCOT: Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Disney's Hollywood Studios: Mondays and Tuesdays
- Disney's Animal Kingdom: Thursdays and Fridays
- Disney Springs: Mondays and Fridays
- Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort: Daily
- Vero Beach: Mondays
- Hilton Head: Thursdays
- Select dates at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure
Welcome Home Wakeup (open only to registered guests at host resort)
- Bay Lake Tower: Saturdays and Sundays
- Wilderness Lodge: Fridays and Saturdays
- Select dates at Disneyland Hotel
Character Encounters
- Disney's BoardWalk: August 25-27; September 8-10
- Disneyland Hotel: August 14; September 11
- Vero Beach: Thursdays
- Hilton Head: Tuesdays
- Aulani: August 14, 28; September 11
Wine Mixer (advance registration required)
- Disney's Grand Californian Hotel: August 27; September 10
- Aulani: August 20, 27; September 3, 10
Other events include Hawaiian arts and crafts, free screening of a Disney concert film, and free popcorn at Walt Disney World resorts and aboard Disney Cruise Line. For complete details on time and location, click the links above.
Welcome Home Weeks perks are available to Disney Vacation Club owners who qualify for Membership Extras. Members should be prepared to show their digital card and a photo ID upon arrival.
