The Disney Plus free trial is back (for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers)
How to get the Disney Plus free trial in Australia.
From today until the 31st of January 2020, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can access 30 days of Disney Plus for free. It’s perfect timing, with many Australians getting their hands on Microsoft’s latest consoles, the powerful Xbox Series X and the digital Xbox Series S.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is a games subscription that gives Xbox users access to a digital library of over 100 games, as well as various perks and discounts. New subscribers can currently get their first month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1. Once subscribed, you need to navigate to the ‘Perks Gallery’ in the Xbox dashboard to claim your free trial.
It’s the only way you can currently stream The Mandalorian online in Australia with a free trial and with Season 2 finally here, a month of Disney Plus free is a good bounty for Star Wars fans who have invested in one of Microsoft’s next-gen consoles.
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Now that the Disney Plus hype train has slowed to a crawl, weâd wager thereâs nary an Australian out there that hasnât taken the service for a whirl. But if you are one of the few that havenât tried out the new streaming platform from the House of Mouse, there’s not better time to check out the best TV series and movies it has on offer.
Weâve been subscribed since launch and can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, whatâs worth your time and whatâs not.
So let us guide you through your first week with Disney Plus.
Hold up. How do I get the Disney Plus?
- Head to the Disney Plus websiteđ
- Select a monthly ($8.99) or yearly ($89.99) subscription
- Enter your email address – then check your inbox for a one-time passcode
- Enter your one-time passcode and create your 6-digit password
- Enter your personal details
- Enter payment details(
- Boom! You’re streaming.
Day 1
The Mandalorian Season 1
Yarp. If youâre signing up to Disney Plus, chances are those Baby Yoda memes finally got to you and youâre looking to stream the original Star Wars series, The Mandalorian. Thatâs completely fair enough. It was the thing keeping us subscribed for the first eight weeks.
If youâre a Star Wars fan from a long, long time ago, you should have no problem whipping through the first season. Itâs nine episodes long with run times varying from 36 to 44 minutes. All up, Season one will take you 5.38 hours (or 323 minutes to complete).
Now thatâs a mighty task for your first day of streaming but weâre housebound at the moment so it doesnât just seem doable, those are rookie numbers. If you absolutely must, you can probably split this one up into two days but that would be a cowardâs move.
Day 2
Frozen 2
Early 2020, Disney dropped Frozen 2 early on its shiny new streaming service. Whether youâve got kids or not, you might as well take advantage of the service by bingeing some of the latest flicks from the studio.
Speaking of, the 2019 remake of The Lion King and Pixar’s Onward are also streaming if you missed them at the movies.
Day 3
Free Solo
Even if you arenât able to go outside, you can still take a trip down memory lane and remember what it was like with the outstanding documentary Free Solo. This rock-climbing doco isnât just âgood for Disney Plus,â itâs genuinely one of the most thrilling documentaries weâve ever seen and it could offer some much-needed fitness inspiration while youâre in quarantine.
Day 4
Home Alone
If youâre spending this quarantine like a hot-headed smuggler, Solo, why not revisit the timeless classic Home Alone. Culkinâs slapstick home security measures might not offer anything of use under quarantine but it might get those creative juices flowing.
Of course, in todayâs climate the Wet Banditsâ home intrusion wouldnât just be criminal, it would be downright irresponsible. Stay at home folks.
Day 5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7
Alrighty, moving along at lightspeed as we jump back on the Star Wars sandcrawler. If you truly despised the Star Wars prequels, weâre here to tell you thereâs an animated series that (almost) makes up for it. This prequel trilogy spin-off has been running for years now but was ultimately cancelled without a satisfying conclusion. That was until Disney Plus stepped up to the plate.
But how? I hear you ask. How am I expected to binge through seven seasons in a single week? You donât. Just watch a recap video of the events leading up to Season 7 and get it over and done with. Historically, the showâs quality hasn’t been super consistent and there are really only a handful of story arcs you need to follow. Get yourself clued up and hop aboard for the seriesâ thrilling climax.
Day 6
90s gems
Oh my god, weâre running out of time. Okay, on to the sixth day. No, not that Sixth Day. Saturday, probably.
If youâve got kids and a Disney Plus subscription, thereâs no better way to show those little squirts what television was like back in your day with these Saturday Disney cartoons and kidsâ movie classics.
On the TV side of things, youâve The Simpsons, Recess, Spider-Man, X-Men, Darkwing Duck, even Adventures of the Gummi Bears. But if you really want to show them how hard cartoons used to rock, youâve got to show them Gargoyles.
For movies, thereâs a decadent feast of your most fondly-remembered films; Mighty Ducks, Mrs. Doubtfire, Cool Runnings, Blank Check, Mighty Joe Young, and of course, 90s animated classics, like Hercules, Aladdin, and early Pixar picks, like Toy Story and A Bugâs Life.
Take your pick.
Day 7
Fill those Marvel and Star Wars gaps
On the seventh day, youâre going to want to make a list of missing movies from your Marvel and Star Wars repertoire.
Look, thereâs just no way you will be able to binge every Marvel or Star Wars movie on the seventh day. But, itâs as good a time as any to start catching up.
Iâm pretty sure nobody saw Thor 2: The Dark World when it first released. And the criminally underappreciated Iron Man 3Â certainly didnât fare much better.
We know for a fact that a lot of Star Wars fans noped out of seeing Solo in cinemas.
Take this time to catch up on some of the more under-loved entries in the worldâs two biggest franchises.
Bonus Day 8: Sign up to another streaming service free trial and do it all again
Almost every streaming service in Australia offers a free trial, except for Netflix and Disney Plus. Thereâs no better time to take each service for a test drive to at least stream the most popular exclusives on offer. Weâve got round-ups for days here at Reviews.org so have a browse through our top picks to decide which free trials are worth your time.