Disney PhotoPass

Disney PhotoPass is a professional photography service offered at Disney theme parks, resorts, and Disney Cruise Line vessels. The service was launched on December 4, 2004, and provides guests with digital photo downloads, print services, and private photography sessions.

Overview

Disney PhotoPass is available to guests visiting Disney theme parks worldwide, with service and operations varying by resort. The basic operation of the services has photos linked directly to a park tickets or MagicBand, which are linked to the guest's Disney account on their resort's mobile application or via a resort's website. Photographers are positioned at various locations throughout the resorts, mainly inside the theme parks. In Orlando, the service is also offered at certain resort hotels, and dining locations within resort hotels, theme parks, the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom and Enchanted Tales with Belle. Photographs are taken at outdoor locations, as well as indoor character meet-and-greets. The service was also formerly available at both Disney's Typhoon Lagoon and Disney's Blizzard Beach water parks at the Walt Disney World Resort, prior to 2020.

All photos taken by Disney PhotoPass photographers, as well as in-ride photographs and videos, are available for viewing with watermarks for a limited period (varying by resort), while the premium Memory Maker package unlocks photo downloads at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Services

Complimentary services

Each theme park features a photo imaging center near the entrance for photo viewing, assistance and printing, as well as a photography studio located at Disney Springs.

At Walt Disney World, in-ride photographs can be viewed at the end of certain attraction, which are linked to the a Disney account by scanning a park ticket or MagicBand to an RFID touchpoint. A majority of attractions enable Bluetooth technology to directly link photos to guests' accounts via a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone or MagicBand. Other attractions exclusively employ this method, such as The Haunted Mansion, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, ''Guardians of the Galaxy'': Cosmic Rewind, Slinky Dog Dash, and Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom), Dinosaur. Only three attractions at Walt Disney World include in-ride videos along with photographs: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, ''The Twilight Zone'' Tower of Terror, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Tron Lightcycle Power Run, ''TRON'' Lightcycle / Run. At Disneyland Resort, all attractions employ the tap-to-scan method to link photos at the end of the ride experience.

Select photograph locations may include "Magic Shots" that are prompted by photographers, inserting Disney characters or visual effects into the photograph; some effects are offered seasonally or taken out of rotation. Other "Magic Shots" include an Orthographic map projection, orthographic image taken on a Omnidirectional (360-degree) camera#Cameras with one lens, 360° camera with multiple fisheye lenses, and a Panoramic photography, panoramic/close-up photograph taken from a far distance.

Premium services

The Memory Maker photo package allows unlimited photo downloads, taken by PhotoPass photographers, and in-ride attraction photos and videos. Disney PhotoPass Lenses launched with the Disney Genie+ service on October 19, 2021, using augmented reality (AR) technology to place characters, themed effects, or animations in the frame, in collaboration with Snapchat. Capture Your Moment is a private 20-minute photography session offered at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, in specific locations within each resort's theme parks.

Other

Although Disney Cruise Line offers photography services within their fleet, it is offered through a contracted professional photography company. While photo editing options are offered onboard, similar to PhotoPass, photos taken in Disney ships are exclusively available for the duration of each itinerary.

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References

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Products introduced in 2004
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, PhotoPass
Photography