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View important details. To enter a park, both a park reservation and valid admission for the same park on the same date are required for Guests ages 3 and up. The photographers just scanned the little card each time. I guess we will get a card from the first photographer, but seems to look different.

Store your photos on the card during your visit if you wish. We are visiting the park tomorrow and hope to take some photo pas photos. We will be purchasing a signature plus annual pass in early January. Your PhotoPass privileges should begin with the day you start your pass.

Let me know if you find out differently. I keep seeing both parks does this mean DL and Adventures? Can we do all our photos then purchase the package after the trip? Disneyland and California Adventure. You may purchase the One Day or One Week options before or after. Collections have to be purchased in the park.

We have used to PhotoPass in the past and was required to purchase any of the photos we wanted. Thanks for all your info! We have been to DLR a few times and I have still learned a lot from your site. The packages cover all of the images you add within the time frame that is covered with the packages. One day is for one day. My family and extended family will be going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks. Because of our schedules we will be overlapping our trips. All digital photos will be included from the meals.

Last question. Before we go or after we have all our pictures? Either way works. So glad to see a shout out for Eric! He seriously is the BEST!! Hope we spot him again on our upcoming trip!

Casey, we are coming from Australia and will be having a meal at Gooys Kitchen upon arrival. The next day will be our first in the park and we are going to be buying the photo pass collection. We will be having a character breakfast at plaza inn during our 10 day visit.

How long does the collection pass last in the parks is it 7 days or do we have it for the 10 days, also do we get phots from both meals or just the one in the park.

Hi there. It lasts 45 days. The week option is only 7. You will receive a voucher for the prints from that meal. All images — from both meals — will be included in your Collection. It will give you all of your images from the trip plus the print voucher for your character meal. They will give you the voucher for the prints when you purchase.

Let me know what other questions you have! Hi thanks for the great advice! Do they take lots of photopass photos at the lunch or just one photo as you enter? Just one as you enter….. Great question! What do you recommend in my case? And for sure do you get the hard copies of the prints at the Disney dining with the disk option?? You may purchase this at the character meal….. Just arrive 20 minutes prior and let them know you need to purchase the Collection so you can get in a bit early.

I know what days I went on certain rides and most if not all of the codes. Is there an way to see and purchase them online? Call the Photopass people to see if they can locate the images. If you are still in the park now, go to one of the photo shops and see if they can help you locate. Good luck! I want to get digital copies of all our photos throughout the week there.

Thanks so much. I love this site!! Hi, Jessica. You can only do so in the parks or at a character meal and you should do so at the beginning of your visit if you plan to do a character meal. Question: I got the one week. Or do I need to do one at a time? Something that worked great for us.

I took a screen shot of my QR Code on the app. Sent the screen shot pict to everyone in my group. Then we all put it as our lock screen. Just wanted to share. We are going to be in the parks for 8 days. We are doing 2 character meals. Hoping to get some photos with characters and at attractions etc. Then once my trip is complete I would redeem the code for my collection thus obtaining all my photos from rides, characters, meals and other spots for the whole 8 days???

Basically wanting to make sure I get the ride photos the meal photos plus anything else like a character or castle photo as well…. Upon purchasing the Collection in the park, you will be given a paper voucher to redeem at your character meal for the actual print outs of the photo.

If you want print outs from the second meal, you can pay for them at the meal. The images from rides, all around the park, etc….. This purchase will cover all 8 days. Was already 2 days in to using a 1-week pass. To get the digital photos linked to our photo pass account we had to show them the actual email confirmation of our 1-week photo pass purchase. My advice: Make sure you have a printed copy of the original email or are able to bring it up on your phone.

You must show confirmation on your mobile device or via an email or print out to receive the character meal images. Appreciate your input! Also can you use a Disney gift card to pay for the photo pass in person? I noticed online you have to purchase with a visa. I have a similar question! We have another character meal Ariel on the last day that I want to actually use the photo package for, if that helps?? All images will be included in your package — no problem.

I was just wondering the same question too. We are doing Goofys before going into parks and then might end the trip with Stitch.

Thanks for all your help Casey! We just returned back home from a great trip to Disney. We were unsure on which photo pass package so we were going to see how the trip went. Karma got the best of me in the hotel shuffle and all of our passes were left. Hi, I am still very unsure on what to do. Do they send you something to your home address? You may purchase it now or in the park. It makes no difference. Everything is handled via email, so nothing to wait for in the mail. It will only be activated when you enter the park or a Disney restaurant and attach a photo to your app or website, so you physically cannot activate it until you arrive.

I like to be prepared, hehe, so wanted to get it all sorted before actually leaving for the US. I understand that you cannot add borders any longer but can you still edit your photos online, like zoom in and crop etc? I liked being able to take a pic and zoom in and crop out some of the surroundings or to get a nice close up of our family.

I love your site sooo much! Thank You! Do you know this one; if I were to scan the photopass card they give me at the beginning of the day into my app right then, could I still use that card the rest of the day and have it keep adding the photos?

Or am I supposed to wait until we leave he park at night and back at the hotel before scanning the cards? You may scan the card at the beginning of your day and use the app or continue with the card.

You can scan at any time and images should be available from the card. Using the card will help you avoid a drained battery. When I link the photos do i get to see them right away and then purchase them when I get home?

We are going to DLR on Oct 18th through the 23rd but wont be home til the 26th. Hi Casey, amazing site! I will be going in November, running in the runDisney race, dining at the Minnie in the Park character dining, etc. Sound right? I wanted to have all my dining photos and the disc…but apparently you cannot have both! I keep getting conflicting reports on this. Anxious to know more! I have been told on several occasions that with just the one week or one day, the meal image is included.

Thank you for this information! Very helpful. I do have a few more questions. We bought a 3 day pass to Disneyland and are planning to go 2 days in October with our 1-year-old and then 1 day in November without the baby.

What package would you recommend? Also, just to clarify, when I buy the photo pass I am able to download ALL the pictures from the park and print them myself?

Yes, you can download all the photos yourself. I recommend the week package for your visit. Do I have to buy pictures in addition to buying the photo pass? Can I just collect the cards and do everything when I get home or do I need to do something every day with my cell phone?

Sorry for all the questions! I just want to make sure that I understand everything becfore I go. The week long is best for anything above one day.

Collect the cards and enter them when you are finished with your trip. Printed pictures are an additional cost. Me and My entire Ohana which is a total of 20 people are going to Disneyland in a month. That will include all of your images. Rather than screen shotting the code, I would have everyone use a PhotoPass card and then enter the cards each evening into your account. With a screen shot, the code might not be scannable……. Casey, thank you so much for this post! Thank you for always keeping us well informed!

Forgive me if this was ask already! We have my family of four but also my sister in law and her family of 6. Can we all be on one week long pass? Or is it best to have each family get their own?? You may all share the same PhotoPass. There is no limit to the amount of cards you can scan into one purchase. I saw that you can link up to 5 bibs per photopass, but is that per day or total? Hi, Heather.

Since this is new, the PhotoPass cast members are still learning, too. I would call the PhotoPass number in this post to confirm before your race. How do we do this? That has to be done at the photo shops. No need to get the week long photopass and the collection, however. Your images are included in the collection. First and foremost, thank you for all this info.

I am still however a little confused and have a few questions I hope you can clarify for me. My next visit is December and I want to make sure I understand everything prior to going. My previous experience let me edit all the photos they took online and change boarders and such on the individual pictures. Is this not an option anymore?

If I preorder, do they send physical cards to me or is it just a code? If I add the photo pass code to the Disneyland app, does it activate immediately, or does it start from when I first arrive and they snap the first picture? Are these 2 different passes able to combine on to one account?

How would I put both pass codes onto my Disneyland app? I apologize for my lack of understanding. The current options do not allow editing or borders. That will get you started. I recommend keeping the same card or a small amount to cut down on the risk of losing images by losing cards.

Those allow up to 45 days of images. Thank you for the fast response. Those answers helped immensely. I do have one more question. I note where you can buy each within this post. This product can only be purchased at a Disney PhotoPass Sales Center, any dining location with PhotoPass Photographers and all attraction locations with on-ride PhotoPass photo capture.

Is there anyway of adding a DVD at all without having to buy the collection packages? Thanks so much! You should not have to pre-purchase, as the character meal images should be available to you with the week plan, which can be bought before, during or after your trip.

No option to add the DVD without going up in packages. I did the old photopass when I was in DL December of and we loved it. What exactly is the difference between the old photopass and the photopass plus for the one week package besides the lack of character dining photos and the CD? You can still use the plastic cards. You can collect all of the images on the card and then scan the card to your account on the website or phone. The biggest differences include as you mentioned, plus this package is only for 7 days, where as the previous was up to 2 weeks.

You also had to pre-purchase the old one. It seems like an amazing deal! Especially if you get the photo each time you ride one of the included attractions. Those alone cost, what? And to get all the photos with characters around the park, as well as shots around the park AND magic shots? All for 70 bucks?!

Seems too good to be true! I know the photographers will take pics with your camera but Id rather not have to worry about it and just let them do their thing, probably with better quality, too. Thanks for all your insight! We will be at DL for 4 days at the end of August.

This seems like a much better deal! You can purchase now or when you arrive. All attraction images are included! Just be sure to grab those codes when you see your pics to enter into your app or site later on. No CDs for the week package now.

But such a great deal! Thanks for the quick reply! Much easier than waiting in the long lines at the park to purchase the CD. We are just leaving Disneyland after a fun week. Just FYI, we had bought the one week online before arriving.

It seems there is still a lot of mis-information and confusion about the new products right now! Thank for the info.

I would call the phone number in this post and let them know your experience. You deserve more than you received. I had a similar experience this morning at Paradise Pier — the person selling the printed photos told me she could only give me the Photopass code if I purchased the prints. She then told me once I had purchased, I could go to one of the shops in the park to get the code.

Later she came back with a card with the Photopass customer service number and said if I called after I purchased the package and told them the date and time we dined at Paradise Pier, I could get the code that way. Finally, a member of my party ended up buying the printed photos. Thanks for the info! There is definitely a learning curve out there.

Hoping all cast members are on board soon. Sorry, what did I miss? Can I pre-purchase the one week pass? Thanks for all this information on PhotoPass.

I am a WDW regular and just returned from a 5 day Disneyland trip, all of your advice was wonderful. That turned out to be one of our best pictures of the week. My 5 year old also looks disgruntled for photos even if she had been having the time of her life 3 minutes prior!

Oh well, they took a few pics of just me and my husband which are also nice to have! They were more apt to volunteer to take pictures with your phone since you are already handing it to them though. They use their professional stock footage of the attraction and they include a short clip or two of you riding on the attraction. I would assume that if this is the case an attraction video from Radiator Springs Racers would show some footage of the track, some of the characters, and then a clip of the guests racing along.

Our photo album from last year is my favorite souvenir from our vacation. I was also hoping for some clarification on the new PhotoPass plan. Do I understand that correctly? Are the options mutually exclusive? You may buy the PhotoPass Collections at the beginning of the week to get the dining event photo voucher , but you should not redeem your code until the very end of your trip so that you receive every photo from your visit.

Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your patience. I just rewrote this post, so take a look again for lots more info. Regarding your questions, I have not heard of any merchandise coming back. You can, of course, use the images to create your fun pieces on Shutterfly. However, your post leads me to believe the DVD will include all pics in the PhotoPass account at the time of activation redemption of the product code which gives much more flexibility.

Would you please find out which is correct? I also want to make sure I have the timing down for activation. One final question for now, lol! Love your site! I read through the thread and wanted to confirm details please. First day we have an early character breakfast a Plaza Inn. Yes, you will need to have the One Day option purchased before your character meal.

So get that done before arriving. Thanks for confirming details, Casey! Just what I wanted to hear!! Thanks for this information. I read in one of the comments that you can add more than one day to your Photo Pass One Day option but when I go to Disneyland. Any idea where and how I might be able to find it?

You can add more then one card at a time, but only one day will work for each One Day purchase. Casey- did I read somewhere why it was a good idea to prepay for the Photo Pass before having breakfast at the Plaza Inn?

You did right. Good job, Mel! So confused. We are a group of 9 of 3 families. Can we combine all our day pics in one package for each day? And are all the pictures we take at goofys kitchen included? Last time we took about 12 since we are a large group and took pictures each family and all together and they were all included.

WillCAD Member. You can call and ask, but prepare yourself for disappointment. You've got two separate expiration periods to deal with: 1 PhotoPass photos expire after 45 days, unless you purchase a one-time day extension, which you must do BEFORE they expire. Your photos have expired already, so they'd have to be recovered first, and even then, you're way beyond the day maximum. This day window is not connected to the expiration of your photos - the day countdown starts when you make your first download, and it can end before your photos are all expired, or it can continue after all of your photos have expired.

If you didn't download a single photo, then your Memory Maker entitlement is still good. But if you downloaded even one photo before they expired, then your Memory Maker entitlement will also be expired.

So, first things first - can they bring back all of your expired photos? If they can't, then that's that, your photos will be gone.

If they can bring back all of your expired photos, AND your Memory Maker entitlement has not been used, then you should be able to download your photos. This is a lot of IFs, though, so like I said - be prepared for disappointment. Or at the very least, for a lot of time on the phone explaining over and over what happened and waiting for someone to get back to you.

ShareBDwithMickey said:. Click to expand PinnySmart Well-Known Member. OP please tell us what happens. They may also be wearing a hat to keep that Florida sun off their friendly faces. In addition, PhotoPass cameras are positioned in a number of popular attractions, so that you can get photos from your time on the rides. Learn more about MagicBands here.

This spot will feature backgrounds and props to help you create the perfect shot. PhotoPass may be available at select dining locations for character meals. The PhotoPass photographers in the Resort lobbies wear a white button-down shirt and blue slacks.

Like the regular locations, these can change from year to year. Cast Members may also have PhotoPass cards on hand should you not want or be able to use your MagicBand or admission card. Full details for each of the products and current prices can be found on the official PhotoPass site.

Expect to find options like photo mugs, photo books, and more to bring the magic of your PhotoPass photos home to you! Each Park has a location where PhotoPass Cast Members can assist with locating missing pictures, helping you browse your current images, and typically even taking your order for prints. Memory Maker allows you to receive unlimited digital Disney PhotoPass photos captured at hundreds of locations throughout Walt Disney World Resort — including attraction and character meal photographs where applicable.