Disney PhotoPass
Disney PhotoPass is a professional photography service that began on December 4, 2004 that is offered at theme parks, water parks, and resorts of the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Tokyo Disney Resort. The service includes digital photo downloads, print services, private photography sessions and offers custom-ordered products, such as photo albums, mugs and phone covers, through a third-party company.

Overview
Disney PhotoPass is available to all guests visiting the Orlando, Anaheim and Tokyo resorts. Photos are linked directly to guests' park ticket or MagicBand, which in turn, are linked to the guest's Disney account on their resort's mobile application.

Photographers are positioned at various locations throughout the US and Japanese resorts, mainly inside the theme parks. In Orlando, the service is also offered at certain dining locations within resorts and theme parks, the water parks and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at both Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs. Additionally, Enchanted Tales with Belle is the only attraction at Walt Disney World that includes a PhotoPass photographer towards the end of the experience, with a meet-and-greet with Belle. Photographs are taken mostly in outdoor locations during daytime and nighttime, as well as indoor locations, such as character meet-and-greets.

All photos taken by Disney PhotoPass photographers as well as in-ride photographs and videos are available for viewing for 45 days, with watermarks, as of the date they were taken. The Memory Maker premium digital packages allow unlimited photo downloads and editing for 30 days, without watermarks, as of the purchase date.

Services

Photo imaging center and studio
Each theme park features a photo imaging center inside, nearby their entrances, where photos can be viewed, located and linked if missing from the guest's account. Additionally, print services are offered, usually ready within minutes of purchase. Disney PhotoPass also includes a professional photography studio, with backdrops and props, located at Disney Springs.

In-ride photographs
Traditionally, at Walt Disney World, in-ride photographs are available for viewing at the end of the attraction experience, which can also be linked to the guest's Disney account by tapping a park ticket or MagicBand to an RFID touchpoint. In more recent years, a majority of attractions now enable Bluetooth technology to directly link photos to guests' account, which requires riding with a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone or wearing a MagicBand while experiencing an attraction, without needing to scan at a touchpoint. Other attractions exclusively employ this method, such as The Haunted Mansion, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Slinky Dog Dash and Dinosaur; this last one after eliminating the tap-to-scan method. Additionally, only three attractions at Walt Disney World include in-ride videos along with photographs: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and TRON Lightcycle / Run.

At Disneyland Resort, all attractions employ the tap-to-scan method to link photos at the end of the ride experience, rather than a Bluetooth-enabled linking method.

Magic Shots
Select photograph locations may include "Magic Shots", that are prompted by photographers. These prompts insert Disney characters or special effects, such as balloons or pixie dust, into the photograph, which is later uploaded to the guest's account. Some effects are offered periodically or taken out of rotation. Other Magic Shots include Tiny World, an orthographic image taken on a 360° camera with multiple fisheye lenses, and Super Zoom, a zoomed-in photograph taken from a far distance from the subject.

Premium services

Memory Maker
Disney Memory Maker is a premium photo package service that allows guests unlimited downloading and editing of all photos taken by PhotoPass photographers or in-ride attraction photos and videos for 30 days, without watermarks, as of the purchase date. Memory Maker packages include a 24-hour package for photos taken during the day of the purchase, and one for the entire length of a guest's vacation at the resorts.

Disney PhotoPass Lenses
Disney PhotoPass Lenses launched with the Disney Genie+ premium service on October 19, 2021 on each resort's respective mobile application. The feature utilizes augmented reality technology to place Disney characters in the frame or to apply themed effects and animations, very much like Snapchat.

Capture Your Moment
Capture Your Moment is also offered at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, consisting of a premium and private 20-minute photography session in specific locations within each resort's theme parks.

Other
Although Disney Cruise Line offers photography services within their fleet, it is offered through The Image Group, a contracted professional photography company, headquartered in the Cayman Islands, which also runs services on other cruise lines. While photo editing options similar to PhotoPass are offered onboard, photos taken in Disney ships are exclusively available for the duration of each itinerary.

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Products introduced in 2004
PhotoPass
Photography