Disney PhotoPass
{{short description|Professional photography service offered at Disney theme parks}}
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| type = Professional photography service
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| launch year = 2004
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| url = {{URL | https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/photopass/ | Official PhotoPass Website}}
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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.{{efn|Disneyland Resort, Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disneyland Resort or Disneyland Paris 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{{efn|Applicable to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.}} or via a resort's website. Photographers are positioned at various locations throughout the resorts, mainly inside the theme parks.{{Cite web |title=Picture Spot |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/picture-spots/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com}} 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),{{Cite web |title= PhotoPass – Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/photopass/photo-availability-period/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com |language=en}} while the premium Memory Maker package unlocks photo downloads at the Walt Disney World Resort.{{Cite web|url=https://disneylanddaily.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-photopass-and-why-you-should-have-it-for-your-trip/|title=Everything You Need to Know About PhotoPass+ Packages at...|last=Starnes|first=Casey|date=2016-08-02|website=Disneyland Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-25}}
Services
=Complimentary services=
Each theme park features a photo imaging center near the entrance for photo viewing, assistance and printing,{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article104551.ece|title=Finding the magic in Disney World|last=Andrew|first=Ryan|date=Mar 13, 2009|newspaper=Globe and Mail|access-date=2009-07-20}}{{cite book|last=Sehlinger|first=Bob|author2=Len Testa|title=The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2008|publisher=Wiley|date=August 27, 2007|pages=[https://archive.org/details/unofficialguideto00sehl/page/401 401]|isbn=978-0-470-08963-7|url=https://archive.org/details/unofficialguideto00sehl|url-access=registration|quote=Photopass.}} as well as a photography studio located at Disney Springs.{{Cite web |title=Disney's PhotoPass Guide {{!}} Walt Disney World Resort |url=https://www.themouseforless.com/walt-disney-world/parks/photo-pass/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en-US}}
At Walt Disney World, in-ride photographs cab 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, Slinky Dog Dash, and Dinosaur.{{Cite web |title=Attraction Photos and Videos by Disney PhotoPass Service |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/photography/attraction-photos-and-videos/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com}} 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.
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 image taken on a 360° camera with multiple fisheye lenses, and a 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.{{Cite web |title=Walt Disney World Resort |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/memory-maker/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Disney PhotoPass Lenses |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/genie/photopass-lenses/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com}} 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.{{Cite web |title= Capture Your Moment |url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/capture-your-moment/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=disneyworld.disney.go.com}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/questions.aspx?sort=&page=&qid=46621&pid=156&cid=165|title=Are pictures taken with the PhotoPass on the DCL. Ones that can be added to a store purchased photo CD|last=L|first=Kimberly|work=Moms Panel|publisher=Walt Disney Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102600/http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/questions.aspx?sort=&page=&qid=46621&pid=156&cid=165|archive-date=2011-07-11}}
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