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PhotoPass Service at Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World PhotoPass

The Disney PhotoPass service provides guests with a way to view and purchase the photos that are taken by Disney's own photographers online. When a Disney Photographer takes your photo, you are handed a "PhotoPass" card, which has a unique key on it. You can go on the PhotoPass website and enter this key, which will show the photo. You can then purchase prints or a number of other services.

You can also upload your own photographs to the PhotoPass website which can then be used with the products that they offer.

PhotoPass Locations

PhotoPass Photographers are located at numerous fixed positions around the parks, however you may also find them walking around taking photos.

Magic Kingdom:

  • Main Street U.S.A
    • Below the Train Station
    • Town Square
    • Along Main Street
    • Castle Hub
  • Adventureland
  • Frontierland
  • Tomorrowland

Epcot:

  • Main Entrance and the Spaceship Earth area
  • Character Connection
  • Multiple locations around the World Showcase
  • MISSION:Space
  • Test Track

Disney's Hollywood Studios:

  • Hollywood Boulevard and the Park Entrance
  • Selected Sunset Boulevard Attractions
  • Under the Mickey Mouse Sorcerer Hat
  • Al's Toy Barn
  • Animation Courtyard
  • Avenue of the Americas

Disney's Animal Kingdom:

  • Main Entrance and Oasis Area
  • Tree of Life
  • Discovery Island, overlooking the lake with Expedition Everest as the backdrop
  • Camp Minnie-Mickey
  • Character Boat Landing
  • Africa

Disney's Blizzard Beach:

  • Roaming photographers
  • One photographer is usually in a fixed location in the Lazy River

Disney's Typhoon Lagoon:

  • Roaming photographers
  • One photographer is usually in a fixed location in the Lazy River

Other Locations:

  • Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Downtown Disney

Restaurants:

Select restaurants offer a table-side photo which is added to your PhotoPass. This applies to the following restaurants:

  • Chef Mickey's
  • Cinderella's Royal Table (photo included with the price of the meal)
  • Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
  • Mickey's Backyard Barbecue
  • Princess Storybook Dining (photo included with the price of the meal)
  • Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show

PhotoPass Private Sessions

Guests can purchase and schedule a 30 minute one-on-one photography session with a PhotoPass Photographer. This service is offered at the following locations:

  • Disney's Beach Club Resort
  • Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Disney's Polynesian Resort

Sessions must be booked up to 30 days in advance. Call 407-939-4004 for full details and for bookings.

PhotoPass Products

The PhotoPass service includes the following products:

Photo Prints:

  • Two 4x6 prints - $14.95
  • 5x7 print - $14.95
  • 5x7 print plus 4 wallet photos - $19.95
  • 8x10 print - $16.95
  • 16x20 print - $24.95
  • Personal Prints (4x6 print of your own photos uploaded from your computer) - $0.19 each
  • Photo Book (up to 60 pages on quality paper. 11" x 8.75" photos, up to 4 photos per page) - $79.95

Digital Products:

  • PhotoPass Gallery CD (non-personal photos of your choice from around the WDW resort and parks) - $39.95
  • Personal PhotoPass Archive CD (your own photos and/or PhotoPass photos on a CD) - $19.95
  • Photo Downloads (high-resolution .jpg of your photos with a limited usage license applied) - $14.95 each

Personalized Merchandise:

  • Photo Calendar (A wire-bound calendar 8 1/2" x 11" in size) - $24.95
  • PhotoMug (A 15 ounce personalized ceramic mug) - $19.95
  • Photo DisPlay (Mickey Mouse themed photo frame with your professionally printed photo) - $24.95
  • Photo Mouse Pad - $16.95
  • Canvas Prints (16" x 20" gallery wrapped canvas on a 1/2" thick wooden frame) - $99.95
  • Photo Puzzles (252 pieces) - $29.95
  • Photo Magnet (2.7" x 1.9") - $14.95
  • Photo Water Bottle (20 ounce, stainless steel) - $24.95
  • 4x4 Note Pad (tiny personal photo in the corner - 100 sheets) - $19.95
  • Magnetic Notepad (great for putting on the refrigerator - 3.25" x 8" - 30 sheets) - $14.95

Seasonal Items:

  • Folded photo card (Set of ten 5" x 7" holiday cards) - $24.95
  • Standard photo cards (set of twenty 5" x 7" cards) - $29.95
  • Photo ornaments (ceramic ornaments with a photo in the centre) - $16.95
  • Return address labels (set of 28 sticky labels - 3 lines per label) - $9.95
  • Gift labels (Set of 20 sticky labels with a photo and to/from on them) - $9.95

Other Products:

  • Photo Stickers (Set of 20 stickers of the same photo) - $9.95

Viewing Your Photos

Other than viewing your photos online, there are a number of PhotoPass locations where you can view your photos and purchase prints. These are as follows:

  • Magic Kingdom - Main Street U.S.A Exposition Hall
  • Epcot - Camera Center under Spaceship Earth
  • Disney's Hollywood Studios - Cover Story, located on Hollywood Boulevard
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom - Garden Gate Gifts at the park entrance, on the right
  • Downtown Disney - In the marketplace
  • Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa - M. Mouse Mercantile

PhotoPass+

The PhotoPass+ service provides digital access to photos taken by PhotoPass photographers within the last 14 days. Selected attractions and dining print packages also have PhotoPass+, meaning you can view your attraction and dining photos.

As part of the PhotoPass+ service, guests receive a PhotoPass+ card and lanyard as well as the PhotoPass Gallery CD, containing 400 stock photos from around Walt Disney World.

The following attractions currently offer the PhotoPass+ service:

  • Dinosaur (Animal Kingdom)
  • Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (Magic Kingdom)
  • Expedition Everest (Animal Kingdom)
  • Rock 'n Roller Coaster (Hollywood Studios)
  • Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom)
  • Splash Mountain (Magic Kingdom)
  • Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Hollywood Studios)

The following character dining locations offer the PhotoPass+ service as part of the print packages:

  • 1900 Park Fare
  • Akershus Princess Storybook Dining
  • Chef Mickey's
  • Cinderella's Royal Table
  • Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
  • Ohana (Breakfast only)
  • Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
  • Tusker House (Breakfast only)

PhotoPass+ can be purchased at any of the PhotoPass viewing areas (see 'viewing your photos' above). Guests can order a complete CD of your PhotoPass+ photos for $199.95 ($169.95 if pre-ordered prior to your vacation).