Character line-up for Disney PhotoPass Day 2018

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday August 8, 2018 2:41pm ET · "PhotoPass"

Disney PhotoPass Day in 2018 will take place August 19 2018 at Walt Disney World, bringing special character appearances, Magic Shots and special pricing on one-day memory maker.

Here is a run-down of everything on offer:

Disney Springs

  • Peter Pan Shadow Magic Shot: between the LEGO® Store and World of Disney®
  • Original Selfie Magic Shot: outside of the Disney PhotoPass Studio
  • Special balloons virtual background: at the Disney PhotoPass Studio

Both Disney Springs Magic Shots are available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Virtual background at the Disney PhotoPass Studio is available from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Character Experiences:

  • Meet Bolt: Discovery Island Trails from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Meet Baloo and King Louie: Upcountry Landing in Asia from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Additional photo opportunities:*

  • Huey, Dewey and Louie Magic Shot: DinoLand U.S.A.
  • Kevin Magic Shot: near “UP! A Great Bird Adventure”
  • Russell’s grape soda bottlecap pin prop: near “UP! A Great Bird Adventure”
  • Finding Nemo prop: near “Finding Nemo – The Musical”
  • Kilimanjaro Safaris prop: near the attraction entrance

*These additional photo opportunities at Disney’s Animal Kingdom are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Character Experience:

Meet Jawas: Star Wars Launch Bay Cantina from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Additional photo opportunities:*

  • Rizzo Magic Shot: near Muppet?Vision 3D
  • Green Army Man Magic Shot: near the entrance to Slinky Dog Dash
  • Hollywood Tower Hotel luggage prop: Sunset Boulevard
  • Beauty and the Beast light painting next to Theater of the Stars (available from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.)

*These additional photo opportunities at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are available from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Epcot

Character Experiences:

  • Meet Cruella de Vil: United Kingdom Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • Meet Jafar: Morocco Pavilion from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Additional photo opportunities:*

  • Original Selfie Magic Shot: France Pavilion (available from noon to 8 p.m.)
  • World Traveler Magic Shots: available at all 11 countries in World Showcase (available from noon to 8 p.m.)
  • Baby Groot Magic Shot: Future World East at the galaxy-themed wall
  • Finding Nemo prop: near The Seas with Nemo & Friends
  • Spaceship Earth prop: near the attraction entrance

*These additional photo opportunities at Epcot are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Magic Kingdom Park

Character Experience:

  • Meet Pinocchio and Geppetto: near Pinocchio Village Haus from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Additional photo opportunities:*

  • Dole Whip Magic Shot: across from Sunshine Tree Terrace
  • Dumbo Magic Shot: near Dumbo the Flying Elephant
  • Mickey Mouse Magic Shot: on the bridge near Fairytale Garden
  • Jungle Cruise prop: near the attraction entrance
  • Pretzel prop: Purple Wall near Tomorrowland Terrace (available from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.)

*These additional photo opportunities at Magic Kingdom Park are available from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

You can take home digital downloads of all your Disney PhotoPass photos from the day for one price with Memory Maker One Day!* Memory Maker One Day will be available at the Disney PhotoPass Centers located in each of the four parks and at Disney Springs for the special price of $39, only on August 19, 2018, and only at these five locations.

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I think it is really lame that there are so few actual characters and that the event has been reduced to mostly magic shots....come on Disney- open up those purse strings a bit.
They bring out Bolt to Animal Kingdom.....Yet another odd ball move not have Nick & Judy out but...Whatever...And what's the point of bringing back a Cancelled M&G From 5 months ago for just one day....*Facepalm*
Cruella, wish we could meet her daily again. Such a quality character.
↩ replying to Cmdr_Crimson
That's Disney character entertainment for ya...
↩ replying to TabulaRasa
We hope you get well soon.
↩ replying to Rteetz
Right! Plus this is just a promotion to get people to buy into PhotoPass and to get fan sites like this one to generate free ads. I wouldn't call it entertainment. In my last 20+ visits there hasn't been a single PhotoPass photo worth printing out.
Bolt at Animal Kingdom today
↩ replying to Fox&Hound
Bingo.

And they're featuring characters that were regularly out just a few months ago. MAGICAL! lol

But guests will line up.

It's gone downhill. Why do they even bother? Lots of these magic shots could be used regularly. Same for the characters.

Use actual RARE characters. Not ones you've just made "rare".

They phone it in and the average guests (and us, I suppose) let them. I'll never forget how phoned in the last 24 hour party was. So bad.

Who's in charge of things like this? @MansionButler84 ? @asianway ? Can either of you give me insight into how things like this come about and who plans them?
↩ replying to Kman101
You’ll never get a true rare character in a park op setting again. Thanks Villains Unleashed for that.
↩ replying to asianway
Or their poor management on that?

Do they not realize they create this insane demand by making just about every character "rare"?
↩ replying to Kman101
There’s insane lines for Pinocchio today. I don’t blame management anymore I blame the guests
↩ replying to asianway
OK.

I blame both.

You don't see how poor management has led to characters being so in-demand they don't even want to be bothered?

Why is there insane lines?

Because Pinocchio isn't regularly out. Like he was 10 years ago. Like Clarabelle and Horace were. Like Hook and Smee were.

How can you not also hold management accountable? I know you seem to look down on the guests who visit WDW but the demand is there because whoever controls these things has created this problem. Not the guests. But they don't help, either.
↩ replying to Kman101
I only hold them accountable inasmuch they have yet to figure out a way to monetize the characters
By having a plethora of characters each and every day, throughout each day, in each park, the lines and "specialness" of the appearance would likely significantly lessen.