More details for tomorrow's inaugural PhotoPass Day at Walt Disney World

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday August 18, 2016 10:40am EDT · "PhotoPass"
More details for tomorrow's inaugural PhotoPass Day at Walt Disney World
Find out how to get free PhotoPass images, where to meet rare characters, and how to take part in the PhotoPass Challenge.

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Walt Disney World will be celebrating PhotoPass Day on Friday August 19 2016, with special character appearances and complimentary PhotoPass images.


Here is everything you need to know to make the most of what's on offer.

Complimentary PhotoPass Download Locations

Visit a Disney PhotoPass photographer at one of the locations below. Then open the My Disney Experience app to download and share the photo at no charge.

  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: Festival of the Lion King entrance
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Echo Lake
  • Epcot: Under Spaceship Earth
  • Magic Kingdom: Purple wall in Tomorrowland (between Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant and Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor) and near the fountain that’s in front of Cinderella Castle on the right side viewed from Main Street
  • Disney Springs: Marketplace near to the Pearl Factory

PhotoPass Challenge Locations

Get your photo taken by a Disney PhotoPass photographer at each of the designated challenge locations on August 19. Once you’ve stopped by all of the locations, visit a Disney PhotoPass Sales Center on August 19 to claim a Disney PhotoPass photo. At the Walt Disney World Resort, participants will receive a voucher for one Disney PhotoPass download. Photos taken at the challenge locations are not complimentary and will be watermarked until purchased.

Magic Kingdom Park

  • Photo with Tinker Bell in Town Square Theater (Main Street, U.S.A.)
  • Partners Statue in front of Cinderella Castle (Main Street, U.S.A.)
  • Pirates Mast (Adventureland next to Pirates of the Caribbean)
  • In front of Splash Mountain (Frontierland)
  • Gaston’s Fountain (Fantasyland)

Disney PhotoPass Sales Center at Town Square Theater

Epcot

  • Any Disney Character photo in Epcot Character Spot
  • France Pavilion (World Showcase)
  • Japan Pavilion (World Showcase)
  • Germany Pavilion (World Showcase)
  • Norway Pavilion (World Showcase)

Disney PhotoPass Sales Center is at the Camera Center (Future World)

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

  • Chinese Theatre (Photo can be taken anywhere on Hollywood Boulevard)
  • Photo with Mickey and Minnie Starring in Red Carpet Dreams
  • Pixar Arch (Pixar Place)
  • Photo with Chewbacca or Kylo Ren in Star Wars Launch Bay
  • Photo on Sunset Boulevard

Disney PhotoPass Sales Center is at Cover Story

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

  • Tree of Life
  • Photo with Mickey and Minnie in Adventurers Outpost
  • Fossil Fun Games (DinoLand U.S.A)
  • Africa Bridge

Disney PhotoPass Sales Center is at Garden Gate Gifts

Special Character Experiences At Magic Kingdom Park & Epcot

There will be special character experiences at Magic Kingdom Park and Epcot, where Disney PhotoPass photographers will capture your encounter with Pinocchio, Gideon and Foulfellow in Storybook Circus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

At Epcot, a friend or foe will join some of your favorite Disney characters around World Showcase, including Mushu and Mulan in the China Pavilion; Snow White and Dopey in the Germany Pavilion; and the Queen of Hearts, who will join Alice in the United Kingdom Pavilion. Check the My Disney Experience app or the Epcot Times Guide on August 19 for these Disney characters’ schedule.

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More details for tomorrow's inaugural PhotoPass Day at Walt Disney World
Wonder if they going to do another one after this one if it becomes a success.
↩ replying to rodnyh
I really bet it ties in with the current setup w/Belle they have in Liberty Square. Testing out different ways to cheaply drive more traffic to Photopass. If they see an uptick in sales related to either, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a permament Memory Maker exclusive M&G with some rare-ish (or at least not common) character.
Just saw the line at the MK. Whoa
Reports of 3 hour waits for Mushu, 98% adults in line
↩ replying to rodnyh
Hopefully if they do, it'll be an excuse to start using a variety of characters again
↩ replying to rodnyh
I still really loved the "Long Lost Friends" idea for Disneyland and WDW that they did years ago. It was so wonderful for guests to get a chance to meet rare characters.
I really don't understand why Animation Courtyard, Storybook Circus, and Epcot Character Spot don't have flex spaces for character meet and greets where they can cycle through rarer characters. They saturate everything else, why not do something that people clearly want?
Hope they bring characters such as Quasi & Esmeralda, Hercules & Phil, Darkwing & Launchpad, among other for another occasion.
Also, did anyone know what happened with a guy that was dressed at Pinocchio and Mushu at the same time?
Anyway, I got a great time since I met the one I have been looking for years.... MUSHU!!! Lol!!! Didn't meet Dopey or Queen of Hearts since Dopey was not doing solo meet and greet and QOH because I personally do not like her.
Wow, I can't believe how long those lines are. This is a neat idea, I hope they keep it up. Bring back some older characters. I'd love to see Roger Rabbit again!
I'm glad they brought QOH out. She was always my favorite "friend" to hang out with.
↩ replying to asianway
Same kinda thing when Jiminy comes out for a week once a year.
I really don't get why Disney decided that we no longer want a variety of characters to meet at the parks. I wish we had more characters, even from movies that are wildly represented at the parks, Sebastian & Eric would be cool. I believe in Tokyo Disneyland Eric meets with Max daily. Ursula would be really cool if they could figure out how to do that, an interactive AA would be super cool. Characters like Meg & Herc too :( so many characters