'My Disney Experience' app update provides more PhotoPass features

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Posted: Thursday October 8, 2015 8:13am EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 'My Disney Experience' app has been updated to include additional features for PhotoPass.

A new QR code can be displayed on screen via the app which can be scanned by PhotoPass photographers in place of a PhotoPass card or MagicBand.

Disney has recently been expanding the scope of My Disney Experience to include more PhotoPass functionality. The last update included previews of PhotoPass images.

The new version of 'My Disney Experience' is now in the Apple App Store.

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dreamfinderOct 16, 2015

The QR code is just like the ones on the back of the existing plastic Photopass card. All they are doing is giving you another way to get a QR code without having to get a plastic card. Doesn't matter if you have a pass or not. I've found that when you have a boarding pass on your phone the employee does everything in their power to avoid touching it. TSA tells me to put it on the scanner to have them scan it, and every gate agent I've seen (10 flights in the last month) has just shown me where to hold my phone for it to be scanned.

mnrlblueOct 10, 2015

Except you don't need the new passes to use the QR or view your photos. You do need a pass or MM to download the photos.

BobOct 09, 2015

You've been too busy playing around with your iPencil? :p

wdwmagicOct 09, 2015

Yeah i was just late on the news.

HerahOct 09, 2015

What I've found with things like boarding passes and insurance cards is that I don't like handing strangers my phone. So I use the paper by preference, but I have it on my phone as a backup. Maybe not an issue if they have handheld scanners.

freediverdudeOct 08, 2015

Mm hmm, they're making it super easy for those people with the new annual passes, aren't they. And people without, hey, you can unlock this section of My Disney Experience and see your photos if you get one of the new passes. Evil plan.

rtillerOct 08, 2015

Right, I was just speaking of myself. Although, I know for me I would even be more likely to use my ticket/pass (if they still take those) if I didn't have a MagicBand as opposed to a bar code on my phone. I don't fault them for adding it, no harm in that, but it seems like more steps involved than just using a card. This coming from a guy who loves techie stuff but still takes a debit/credit card from my wallet to make a purchase rather than use my phone. Stuck in my ways with some things and not others I guess.

Rob562Oct 08, 2015

Though not everyone in the parks are staying on-site and have a Magic Band, but can still use the MDE app. -Rob

rtillerOct 08, 2015

I could see this working for some but I like using the MagicBand myself. The many uses of the MagicBand has been the best thing to come out of this whole program in my opinion. I put it on before I leave the house for the airport and it gets me on DME, into my room when it's ready, into the parks, acts as my payment method and PhotoPass card.

PhilharMagicianOct 08, 2015

Also shows Blizzard Beach being open 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM every day

BobOct 08, 2015

Got this update to my Android phone several nights ago.

dan8302Oct 08, 2015

Meh. I like that they keep adding features to the app, it shows that they are thinking about how personal technology is starting to play in integral part of the park experience. That being said this feels more like bloatware rather than a feature anyone is going to use.