Memory Maker possible for multiple trips, less than 60 days apart?

[GuyFromGulfport]

We went to WDW, for the weekend before Mardi Gras (early February), and are returning the last week of March.

I am purchasing Memory Maker for the week in March, and would like to know if there is any purchasing strategy that would allow for the ride photos from the February trip to be included.

Thanks!!

 

[Bishoparc]

Unfortunately, no. The window is 30 days forward from the time you purchase it. So if you had visited say at the beginning of February, bought memory make then, and then visited at the end of February all your pictures would be there (but still then, you would've had to have purchased it at the beginning of the first trip. The below information is from the Disney web site.
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If Memory Maker is purchased at the advance purchase price, any photos taken within 3 days of the date Memory Maker is purchased are not included and must be purchased separately.

Once you activate Memory Maker, you have 30 days to capture photos and videos. All your Disney PhotoPass media from within the 30 days will be available to download until that media expires

 

[GuyFromGulfport]

I was wondering the possibility of: Purchasing the Memory Maker 20 days in advance of March trip, and waiting the 3 days, and downloading the Photo Pass photos from the February trip (still inside the 45 day window). I'd still have 4 days after the March trip to download the photos from that trip.

 

[GuyFromGulfport]

Unfortunately, no. The window is 30 days forward from the time you purchase it. So if you had visited say at the beginning of February, bought memory make then, and then visited at the end of February all your pictures would be there (but still then, you would've had to have purchased it at the beginning of the first trip. The below information is from the Disney web site.
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If Memory Maker is purchased at the advance purchase price, any photos taken within 3 days of the date Memory Maker is purchased are not included and must be purchased separately.

Once you activate Memory Maker, you have 30 days to capture photos and videos. All your Disney PhotoPass media from within the 30 days will be available to download until that media expires

Now I think I get it. Memory Maker only lets you download the photos from the time period from the 30 day window POST-ACTIVATION. While the others may still be available for download, I would have to pay for those. right?

 

[Bishoparc]

Now I think I get it. Memory Maker only lets you download the photos from the time period from the 30 day window POST-ACTIVATION. While the others may still be available for download, I would have to pay for those. right?

Correct, it's not a 30 day either side of the purchase window. You have 30 days to take pictures from the time you purchase MM. You then have 45 days to download the pictures from the day they were taken.

 

[GuyFromGulfport]

Correct, it's not a 30 day either side of the purchase window. You have 30 days to take pictures from the time you purchase MM. You then have 45 days to download the pictures from the day they were taken.

Thanks! That sums it up.

 

[ajfd]

First off, the date of purchase only matters when you select the advance purchase option. In the case of the advanced purchase option, no matter what you do, only photos taken 3 days after that date can be included.

Second, the 30 day download window begins when you redeem the download entitlement, not the date you purchase Memory Maker.

So, in answer to your question, I believe the answer is YES, you can have MM for your trips so long as you purchase the full-price version.

Say you took your Feb photos on Feb 1, they will be in your PhotoPass account until March 15.

If you purchase the full-price Memory Maker entitlement and then activate it, you will have 30 days from that point where you can download whatever photos are in your PhotoPass account. You can download multiple times.

So say you purchase the full-price MM today and then activate the entitlement on March 10... you will need to "Download All Photos" between March 10 and March 16 to get your photos from Feb.
Then sometime after your last week in March trip but before April 9 (which is 30 days after March 10), you "Download All Photos" again to get the photos from the March trip.

 

[GuyFromGulfport]

First off, the date of purchase only matters when you select the advance purchase option. In the case of the advanced purchase option, no matter what you do, only photos taken 3 days after that date can be included.

Second, the 30 day download window begins when you redeem the download entitlement, not the date you purchase Memory Maker.

So, in answer to your question, I believe the answer is YES, you can have MM for your trips so long as you purchase the full-price version.

Say you took your Feb photos on Feb 1, they will be in your PhotoPass account until March 15.

If you purchase the full-price Memory Maker entitlement and then activate it, you will have 30 days from that point where you can download whatever photos are in your PhotoPass account. You can download multiple times.

So say you purchase the full-price MM today and then activate the entitlement on March 10... you will need to "Download All Photos" between March 10 and March 16 to get your photos from Feb.
Then sometime after your last week in March trip but before April 9 (which is 30 days after March 10), you "Download All Photos" again to get the photos from the March trip.

THIS is what I was thinking I could possibly do. The first pictures were taken between the 6-8th of February, and I'm going to WDW the last week of March. I figured I could wait until next week, and be in the window of both trips.

 

[100acrewoodsfan]

It is possible with very careful planning. I have done this multiple times. The information ajfd gave you is correct. Normally you should buy MM before your trip but don't activate until the first pictures are about to expire. Once you take your first pictures they will have an expiration date listed. Download everything on that date and then you will have another 30 days to continue downloading more.

Since you haven't purchased MM yet it should work but just be a bit more expensive. You can always call MM directly to confirm. I had a very nice CM help me figure out the dates the first time I did this.

You may also want to do the math and see if it's cheaper to upgrade one person to an annual pass that includes MM. Then you have all the photos for a year.