when does memory maker start?

[mmouse50]

I was planning on purchasing memory maker for my extended famiy trip next March, and I had a few extra dollars so I thought about buying it now. But I was wondering if I have a quick trip planned between now and next March - will any ride pictures activate the memory maker? Or is it only activated when you either use the card or magic band?

 

[MataHari22]

I believe it is only activated once you download the photos. So, say I go on my trip, and I get 100 photos taken but don't like any of them, so I do not download them, I will still have that memory maker entitlement for another trip. I could be totally wrong about this though. I would swear that's what I've read. Hopefully someone will come along who knows for sure and post.

 

[maryj11]

I have more than 1 trip planned. Can I use Memory Maker on more than 1 trip?
You can take pics for up to 30 days after the first time you download a photo to your account and then Memory Maker photos must be downloaded within 45 days of the first day you download pics (translation: if you time it right, you could get up to 75 days of use out of Memory Maker). You'll most likely just end up using it for 1 trip unless your two trips take place within that 75 day period.
Found this on FAQ's

 

[mmouse50]

So I am assuming that downloading means using my magic band at a ride. If I don't do that I will be good.

 

[MataHari22]

So I am assuming that downloading means using my magic band at a ride. If I don't do that I will be good.

No, has nothing to with the magic band. Downloading as in signing into a computer and downloading the digital photos to save them on your computer. The magic band or scanning the card if you don't happen to have a band, just allows the photos to go to the correct account.

 

[maryj11]

Yes I think it is when you get on the computer and download the photos is when it starts

 

[Mikie]

I believe it is only activated once you download the photos. So, say I go on my trip, and I get 100 photos taken but don't like any of them, so I do not download them, I will still have that memory maker entitlement for another trip. I could be totally wrong about this though. I would swear that's what I've read. Hopefully someone will come along who knows for sure and post.

Exactly right. Your ride photos will be captured and you can see them. But as long as you don't download any (by logging on to your MDE account and clicking the download now button) then pictures from your first trip will simply expire and you'll still have your MM entitlement ready for trip #2