How Piksey works

Piksey is your Walt Disney World diary that you share with friends. Every ride, snack, show and character you post becomes a memory, and every memory fills in your passport: stamps, park and land completion, streaks and stats. Here's everything it can do, including the handy bits that aren't obvious at first.

Posting a memory

Tap the + button. Posting from the park takes about three taps:

Add photos or a clip. Up to 10 photos, or photos plus one clip of up to 30 seconds. Clips are shrunk on your phone before they upload.
Pick the place. When you're in the park, the places around you are suggested first; the one you're standing in is usually already picked. You can also search for any ride, restaurant, shop, show, resort or bus stop.
Pick what you did. Each place has a sensible default (rode, ate at, watched, met characters at…), and you can change it.

Then add a caption if you like, tag the friends you were with, and choose who can see it: Everyone, Followers or Only me. Your memory reads like a sentence, such as "Maya rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad with Jordan".

Only me: only you and the friends tagged in it can see the memory. It still counts for everything, so it's a good way to keep a private journal.
Same ride, or again? If you post a ride, show or meal at a place where you already have one within a couple of hours, one row asks: "You have a Space Mountain memory from 10:05. Same ride · Rode it again". "Same" is already chosen, so posting still takes three taps; tap Rode it again when you really did ride twice, and it counts as a second ride. Photos taken within two minutes of each other are always the same visit, and for drinks, character meets and photos the app just tells you when one is already counted.
Tagging: you can tag friends who follow you. They're asked first, and once they accept, the memory counts for them too: XP, stamps and progress. For the 48 hours after they accept, their credit follows your memory, so you can still fix a mistake; after that it's theirs to keep. Accepting a tag asks the same "same or again?" question when it sits next to a memory of their own.
The date: the memory uses the date and time the photo or clip was taken, so posting tonight's photos tomorrow still lands them on the right park day.
Posting from a place page: every place has a Post a memory here button with the place already filled in.
Editing: open your memory, tap ••• and choose Edit memory to change the caption, who you were with, or who can see it. The place, what you did, the date and the photos stay as posted.

Depending on the kind of memory you add, you can get even more specific. Some examples:

Monorail colors. Pick Walt Disney World Monorail and a Which one? row appears with all 12 trains, from Black to Yellow. Ride every color for the Monorail Rainbow stamp. Not sure which one it was? Choose "Not sure" and it still counts as riding the monorail.
Boats by name. The ferryboats, motor launches, motor cruisers, FriendShip boats and Sassagoula River Cruise boats each have their names in the same Which one? row, from the Richard F. Irvine Ferryboat to the Southern Breeze. You can also search a boat's name directly.
Characters. Choose Met a character and a Who did you meet? section appears. Pick one or several (up to 12), so a group meet can say "met Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse". Characters other people have met at that spot are suggested first, and search finds everyone else, including the seasonal party characters. Meeting characters earns stamps like Hello, Friend!, Fab Five and Full Autograph Book, and your stats count how many different characters you've met.

Verified memories

A memory gets the Verified badge when at least one of its photos or clips was taken at that place (or very close to it) on the day of the visit. Piksey reads this from the location and time your camera saved in the photo.

Verified memories earn 15 bonus XP, and some stamps only count verified memories.
For it to work, the Camera app needs location access (iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera → While Using).
Screenshots, saved images and photos sent through some messaging apps usually lose their location, so they won't verify. Photos taken in the park and posted later still verify.
Some places verify anywhere in their land or area rather than at an exact spot.
The location is only used to check the badge. The copies of your photos and clips that Piksey stores don't keep it.

Unverified memories still count for everything else. The badge is a bonus, not a requirement.

XP and levels

You earn XP for:

10 XP for each thing you did: one ride, one show, one meal, each drink, each character meet. Ten photos of the same ride (or the same churro) are one memory's worth, because they're one visit.
25 XP the first time you post at a place.
15 XP when a visit is verified.
Stamps: 50 XP for common, 100 for rare, 175 for epic and 250 for legendary.

What counts once:

Rides, shows and meals: memories of the same one count once, and the composer asks "same or again?" when it can't tell.
Drinks and character meets: memories within 20 minutes of each other are one drink or one meet; after that, each one counts.
Photos, videos and visits: one per place every 2 hours, once a day at a resort, and a photo outside a ride you just rode is part of that ride.
Resort stays: each night's "stayed at" memory earns XP.
Your own memory and a friend's tag from the same moment count once.

Memory XP stops after 25 counted memories in a day (the day you post them), which is plenty for even the busiest park day. Memories that don't count still post and fill in your passport; they just don't show an XP toast. Your level grows with your total XP, from First Timer through Explorer, Trailblazer, Adventurer and Park Pro to Legend. Deleting a memory takes its XP with it, so a level can go back down (the app tells you first).

Where your XP came from: tap your level or XP on your passport. It shows memories, first visits, verified memories and stamps, each split into your own memories and friends' tags, and it always adds up to your total (the same number the all-time leaderboard uses).

Tap a row to see the memories behind it, including your Only me memories, tags you hid and visits "with a friend".
XP that was taken back is listed underneath with the reason: a memory you deleted, a tag you untagged yourself from, a friend changing a memory in your first 48 hours, or the Piksey team. It isn't in your total. A bonus that moved to your other memory at a place isn't listed, because you didn't lose it.
"Memories deleted earlier" is XP from memories deleted before deleting took XP back. It stays yours.
On a friend's passport you see their totals, but not the memories behind them.

Stamps

Stamps are the collectibles of Piksey. Open Stamps on your passport to see every stamp, what it takes, and how close you are. They come in groups: getting started, milestones, park days, rides, food and drink, shows and characters, beyond the parks, weather, lands, parks, and festivals and events. A few to look out for:

Weather stamps like Rain or Shine and Heat Wave, earned from the real Orlando weather when you posted.
Getting Around for using different kinds of Disney transportation, and Monorail Rainbow for all 12 monorails.
Land and park stamps for completing every open ride and show.
Event stamps for festivals and parties (see below).

Count stamps (ride something 10 times, say) count visits the same way XP does: a ride and its ride photo are one ride. When you earn one, it gets a little celebration and a sticker on the memory that earned it. You can share any stamp as a card from its page. A stamp you earned through a friend's tag says who you earned it with.

Park and land completion

Each land and park shows how many of its open rides and shows you've done, like "Fantasyland · 7/12". Post a ride or a show there to tick it off. Restaurants and shops don't count toward completion (they have their own stamps and stats). Closed or refurbishing attractions are left out, so 100% is always possible.

Streaks

Pick the rhythm that fits how often you visit, from your passport:

Weekly: a memory every week. Miss one week in four and your streak is safe.
Monthly: a memory every month, with two free months a year.
Trips: park days in a row on each trip, and years in a row of visits.

Streaks only ever celebrate. Nothing bad happens if one ends; just start a new one.

Throwbacks

You're welcome to post memories from past trips. Memories from before the week you joined Piksey are throwbacks: they fill in your passport, calendar and stats, and show a little "Throwback, Jul 2019" label. XP, stamps, streaks and leaderboards count from the week you joined, so everyone starts the game on an even footing. The composer tells you when a memory will be a throwback.

Your passport and stats

Your Passport is your profile: your stats, streak and wish list up top, then three sections:

Memories: everything you've posted or been tagged in, apart from tags you've hidden from your profile.
Stamps: every stamp, the ones you've collected and how close you are on the rest.
Progress: park progress for every park and land, and Beyond the parks meters for resorts, water parks and mini golf, golf courses, and every way to get around (monorail, Skyliner, buses, boats and more).

Tap your stats card for the deep dive:

Days: theme park days, days on property, Disney Springs and BoardWalk visits, resort visits and water park days.
Things you did: memories, rides, shows, meals and snacks, drinks, transportation trips and different characters met. These count each visit once, the same way XP does, so three memories from one show are one show. Tap a row to see the memories behind it, grouped by visit.
Resort stays and resort visits: a stay is back-to-back nights at one resort, so three nights at the Contemporary is one stay. A resort visit is each day you had a memory at or inside a resort, so those three nights with posts each day are three visits. The Resorts meter counts how many different resorts you've been to.
The park day calendar: tap any day to see everything you did, with that day's weather.

Tap Add to wish list on any place you want to try. When you post there, your wish is granted.

Friends, Home and Discover

Today is your park day at a glance: festivals and parties on now, friends out at Disney today, park hours, the stamps you're closest to, this week's leaderboard and memories from this day in years past.
Home has two feeds: Following (you and the people you follow) and Discover (everyone's public memories, a great way to find people to follow). Home opens on Discover until you follow 10 people.
Find friends from your passport, by searching in Explore, or from the suggestions on Home.
Private accounts: turn this on in Edit profile and people have to ask to follow you. Requests show up on Home and on your passport for you to approve.
Share later: rather nobody knew where you are in the parks right now? Pick Share new memories in Edit profile: right away, 1 hour later, 3 hours later, at the end of the day or the next morning, counted from your visit. You see the memory straight away and your XP and stamps count at once; everyone else sees it later. You can change it for any memory as you post, or tap Share now on one that's waiting.
Your calendar: your passport stats include a calendar of your park days. Only you see which days they were, unless you turn on Show my calendar in Edit profile. Your stats count every day either way.
Mentions: type @ and a name in a comment to mention someone. They'll get a notification if they can see the memory.
The bell on Home shows likes, comments, mentions, follows, tags and new stamps. Turn on notifications to get them on your phone too. If a friend's change takes back something you earned, you'll see a quiet line here, never a notification on your phone.

Place pages

Every ride, restaurant, shop and resort has a page with:

Live wait times and park hours for attractions and parks.
Recent memories from people you follow who've been there. It's perfect for festival booths, to see what the food looks like right now.
Recent memories from everyone: public memories posted there by other Piksey fans, so there's something to see even when your friends haven't been yet.
Regulars: which of your friends have been there the most.
Your own visits, the wish list button, and every place inside it.

Festivals and events

During festivals and after-hours parties (like EPCOT's festivals or the Halloween party), a banner shows on Today, and event pages show which friends are posting plus recent memories from the event, from friends and from everyone. Event stamps are earned with memories made during the event. For ticketed parties, that means on party nights within party hours.

Leaderboards

Leaderboards are just you and the people you follow, never strangers. Open Friends' leaderboard from your passport to compare XP, park days, rides or dining for this week, this month or all time, for every park or one park. Rides and dining count each visit once, the same way XP does. Rather not be on them? Switch yourself off at the bottom of the leaderboard page.

Deleting, hiding and untagging

Every reward comes from a memory you can open, so your numbers always add up.

Deleting a memory takes what it earned with it: its XP, stamps it no longer meets (like a land you'd finished, or a count stamp dropping below its target), streak weeks and passport counts. Before anything happens, the app shows exactly what would go. Posting the memory again earns it back.
Another memory can take over. If you posted the same ride twice and delete one, the other counts instead, and a first-visit bonus moves to your other memory there.
Untagging yourself works the same way: what the tag earned you goes with it.
Want it out of sight but keep the rewards? Make your own memory Only me, or choose Hide from my profile on a memory you're tagged in: your name comes off it for everyone else and it leaves your profile, but it keeps counting. Both are listed under Hidden in Memories on your passport; open one there to undo it.
Friends keep theirs after 48 hours. For the 48 hours after a friend accepts your tag, deleting the memory or untagging them takes what it earned them too, so a mistake can be fixed; the app tells you first, and they get a quiet line in Activity. Only stamps they earned since accepting can come off. After 48 hours it's theirs: deleting the memory or untagging them takes nothing, and it shows on their passport as a visit "with a friend".
Memories hidden by the photo check or reports change nothing while the team looks. If the team removes a memory, what it earned goes with it.
If someone games the rules (tapping "Rode it again" on everything, say), the team can take back what those memories earned, or everything an account earned. The memories stay up, and their XP page shows what was taken back.

Privacy and safety

Choose Everyone, Followers or Only me for each memory, and set a default (Everyone or Followers) in Edit profile.
Block or report anyone from their passport, and report any memory or comment from its menu. Reports go to the Piksey team. New photos and captions are also checked automatically, and anything that looks inappropriate is hidden until the team has looked at it.
Blocking someone, or them deleting their account, never takes away what you earned together.
You can delete your account, and everything in it, at any time from the bottom of your passport.
Read the full Privacy Policy.

Missing or wrong places

Disney World changes all the time, and we'd love your help keeping Piksey right. If a place is missing, has the wrong name or details, has closed, or is pinned in the wrong spot, tell us in the app:

On any place page, tap Suggest a fix at the bottom.
When a search finds nothing, tap Tell us what's missing.
Or go to your passport → About Piksey → Suggest a fix.

We check suggestions against Disney's official listings and update Piksey for everyone.

Send feedback

Found a bug, have an idea, or something confused you? Go to your passport and tap Send feedback near the bottom (it's in About Piksey too). It goes straight to the Piksey team with the app version, so we can track bugs down. You can also email hello@piksey.app.