Photo Pass at Disney World

[MattBoom]

I've heard a couple of things about photopass deals, and I'm wondering if they're still happening.

I read that if you purchased the CD at the park it was much cheaper. You can't add borders, etc. but it was around $70 (Maybe $80, I'm trying to remember). Has anyone tried recently?

I also read that if you wait until almost the 30 day mark to buy your CD Disney will send you a coupon for %50 off. Has anyone had this done recently?

Thanks for all the great info!

To answer a couple of questions,
No the PhotoPass photographers are not at all of the restaurants: Just some of the character ones.

Yes, the same photos can be put on more than one card.

If you buy the CD at the parks, included are three free 5x7s. You need to pick which ones you want before they make your CD and they'll print them out right then.

 

[sublimesting]

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The CD has none of this. The Photo Movie does.



Yeah I meant the movie CD.

I have a question, though, can you transfer ride pictures such as Tower of Terror over to the photopass so that you can have those as well or are those only available for purchase separately?

 

[NewfieFan]

Our good friend Gorjus has pretty much cleared the air here on all the photopass picture questions but may I add one more tip;

I got my packet in the mail yesterday and had a free photopass...is this the samething you guys are talking about?? I took it to be a free picture at one of the parks. Can someone help clarify this?

That coupon for a free pic has to be used in the parks - I don't think you can redeem it at home online. I was told this in one of the photo places in the parks. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong!?!:veryconfu

Also to the original question on this post - I bought the photo movie and was quite happy with the final result. I choose the phote movie for a couple of reasons; 1)I had a few pics that I liked but didn't want to print 5x7s of all of them, 2)I liked the book idea but was doing a scrapbook of my own, 3)the movie was cheaper than the book for me b/c I wanted to use my own pics and the photopass pics, 4)I thought my kids would find the movie cute.
Anyways the movie turned out to be quite a hit. My 3 (now 4) year old son loved the movie - it had lots of characters in it. Our families and friends enjoyed watching it with us as well. It's a great keepsake of our first family vacation to the "World". I would check it out if you're interested. There's nothing stopping you from uploading your pics to the photopass website and then playing around with the photo movie maker. They show you an online version of your movie if you wish to view what you've already made. If you don't like it you can just cancel the project - it's never final untill you place the order!

 

[PhotoDave219]

Characters, Greeters and Photographers are all a team. We have even had brand new special training to remind us of how we are a team. We all have roles assigned to us, but are instructed to help each other out whenever possible. The characters and the photographers seem to be embracing the new system. The attendants seem to be ignoring it unless they were already doing it before.

.... Thats an interesting spin on it. We should continue this conversation elsewhere, because i'm hearing doffernt things and have an example or 2 that i cant say "on stage".....

 

[MattyFresh]

Our good friend Gorjus has pretty much cleared the air here on all the photopass picture questions but may I add one more tip;



That coupon for a free pic has to be used in the parks - I don't think you can redeem it at home online. I was told this in one of the photo places in the parks. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong!?!:veryconfu

yeah your right with that part, I had read that on the coupon. I was just a little cornfused with all the pictures and stuff. Trying to make up my mind what would be best for my fiance and myself. This is going to be our first trip together. So not sure if I want to do the CD or the photobook....either one will probably end up being a christmas gift to her. Oh by the way, does anyone know how long it takes to be sent to you if you wait until you get home and set up the pics and all that??

 

[NewfieFan]

yeah your right with that part, I had read that on the coupon. I was just a little cornfused with all the pictures and stuff. Trying to make up my mind what would be best for my fiance and myself. This is going to be our first trip together. So not sure if I want to do the CD or the photobook....either one will probably end up being a christmas gift to her. Oh by the way, does anyone know how long it takes to be sent to you if you wait until you get home and set up the pics and all that??

I live in Canada and I received my photomovie in just a few days - I can't remember how many but it was quick!
Concerning your decision about wheter to get the CD (are you talking about the photo CD or the photomovie DVD) or the book it would depend on what you want to do with your pics. If you have alot of nice photopass pics that you think you would like to develop and you don't mind the hefty price tag ($125) I would suggest getting the photo CD - then you can do what you want with the pics! The reason I went with the movie over the CD (besides for the fact I thought it was cute) was b/c I didn't have enough nice photopass pics to warrant getting the photo CD at $125. But I did have a couple nice shots that I didn't want to lose forever so I went with the movie b/c I could put in the photopass pics I liked and then fill in the blanks with my own pics. The result - a very nice movie with lots of nice memories.
Now, I'm sure the book is nice as well but please note that the price for the book does not include using photopass pics just your own uploaded pics. I think it's an extra $20 to be able to use photopass pics in your book, so that brings the total to around $70 dollars. Whereas the movie is $50 and you can use both your own pics and the photopass pics. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but these were the prices back in June when I ordered my photomovie. Anyways what ever you get your DF for Christmas I'm sure will be a lovely present!:xmas:

 

[C.M.O]

"If for any reason you are not satisfied with the photos and decide that you no longer want to order your Disney’s PhotoCD, just let us know and you will receive a full refund. To receive a refund, you must request it within 2 weeks after the completion of your Disney vacation and you must not use the special promotion code to order Disney’s PhotoCD. If the promotion code has been used, a refund will not be granted."

I found this on the photoCD website. I don't know how easy it is to receive a refund but it seems easy. This way you can buy it at the discount rate and if you don't get enough pictures to warrent the cd then you can get your money back

 

[Alexx]

I have all of my families photopass photos, but i don't buy them:lookaroun

 

[sublimesting]

I have all of my families photopass photos, but i don't buy them:lookaroun

Did you photograph them off of the computer? They come out pretty good like that.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

How can you get your pictures ready when you don't even have the CD yet? I thought you had to get the CD in order to get the pictures.

Just to clarify, are CM's available to take photos at all restaraunts or just Character restaraunts?

What about the mini-golf places?

And one more question. We're hoping to meet up with another poster and his wife on our April trip. Say someone takes a group picture of the 4 of us. Before taking the picture, is there a way for the CM to scan both photopass cards so that the picture will go onto each person's photopass account? Or do they just have to take two sets of pictures, one for each couple?

The character breakfasts we went to did not have photopass photographers and I really don't think they are at any other restaurants. The photopass photographers were at SOME character meet and greets. Not all. They are also at the entrances taking pics infront of Castle, SSE, Tree, and Hat. and also in the waterparks on the family raft rides and kiddie areas. Did not see any one the golf courses or any Mini-golfs.

.... I hardly call photopass "professional"..... Youre a better photographer then most of them.

This IS the truth. I had to take some pics with a disposable camera since my digital crapped out 3/4 of the way thru the trip and my disposable pics are MUCH better then some of the photopass pics.

 

[couchpotatooo]

Thanks for all the info, it will come in handy what ever we do!:sohappy:

 

[Gorjus]

How can you get your pictures ready when you don't even have the CD yet? I thought you had to get the CD in order to get the pictures.

Just to clarify, are CM's available to take photos at all restaraunts or just Character restaraunts?

What about the mini-golf places?

And one more question. We're hoping to meet up with another poster and his wife on our April trip. Say someone takes a group picture of the 4 of us. Before taking the picture, is there a way for the CM to scan both photopass cards so that the picture will go onto each person's photopass account? Or do they just have to take two sets of pictures, one for each couple?

You get your photos ready online once you get home from vacation. You fix all the photos up the way you want, then order the CD. Then we mail it to you.

Dining is a whole nother different animal. Their system resembles nothing like the usual photopass. It is buy it now or lose it. After you buy it, you can add it to your photopass.

We can scan as many cards as necessary. EX: group of 150 wanted a photo taken. I scanned 50 cards after the shoot.

I've heard a couple of things about photopass deals, and I'm wondering if they're still happening.

I read that if you purchased the CD at the park it was much cheaper. You can't add borders, etc. but it was around $70 (Maybe $80, I'm trying to remember). Has anyone tried recently?

I also read that if you wait until almost the 30 day mark to buy your CD Disney will send you a coupon for %50 off. Has anyone had this done recently?

Thanks for all the great info!

In Park CD and On Line CD are the same price...only difference is what you can do with the photos. At home you decorate photos first. In park you get plain images, but 3 free prints. Online promotions vary often, and don't count on the 50% off promotion.

I have a question, though, can you transfer ride pictures such as Tower of Terror over to the photopass so that you can have those as well or are those only available for purchase separately?

No.

That coupon for a free pic has to be used in the parks - I don't think you can redeem it at home online. I was told this in one of the photo places in the parks. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong!?!:veryconfu

Also to the original question on this post - I bought the photo movie and was quite happy with the final result. I choose the phote movie for a couple of reasons; 1)I had a few pics that I liked but didn't want to print 5x7s of all of them, 2)I liked the book idea but was doing a scrapbook of my own, 3)the movie was cheaper than the book for me b/c I wanted to use my own pics and the photopass pics, 4)I thought my kids would find the movie cute.
Anyways the movie turned out to be quite a hit. My 3 (now 4) year old son loved the movie - it had lots of characters in it. Our families and friends enjoyed watching it with us as well. It's a great keepsake of our first family vacation to the "World". I would check it out if you're interested. There's nothing stopping you from uploading your pics to the photopass website and then playing around with the photo movie maker. They show you an online version of your movie if you wish to view what you've already made. If you don't like it you can just cancel the project - it's never final untill you place the order!

Correct, free photo in the park.

Great idea about the movie. I'm going to use that as a selling point from now on. Thanks.

Gorjus...off to take magical photos!

 

[Disneyfalcon]

In Park CD and On Line CD are the same price...only difference is what you can do with the photos. At home you decorate photos first. In park you get plain images, but 3 free prints. Online promotions vary often, and don't count on the 50% off promotion.

Thanks Gorjus.

 

[sbkline]

Just to make sure I am understanding everything correctly...

When you purchase the CD (either online, or at WDW), I think someone on this thread said that you get rights to the pictures. Is this correct?

I work at Walmart and I was talking to one of the photo department girls the other day about these kinds of CD's, be it from WDW or a cruise, or what have you. She said typically they will give you copyright release papers, allowing you to print out copies of the pictures on the CD.

If memory serves me correctly, it was about 15 bucks to purchase a 5X7 picture at the photo centers at the theme parks. So if all my above info is correct, then if I have, say, 25 pictures on my photopass and want to purchase a 5X7 of all 25 of them (which I wouldn't at that price), I would be paying $375.

At Walmart, it is $1.47 to print out a 5X7 of one of those pictures. As an employee, I get a 10% discount, so it would be $1.33 for a 5X7. So, if I printed off a 5X7 of all 25 pictures, that would be $33.25, in addition to the $99 price of the CD, for a total of $132.25.

If all those facts and figures are correct, that sounds like a heck of a deal.

And, in case it hasn't been covered already in this thread, can someone give me a detailed list of all the places besides the parks where you can get a photopass picture taken? Mini-golf? Boardwalk? Downtown Disney? etc, etc..

 

[Iakona]

When you purchase the CD (either online, or at WDW), I think someone on this thread said that you get rights to the pictures. Is this correct?

I work at Walmart and I was talking to one of the photo department girls the other day about these kinds of CD's, be it from WDW or a cruise, or what have you. She said typically they will give you copyright release papers, allowing you to print out copies of the pictures on the CD.

This is exaclty what you get. I have several by now.

If memory serves me correctly, it was about 15 bucks to purchase a 5X7 picture at the photo centers at the theme parks. So if all my above info is correct, then if I have, say, 25 pictures on my photopass and want to purchase a 5X7 of all 25 of them (which I wouldn't at that price), I would be paying $375.

At Walmart, it is $1.47 to print out a 5X7 of one of those pictures. As an employee, I get a 10% discount, so it would be $1.33 for a 5X7. So, if I printed off a 5X7 of all 25 pictures, that would be $33.25, in addition to the $99 price of the CD, for a total of $132.25.

If all those facts and figures are correct, that sounds like a heck of a deal.

The numbers look pretty accurate to me.
So far I have been very happy with both the quality and value I have received. The night pictures are the best and now I have a ton of photos with all 3 of us instead of just 2. I also bring my own digital camera and take pictures,but photopass has been a nice added souvenir.

 

[Gorjus]

When you purchase the CD (either online, or at WDW), I think someone on this thread said that you get rights to the pictures. Is this correct?

If memory serves me correctly, it was about 15 bucks to purchase a 5X7 picture at the photo centers at the theme parks. ......... So, if I printed off a 5X7 of all 25 pictures, that would be $33.25, in addition to the $99 price of the CD, for a total of $132.25.

If all those facts and figures are correct, that sounds like a heck of a deal.

And, in case it hasn't been covered already in this thread, can someone give me a detailed list of all the places besides the parks where you can get a photopass picture taken? Mini-golf? Boardwalk? Downtown Disney? etc, etc..

Yes you get the rights. The only thing you can't do is make money off the photos.

It's $13 but other than that your math is accurate if you figure you are buying the CD ahead of time. Without a prepurchase, the CD is $125. And yes it is a heck of a deal...ESPECIALLY for those who spend their whole vacation with disposable cameras. It is more expensive to buy digital cameras and get them developed than it is for the CD.

Goodness, photopass photographers are everywhere. At least 5 or 6 or more in front of the icons for each Theme Park; one with NEARLY every character; in both Bibbity Bobbity Boutiques (MK and Downtown Disney) and in the photo studios that are associated with each boutique; Grand Floridian for formal portraits; water parks...the ride photo for a few rides, plus in all the kiddie areas; most of the water play areas in the Theme Parks; and in fun places...depending on staffing for the day...Sword in the Stone, Castle backside, Everest, NY/SF Street, ToT, the countries of Epcot, the list goes on.

Again, if you are a great photographer with a great camera, you might not need photopass, although getting in a photo yourself can be difficult. There are some shots that just aren't capable without Photopass: Magic photos with Tinkerbell/Simba/Capt. Hook, etc. Night shots are tough without Photopass because we have tripods. And for characters, sometimes we get the best angle, and sometimes you get the best angle. I usually know when the hug or special moment is coming, so I capture it. Mom and dad USUALLY NEVER capture it. It is always refreshing to find a parent with a good camera who knows how to photograph their child with a character.

If nothing else, photopass is a good back up to your camera in case anything happens to your photos (camera issues, memory card issues, etc)

However, like PhotoDave says, there are quality issues between photographers. I am a great photographer. I get 99% of all the good shots, they are composed well, and are going to look great. Last night in a room with 3 characters, one photographer got all the shots, but they were quite loose in their composure...too much background; one photographer composed correctly, but didn't get all the magic moments; and mine were correct, but until I got back to the office and checked out the photos, I didn't realize that once every 5 shots, my flash was misfiring and 1 or 2 shots per family were slightly darker than they should be.

 

[NewfieFan]

And, in case it hasn't been covered already in this thread, can someone give me a detailed list of all the places besides the parks where you can get a photopass picture taken? Mini-golf? Boardwalk? Downtown Disney? etc, etc..

I'm pretty sure the PhotoPass photographers are only in the 4 parks and the water parks - somebody correct me on that if I'm wrong. I guess the only other place you would find them would be at the Grand Floridian b/c that's where you can book a photo session with one of PhotoPass photographers.

Also someone else mentioned their night shots came out well. I would recommend getting pictures done multiple times even in the same spot during different times of the day - you never know which shot is going to turn out beautiful. We had a pic done by the side of the castle when the sun was going down and it turned out to be the best one. At first we were not even going to stop and take another pic b/c we already had a few shots with the castle in it but the PhotoPass photographer convinced us to pause for a moment and am I ever glad she did!

 

[donald23]

I was under the impression that the photopass photographers were only at the entrances to each park....they are other places also?

LOL, nope, they're everywhere. Even when I went to GradNite they were all over the place, even in the middle of the parties with people dancing everywhere. There was one in the middle of the foam party too, LOL, he was able to take a picture of me and my friends all covered with foam.:lol:

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

I am a great photographer. I get 99% of all the good shots, they are composed well, and are going to look great. .

Well at least no one can accuse you of false modesty.

99% of shots are great? Thats amazing, never brackett then?

 

[teenamw]

You can purchase your Photopass in advance. If you purchase it in advance you'll only pay $99.95, but if purchase yours at the park you'll pay $125!!! $25 makes a difference.

Here's the site. There are links that will be able to answer your questions.

http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitcdplan.aspx

I'm not familiar with this at all. Thanks for this website link. But I am curious - how did you find that link? I went to the main WDW site and the only mention of it is the packages. I'm a little bit cautious of things that aren't from the "real" site.