Photopass added to TOT?

[herc]

When people are already paying $149 for the Photopass CD, would it be nice for Disney to add these for free instead of charging. If you're buying a CD, just add to the card.
Sheeesh, sometimes I wonder why I keep visiting when I keep getting nickel and dimed to death. It should be a perk for Photopass CD purchasers or perk for DVC members, or a perk for annual pass holders.

 

[MichWolv]

*sigh* nobody listens. Trust me, adding the photo to the pass cd isn't necessary bc you already OWN it for the 14.95. Plus, if they had it where they didn't sell the photo at the attraction, it would not be purchased nearly as much.

It isn't necessary, but it lets you do the edits from the Photopass system. Crops, borders, etc, and then get the edited digital copies. I believe the 14.95 download just lets you get the single original image, not the edited versions.

The advantage is that you can now buy it through photopass as a digital download , rather than being forced to purchase a "hard copy" print at the location. Thus, you have your 30 days to look at it and decide, rather than needing to do it right away. Thus, no need to add it to the CD if you separately buy it, but putting it on your card is useful to buy you the time to decide.

But what we were hoping for is the Test Track situation, in which you do not need to purchase the attraction photo separately at all. Rather, you add it to your photopass, and if you buy a CD, the Test Track photo is automatically part of it with no additional fee. That is not happening, it seems, with ToT, just as it does not with Space Mountain.

 

[Victor Kelly]

If they made the attraction photos a part of the photpass cd, it would increase revenue because then people would be more enticed to get the regular photopass photos as well.

 

[Tom]

If they made the attraction photos a part of the photpass cd, it would increase revenue because then people would be more enticed to get the regular photopass photos as well.

Yes! 100% yes!

Charging for the photo at the ride will prevent people from buying PhotoPass. But if they put ride photos on PhotoPass for FREE, more people would be enticed to actually buy a CD. I know I would. On a recent trip, we REALLY took advantage of PhotoPass, and shared the cost of a CD with people we went with. If we could have put our ToT and Splash and EE photos on the CD, it would have made it even more valuable.

As for buying prints...I guess it's cheaper to buy one from Disney for $15 than buying the CD. But the CD allows you to go to Walmart or Walgreens and pay pennies to print all the pics you want.

 

[HeatherK]

So, are you saying you CAN or CANNOT put your ride photo on your regular photopass account like you can at Test Track?

You CAN put it on your regular photopass after paying $14.95.

 

[flavious27]

I overheard someone get quoted $162 for their photopass CD yesterday, wow that is expensive!!!

Well either they got the $149.95 one or a couple of the other cds. The photobooks are where the serious money can be blown, especially when compared to what other services like shutterfly offer.

How about an extra fee to have the option of adding all your on-ride photos to your Photopass CD? One fee and you can add as many ride photos as you want during your trip!

I wonder would that interest more people!?! I wonder would more folks buy the CD!?! :shrug:

I think I would pay an extra fee to have all my on-ride photos added. I have never purchased an on-ride photo before but I think I would shell out a few dollars to have all of them from one trip!

Add as many ride photos for a single fee, not going to happen with disney photopass. Those on ride photos make disney some serious money.

 

[boufa]

You guys are talking about increasing sales by a small number if they buy the photopass CD. Not that many people actually buy the CD. That is part of the significant cost of it. No matter how many buy, the cost to the equipment and the photographer staff throughout the parks is fixed. Since a small percentage actually buy the CD, each has a high cost. Lots of people take the photos, but once they get home and look at them and then the $150 price tag, few buy it.

However, the on-ride photos are nearly free to disney after the initial hardware investment is paid off. Lets say that the Photopass CD has a cost to disney of $50. (just a guess, but since you can pre-order it for $99 and Disney is certainly not losing money on it, lets guess at $50 cost). Lets also assume that the on-ride photos will not significantly effect pre-order sales. So, every extra CD they sell is $100 of additional profit.

Not knowing exactly (or even how to guess) what the cost to Disney is on the on-ride photos, but it will be relatively low; lets say $3. They need approx 8 impulse sales of the on-ride photo for each extra Photopasss CD they sell strictly due to the on-ride photos. Now spread that around to the other rides as well... ie the same person may buy a on-ride at splash and ToT but in a best case could only buy 1 photopass CD. What you get is a significantly better income from selling the on-rides separate from the photopass CD.

Now certainly my numbers are off. They are only guesses for the sake of comparison... but even at 10-1 or 15 -1 Disney's $15 extra charge is a big money maker.

Its called incremental expenses. It is why many of us use credit cards. It is why payments are spread out over a period. It makes you think you are spending less, and the mental decision to open your wallet 10 times at $15 each is far simpler for Disney to influence than to convince you to open your wallet once for $150. Then again, some people may even do both the CD AND 1 or 2 on-ride photos.

If you don't look at all of Disney's decisions in this way, then you will always be frustrated and disappointed in the decisions that Disney makes. I promise you THIS is how they look at it. As for me, I have never bought an on-ride photo, and don't imagine that I will ever. The marketing is to use the adrenaline rush, or the euphoria that lingers from the ride experience to lower your guard and make you purchase with less thought. Its brilliant marketing.

 

[Dads 2 Boys]

I overheard someone get quoted $162 for their photopass CD yesterday, wow that is expensive!!!

Pre-order it and it only costs $99. That's a huge difference IMO.

 

[boufa]

Pre-order it and it only costs $99. That's a huge difference IMO.

With no risk... view your pictures like normal on the photopass website. Then if you are unimpressed they will refund your money.