Autopia Driver's License???

[ddtink]

Hi All,

I was wondering if they still give the kids Driver's Licenses at some point before or after your ride on Autopia? And...is there still a machine that will take a kids photo and issue one for a fee? Any idea how much if there is ??

My DS has his heart set on a license at some point during our trip in a few weeks
Thanks everyone....DD

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

I'm pretty sure they still give out the licenses. Not sure about the machine. Nemo took over the shop that had them in that area. If it still there I thought it was around $5.

 

[ballarinamom]

Would like to know this too. We skipped DLR this year and did WDW instead. They didn't give DD a liscense and she was really dissapointed

 

[DoomBugger]

We rode Autopia a couple weeks ago and they did give us licenses. Not sure about the machine.

My tip is this, if you have kids and have a purse with a pen / pencil, fill the licenses out for the kids. They will love it.

 

[Tink208]

The machines to take the pictures were still there when we were in DL in November. They were part way down the exit ramp.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Not one machine was ever working for us last year on our trip.

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

A few years ago we just took a picture of DS and taped it to the license! Worked pretty good!

 

[ddtink]

Thanks to everyone for your replies......you've given me some good ideas.
DD

 

[NicoleDisneyFan]

We just brought our own pictures from home and taped it on it. Also I brought a small wallet to put their's in and the kids loved it! Can't wait to give it to them in the future when they get their drivers permit for a joke.

 

[ToodlesRN]

We used it this past Feb for our son, it cost $5.00 and it was very cheesy. Prints about 10 or 15 mini face shots (very small) and are stickers. If I would do it again I'd take our own pictures and add them on.

 

[tink too]

How cool! We never knew about the licences as WDW don't hand them out. This will be our first visit to DL - we'll have to get one of these for DD - she will love it!

 

[KerTggr]

We were there last weekend & they were still handing out the licenses and the machines were still there. All 3 seemed to be working. (BTW - it's $5 or the strip of pictures).

 

[Golfing Goofy]

We were there in December and the kids loved getting the pictures taken. It is a little cheesy and $5.

But, the fun thing about the picture machines is that you can choose different backgrounds. Each mini photo can say Disneyland on them too. There are a few different options. The one my kids liked was the checkered background.

 

[ddtink]

Thanks for the honest responses......Cheesy is good! My son wanted us to drive all of the way to legoland just to get a drivers license from their drivers course. ( He remembers them from three years ago!) When I told him about this at DL, he seems to be alright with it. I'll spend $5 on some cheesy photos if it means not driving

He doesn't ask for alot but when he does, he cherishes it.
Thanks again.....DD

 

[S. S. Columbia]

I agree that it's better to not use the photo machines.

I would be curious to know what other have experienced with the photo booths at the Autopia exit. Maybe they work better for older children, because they're taller, but I found them to be really difficult to use for my then-DS5 and then-DD4. Younger children need to be physically lifted up to get into the view of the camera, and it took a few minutes to get a photo, and the photo wasn't very good.

If "cheesy" means "digitized with poor resolution," then I would say that the photos were cheesy.

I thought that I must have been doing something wrong, so on my second trip 3 months later I tried the photo booths again. My experience the second time was just as awful. I really don't think I was doing anything wrong. I think those machines are just user unfriendly.

The next time I will just do my own cut-and-paste and save $5. But that was just my experience, well, 2 experiences, and YMMV.

HTH