Breaking NEWS PHOTO SESSIONS!!!!!! :-)

[BurleyGirl]

I finally got my Photopass CD from my October share, so I'm going to try my hand at posting some of our favorites. (That's the downside of a photo share, in that I had to wait over six weeks to get my pictures.)
They really did a great job, and I'm so happy we did this. Even though I was fortunate enough to get it for the $25, I'd gladly pay the $75 for these pictures. It's just not that often that you get your family together for pictures, and what a gorgeous place (with multiple sceneries to choose from) to do it at. I'll treasure these thru the years!

I like these because Sugar Loaf is in the background, and we were blessed with Pixie Dust and an upgrade to concierge, so the pictures bring back sweet memories

(my son wanted a picture of him looking "cool" )

There were also some great shots of mom & son together and dad & son!
Again, I'm so glad we did this. I fretted over just the right clothes for us to wear for weeks.
I encourage everyone to do it; even if you only get two or three great shots, it's worth it for the lovely memories of "together time."

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

BurleyGirl...your photos are gorgeous! You have a beautiful family. I'm hoping that we get just a few good shots out of our photoshoot too and I'll be very happy.

 

[BurleyGirl]

Sending pixie dust your way for a successful photoshoot with your family

 

[LargoLori]

Nice photos Burleygirl!! I like the white shirt, brown shirt combo.

 

[LargoLori]

I'm having problems viewing my photo shoot cd. What am I doing wrong? I have windows xp.

 

[mom22bless]

I called and talked to a PhotoPass person and he said that the promotion ended in Sep and wasn't supposed to be on the emails anymore.

It would be a hassle for me to cancel, wait for a refund, then re-order so I guess we'll have to pass on this one.

 

[krolyat]

Great pics. I think we had Tasia at SSR on 11/29. She said she was brand new to the resort. Was she very Petit with dark hair? She took a lot of time with us and was very patient. We had a party of 9.

Do you have any pictures from SSR? We are considering doing the photo shoot there.

We are also new to the photo shoot idea and DBF does not like photo's very much but this will be our first professional photo's together in the almost 4 years that we have been dating.

Anyone think SSR would be good or go with Poly for the beach? Any and all ideas appreciated. Thanks all!

 

[LargoLori]

Do you have any pictures from SSR? We are considering doing the photo shoot there.

We are also new to the photo shoot idea and DBF does not like photo's very much but this will be our first professional photo's together in the almost 4 years that we have been dating.

Anyone think SSR would be good or go with Poly for the beach? Any and all ideas appreciated. Thanks all!

I do have photos from SSR but I haven't been able to get them from the cd to my computer. When I figure everything out I will post some.

 

[Metsoskil]

Do you have any pictures from SSR? We are considering doing the photo shoot there.

We are also new to the photo shoot idea and DBF does not like photo's very much but this will be our first professional photo's together in the almost 4 years that we have been dating.

Anyone think SSR would be good or go with Poly for the beach? Any and all ideas appreciated. Thanks all!

We had our shoot at SSR in August, and the pics were excellent (and I'm a part-time photographer, so I'm pretty picky). We chose SSR over the others because we liked the scenery there better. GF was too formal, Poly too themed. SSR was simple and nice, with flowers, trees, and waterfalls, and such as backgrounds.

I'll post some if I get a chance today.

 

[krolyat]

I do have photos from SSR but I haven't been able to get them from the cd to my computer. When I figure everything out I will post some.

We had our shoot at SSR in August, and the pics were excellent (and I'm a part-time photographer, so I'm pretty picky). We chose SSR over the others because we liked the scenery there better. GF was too formal, Poly too themed. SSR was simple and nice, with flowers, trees, and waterfalls, and such as backgrounds.

I'll post some if I get a chance today.

Great! I can't wait to see some samples.

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

Just an FYI: We just got back and had our photo session on 12/10 at WL and I had to really stand my ground to get the $25 session fee honored -- I had my email. They were clueless and kept saying they had never seen this offer and that the email said it was only good at the GF so I couldn't use it there, etc. I told them when I called to book our session that I had double checked to make sure WL would honor it and was assured they would and that I would get a cd that day. They relented and said I could do it for $25 but couldn't have a CD. I had to ask them to call another supervisor (I had two photopass guys and a manager there with me) to get the darn CD.

The session was okay...not great....not amazing....the guy was clearly perturbed with me. I was disapointed but we did get a few good shots. The magic was gone when I had to literally "fight" (using nice words and nice attitude) to get what I was promised.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Just an FYI: We just got back and had our photo session on 12/10 at WL and I had to really stand my ground to get the $25 session fee honored -- I had my email. They were clueless and kept saying they had never seen this offer and that the email said it was only good at the GF so I couldn't use it there, etc. I told them when I called to book our session that I had double checked to make sure WL would honor it and was assured they would and that I would get a cd that day. They relented and said I could do it for $25 but couldn't have a CD. I had to ask them to call another supervisor (I had two photopass guys and a manager there with me) to get the darn CD.

The session was okay...not great....not amazing....the guy was clearly perturbed with me. I was disapointed but we did get a few good shots. The magic was gone when I had to literally "fight" (using nice words and nice attitude) to get what I was promised.

Ugh! I have to admit that I have been worried about this happening just because of the email saying it is for GF only. I hate having to argue when I'm on vacation. Sorry you had that experience-it really sucks all the joy out of things.

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

Ugh! I have to admit that I have been worried about this happening just because of the email saying it is for GF only. I hate having to argue when I'm on vacation. Sorry you had that experience-it really sucks all the joy out of things.

Thanks, it really did suck the joy out of that morning.

Good luck when you go!!!

 

[GuardMusic]

Just back. Did the photo session at Beach Club on Friday, 12/12. I simply handed my email to the photographer, Cheryl. She scanned it on her own for the $25 offer, handed me a laminated UPC to take to the gift shop. There I paid the $25, showed Cheryl the receipt, and we were all set!

Cheryl was very good, but it was very cloudy/overcast outside. I felt like our outside shots very much lacked because of that. We then did some in the BCV; these are much better. Wish we'd had some outside in from of BC and with the smaller BC tree (instead of the BCV tree), but I expect since we had on light blue she probably felt we would blend in too much.

I think we ended up with less than 50 photos and felt a bit rushed, but these photos of my mom and I are priceless. Now, if she'd only been able to drop a few pounds off of us....!

Gayle

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Thanks, it really did suck the joy out of that morning.

Good luck when you go!!!

Thanks. We are doing AKL and hoping it goes smoothly.

A note to anyone thinking of the AKL session-when I called they told me that the resort doesn't get a lot of requests for the photopass session, so you can pretty much name your time and day there. We were told they had the entire day/night open on our date-Christmas Eve. It was very easy to book. Now I'm hoping the session goes well.

 

[Tokyo Disneyland]

I guess that I don't understand why so many people want to "beat" the system when they are on vacation. The Email clearly states that the $25 session is only at the Grand Floridian. I sure wouldn't want to get into an argument on my vacation, especially when I know in my heart that I am in the wrong.

 

[jenndisney]

We just returned and did a photo shoot at the GF for $25. We had a great photographer and she even got my DH who NEVER smiles (photos or otherwise) to smile. That is worth a million dollars to me. She took about 125 photos and I would say I will only delete about 15 from the disk. We also got the photopass card for the enhancements. I will post a few when I get my suitcase unpacked.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

I called and talked to a PhotoPass person and he said that the promotion ended in Sep and wasn't supposed to be on the emails anymore.

Just in case anyone is wondering, the $25 session offer is still on the emails.....just ordered mine last night, and voila!

There it is.

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

I guess that I don't understand why so many people want to "beat" the system when they are on vacation. The Email clearly states that the $25 session is only at the Grand Floridian. I sure wouldn't want to get into an argument on my vacation, especially when I know in my heart that I am in the wrong.

It's not beating the system just that when they originally started adding more locations they never updated the e-mail and since then they have raised the price. I think the only reason the sessions have become so popular are because of the $25 session fee. With the higher price the quality needs to be much better and the session needs to be longer.

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

I guess that I don't understand why so many people want to "beat" the system when they are on vacation. The Email clearly states that the $25 session is only at the Grand Floridian. I sure wouldn't want to get into an argument on my vacation, especially when I know in my heart that I am in the wrong.

You really should read the entire thread before you start accusing people of trying to beat the system. I received an email stating that I could get the $25 fee at the GF. I called photopass to see if they also honor that at WL. I was assured that yes they did honor it and I would get a CD after the session. Had they said no, I would have simply booked at the GF. No trying to beat the system here. Just checking my options. I was not wrong to take what Disney told me to be true --- that I could get a photo session for $25 at WL.

When I arrived, they were clueless about the email. I did have to argue (Nicely) but when a customer is promised A and gets B, the customer has the absolute right to question the service. Afterall, it is my money being spent.

Disney needs to train the photopass people so that everyone is on the same page. Disney also needs to update the email if the $25 fee is truly "gone". Until both of those things happen, confusion is bound to reign.