Character Photos as a Solo?

[cinderellagirl2280]

Question for you all. I'm going to DW in Sept 2014 and I obviously have to have my moments with the characters! Are there CM's who will use your camera to take photos? I have a Nikon DSLR that I'm taking with me or at least that's the plan for now.

 

[ludari]

Yes, I've done it many times.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Either that, or what I've done bunches of times, and it always produces some fun moments is I whisper to the character, "I'd love to get my picture taken with you. Do you think someone would take our picture?" The character usually finds a CM he knows to take our picture. But what's happened several times is that the character takes the camera, approaches a guest and motions for him to come over and take our picture. People love it, they always laugh, and no one DARES say "No" to Goofy/Mickey or whoever the character is.

 

[Terk-1]

I've traveled solo several times and never have a problem getting pictures with the characters. There is almost always a "handler", but if not, the people behind me are very nice to take my picture, then I go get their camera and take one for them.

 

[kbonner]

Either that, or what I've done bunches of times, and it always produces some fun moments is I whisper to the character, "I'd love to get my picture taken with you. Do you think someone would take our picture?" The character usually finds a CM he knows to take our picture. But what's happened several times is that the character takes the camera, approaches a guest and motions for him to come over and take our picture. People love it, they always laugh, and no one DARES say "No" to Goofy/Mickey or whoever the character is.

That is a great idea. I have always just looked for the cm that is with the character. I like the idea of them getting another guest to take the picture.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

Are there photopass photographers with the characters?

 

[mrsclark]

In my experience, there are almost always Photopass photographers at character meets!

 

[karly05]

I've used Photopass on my solo trips and been glad of it, but I will say on this year's trip I had at least a couple of CM handlers volunteer to take pics with my camera without my asking.

I think the vast majority of meet & greets where the characters are scheduled and stationed in their own "setting" have Photopass.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

In my experience, there are almost always Photopass photographers at character meets!

I've used Photopass on my solo trips and been glad of it, but I will say on this year's trip I had at least a couple of CM handlers volunteer to take pics with my camera without my asking.

I think the vast majority of meet & greets where the characters are scheduled and stationed in their own "setting" have Photopass.

Good to hear. I pre-bought photopass plus a few weeks ago and also picked up a new 16mp digital camera the other day to replace my ancient 3.2mp. This is my first real vacation (longer than a weekend) in almost a decade so I'm hoping for a ton of pictures.

 

[WDW in Pearls]

Not sure where you see characters, but I just about always end up with a photo pass photographer nearby. If not, they usually have a handler that will do it.

I don't go solo but I do go with my DBF and we've managed to get someone to take our pics with just about every character we've seen; only once did another guest have to help.

 

[MichelleWDWfan]

I'm a big character person and I have made 3-4 trips to disney solo.
Some characters don't have a photopass photographer with them.

I have never had a problem getting a pic taken either by the character handler, or the person behind me in line when there is no photopass photographer.

In one instance a character did what a previous poster said...grab some passerby to take the pic. It was cute.

Just ask nicely and you won't have any trouble getting pics taken.