Engagement session at Disney for a non-Disney bride?

[wellesleyprincess]

I'm recently engaged and he has not been to WDW (well once, when he was 6 but he had the stomach flu the whole time and doesn't remember it). We're going in May for my birthday/graduation and I'd love to do a romantic portrait session. (I knew a Disney wedding wasn't for meWe saw Beauty & the Beast together and he is definitely not anti-Disney, but I'm thinking more general fairytale than mickey ears. Can you do portraits in the park as a non-Disney bride? If so does anyone have any pricing info?

Thanks!

 

[lurkyloo]

Yes, anyone can schedule a portrait session with Disney Fine Art Photography. Pricing and info about their non-bridal-attire portrait session can be found here: http://disneyfineartphotography.com/portraits/index.php

 

[wilkeliza]

From my understanding you can't do Magic Kingsom portraits unless you are getting married on property.

However you can utalize photopass for this kind of thing. Get dressed up and go to a photopass photographer and ask the to take a few shots, the go to the next and take some more m. Each park has photopass. There is no guarentee there won't be others in the photos though.

There are portrait photography sessions at the resorts.

 

[LadyD]

From my understanding you can't do Magic Kingsom portraits unless you are getting married on property.

However you can utalize photopass for this kind of thing. Get dressed up and go to a photopass photographer and ask the to take a few shots, the go to the next and take some more m. Each park has photopass. There is no guarentee there won't be others in the photos though.

There are portrait photography sessions at the resorts.

You can do any of the parks including magic kingdom for a portrait session even if you do not get married on property. Your booking window is just potentially different for MK.

 

[wilkeliza]

You can do any of the parks including magic kingdom for a portrait session even if you do not get married on property. Your booking window is just potentially different for MK.

That's good to know. On the information above it doesn't list MK as an option and I was always told it was for Disney weddings only. Hmm may have to research that for our engagement photos.

 

[LadyD]

That's good to know. On the information above it doesn't list MK as an option and I was always told it was for Disney weddings only. Hmm may have to research that for our engagement photos.

You have to do the more expensive package to get access to MK, the Premier Portrait Session. This is the one where you can wear wedding attire, but you don't have to.

 

[lurkyloo]

That's good to know. On the information above it doesn't list MK as an option and I was always told it was for Disney weddings only. Hmm may have to research that for our engagement photos.

The info I posted is for engagement portrait sessions and other non-bridal-attire shoots. DFAP does not offer this type of session in the Magic Kingdom. The only session they do in the MK is the bridal portrait session, in bridal attire. As @LadyD said, that one is open to anybody. But it doesn't sound like that's the type of photos the OP wants.

 

[wilkeliza]

The info I posted is for engagement portrait sessions and other non-bridal-attire shoots. DFAP does not offer this type of session in the Magic Kingdom. The only session they do in the MK is the bridal portrait session, in bridal attire. As @LadyD said, that one is open to anybody. But it doesn't sound like that's the type of photos the OP wants.

Ah that isn't the type we want either. I was thinking a laid bad engagement photo shoot which we could get luck and do through photopass since we have memory maker anyways. I know one photopass photographer at Epcot who is amazing and did several of my CM friend's engagement photos on his normal shift in the park (they all bought 1 day memory maker for it).

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Thanks! I'm leaning towards doing either a resort based session (with the castle in the background) or just photopassing around world showcase

 

[fifthdimensiondweller]

We did an engagement shoot at Epcot and loved it. Of course, I was a DCL bride but anyone can book it. With MK, the price would be much higher as others have said, is a bridal session. However, my husband and I had the MK session done following our DCL wedding and actually weren't required to wear wedding attire, they gave us the option. (I chose to wear a silver dress instead, since I already had plenty in my dress from my actual wedding day). I've never heard of anyone else doing so, though.