We have gone to Disney every October since 2008 and have always purchased Photopass. Every year we have seen the service slip a little bit, but have always been happy with enough photos to make it worth it. Some of the photos are truly awesome and I will cherish those family photo memories forever!
This time we purchased photo pass plus for the ride feature (no character dining this trip). I am noticing many ride photos are missing! May I make a suggestion - write down your photo numbers or take a photo with your phone camera so it will be easier to track down your missing photos (the phone camera will also give a date/time). I wish I had done this, especially since many of the rides we were only able to go on once due to crowds. For $150-200 service, this should not be necessary! Hopefully, Disney will be able to find the missing photos.
Most of the week, I almost NEVER saw a Photopass photographer actually LOOK at the photo after taking it! I have LOTS of photos with eyes closed, off center, incorrect settings, blurred night shots, etc! I have a photo of Minnie Mouse's rear end in the center of the photo!! Many character photographers took 3-4 photos right away then stood there looking bored! I have never seen the Photopass photographers looking so disinterested in their jobs before! Usually most have gone the extra mile to do a good job.
Magic shots? Very few photographers were able to do them. The few Magic Shots I got were very disappointing, as the "Magic" is not in the right location on the photo!! A simple 2 second glance at the camera these photographers would have seen they missed the mark and then could retake the photo.
On the bright side, the website looks a lot more user friendly!
Disney keeps raising the prices of the Photopass service. My husband and I have sadly decided that unless this service really dramatically improves, this will probably be our last time using Photopass. I will miss it, but it is very hard to justify the high price for the lack of quality photos and the need to track down so many missing photos.
Just my 2 cents. I hope Disney spends some quality time retraining their Photopass photographers on improving the quality.
This time we purchased photo pass plus for the ride feature (no character dining this trip). I am noticing many ride photos are missing! May I make a suggestion - write down your photo numbers or take a photo with your phone camera so it will be easier to track down your missing photos (the phone camera will also give a date/time). I wish I had done this, especially since many of the rides we were only able to go on once due to crowds. For $150-200 service, this should not be necessary! Hopefully, Disney will be able to find the missing photos.
Most of the week, I almost NEVER saw a Photopass photographer actually LOOK at the photo after taking it! I have LOTS of photos with eyes closed, off center, incorrect settings, blurred night shots, etc! I have a photo of Minnie Mouse's rear end in the center of the photo!! Many character photographers took 3-4 photos right away then stood there looking bored! I have never seen the Photopass photographers looking so disinterested in their jobs before! Usually most have gone the extra mile to do a good job.
Magic shots? Very few photographers were able to do them. The few Magic Shots I got were very disappointing, as the "Magic" is not in the right location on the photo!! A simple 2 second glance at the camera these photographers would have seen they missed the mark and then could retake the photo.
On the bright side, the website looks a lot more user friendly!
Disney keeps raising the prices of the Photopass service. My husband and I have sadly decided that unless this service really dramatically improves, this will probably be our last time using Photopass. I will miss it, but it is very hard to justify the high price for the lack of quality photos and the need to track down so many missing photos.
Just my 2 cents. I hope Disney spends some quality time retraining their Photopass photographers on improving the quality.
