Since no one responded to this when I originally posted it...I thought I would update with my ACTUAL experience in case other people are interested or considering doing this.
First off...the actual experience in the park was a pretty good one. Epcot opened at 9am and my photo session was at 7:45am. I took a cab from Caribbean Beach Resort to Beach Club so I could use the International Gateway (where I was instructed to meet the photographers). I was about 45 minutes early...I've never used the international gateway and was surprised at how close it is to Beach Club. I didn't mind though...I got to watch the sunrise over Epcot and that was actually pretty neat.
Right at 7:45...I was let into the park to meet the photographer and her assistant. They were both really nice and did their best to make me comfortable. I use a walker...but I didn't want the walker in the pictures so they were good at trying to set me up in places where I either had support...or the assistant brought me my walker when I needed it so I didn't have to try and walk without it.
I brought some props with me to "Disney Up" the photo session. I bought some Minnie shoes from Kohls, a pink Ear Hat with "Baby Schmitz" embroidered on it, and a Minnie rattle plush that I saw in the parks the day before. I knew I didn't need or want them in ALL the pictures...but I did want at least a little bit of Disney in some shots otherwise what's the point of having the photo session in the parks?
We had one really cute moment during the photo session when they put the Minnie shoes on my belly and the baby kicked on of them off...lol...it was definitely a memorable moment for the day.
The whole session lasted about an hour and I was released out into the parks right around rope drop with the rest of the crowds. I really enjoyed being in parts of the World Showcase when there were no other guests there...even the people let in early for meals weren't allowed in those areas and I enjoyed that a lot.
Only a couple of negatives...some of which I didn't know until after I got to view my photos. The first is that the whole first batch of shots are all completely awful because my hair was doing something funny...why wouldn't the photographer or her assistant tell me or help me fix it? It's disappointing because if my hair hadn't been awful then some of those would have been cute shots. It's only chance that I tucked that piece of hair behind my ear before the next bunch of shots since I didn't have a mirror or anything to see it.
Another issue was that they had me stand under a doorway where water was dripping and it dripped onto my shirt...leaving a wet patch on my chest (in an awkward spot)...which appeared in a bunch of other pictures and sort of ruined them. Not like they did it on purpose...but they never acknowledged it and I sort of thought maybe it was something they could edit out of the shots...but they didn't.
All in all...I got 85 pictures from my session (many of them duplicates where one was in color and one was in B&W). I would say there are about 12 good ones...20 or so REALLY bad ones...and the rest are in the middle and just okay. I'm not a very photogenic person...so I'm pretty happy to have at least 12 good shots...but I did expect more than that from a professional photographer especially given the money I spent on the session...$350 for the session and an extra $100 for the photo disc...for 12 shots that I like. Truth be told...I got more pictures I liked from Memory Maker...
At any rate...and I've only posted pictures on here once before so I hope this works...here are what I consider the good shots from the session:
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