New PhotoPass Offering

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Someone posted in Theme Parks Attractions and wanted to share...I think its great for digital scrapbooking.

Disney;s PhotoPass is now offering a cd with 350 Disney stock photos. Cost is $39.99

 

[morgansmom2000]

Aaaargghhhh, I would have gotten this last year! I wish they had been offering it then!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Wow! I'm curious about this... BAMB and Lisa will have to check this out for all of us when they hit SDV!

 

[morgansmom2000]

There's another thing too, you can upload your own photos and add the borders! Darn it all, I want both! (I sometimes take better shots than the PhotoPass peeps - I love my camera).

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

There's another thing too, you can upload your own photos and add the borders! Darn it all, I want both! (I sometimes take better shots than the PhotoPass peeps - I love my camera).

tell me about it, the flash is harsh and way over exposed! You know what really ticks me off though, when they start trying to "fix" DH's camera settings. ERGH! But I would love to have my pics on the disk too.

I will log into the photopass site to see what the deal is. I wonder if you can buy it outright or if you have to purchase it when you buy the photopass CD. Which btw, the cost went up on.

 

[mantaz]

Although the photopass did go up in price, preorder is still $99.95. Disney visa did have a 15% off code but I didnt check if they were still doing it. I wonder if it would be good on the 39.95 CD. I need to check on that!

Shoot the Chase site is down for maintenace and the old visa code doesn't work. I will check back in to this though!

 

[YodasMom]

You don't have to have had a recent trip to the Parks to buy the CD with The Disney Stock photos. Anyone can go on the Disneyphotopass.com website and buy it. It's not attached to the CD of the photos taken of you by the photopass photographers. It's a really good price considering one 5 x 7" photo if they process is $12.00!

I ordered one after I placed my order for my own photopass CD. So, there were two separate orders. It hasn't arrived yet. I did call Photopass before I ordered it to confirm it was the stock photos that are online, plus others.

Yes, the preorder price for the photopass CD also remained the same, but the regular price post trip is up to 149.95, however, some people have been able to get the pre-trip price before inputing their ID number.

 

[cassidyk]

Can someone explain how the photopass system works exactly? This is a new feature since our last visit. I understand that you get a card that assigns you an account number and whenever you see a Disney photographer you give them that card and all of your photos are compiled online for you to view/purchase. But what I am unclear on is the cost to purchase the cd of all of the photos that they take. I saw $99 mentioned but that seems really high (even by Disney standards) so can someone clarify for me? Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Kathryn

 

[YodasMom]

Can someone explain how the photopass system works exactly? This is a new feature since our last visit. I understand that you get a card that assigns you an account number and whenever you see a Disney photographer you give them that card and all of your photos are compiled online for you to view/purchase. But what I am unclear on is the cost to purchase the cd of all of the photos that they take. I saw $99 mentioned but that seems really high (even by Disney standards) so can someone clarify for me? Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Kathryn

Yes, the PRE-purchase price is $99 if purchased prior to your trip. The full price is $149.95 if purchased after your trip. It's high, but nothing considered to buying your photos separately at the prices Photopass charges to process the photos. You can edit your photos and add as many borders and enhancements as you want, and they are all included on the CD. If you had even 50 photos, you could make a few hundred out of those with the editing and enhancements. And, yes, it's high, but not as high as the post-trip price which JUST went up on June 16!

When you go, if you decide to get the CD, pre-research all the places the photopass photographers hang out and also all the areas Magic shots are taken. Magic shots have an added surprise such as Tinkerbell in your hand, Stitch coming out of the ground or sitting beside you eating a cone, Soarin' characters coming down above you at Epcot, Simba in your arms at AK, Ghosts at HM around Halloween, and Tink wings at Flower an Garden show Fairy garden, etc. They will not normally automatically offer these. You have to ask. But, stop and get all the shots you can and also re-shoot the same areas with other photographers since the photographers vary in their expertise. Also, ask for views that you might want..If they're not too busy, they may honor your request. Some are more willing than others!

I shared a CD with 3 other sets of friends on my May 2009 trip so that reduced my price. That can't be done on DIS though.

It's your buck, so make the most of it!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Stitch coming out of the ground is that at DHS?
They had us look down and point at the ground....and when we got the photopass CD.. it looks like we are staring at dirt in the wood! I need to do a cute layout on that.... the photographer was actually from a hometown about an hour south of our hometown...

Note to self: pre-order cd before our next trip!!!!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Also, if you preorder the CD and photobook, you can decide not to buy one or both and they will refund you. I did that and just didn't have time to make the photobook (that's what I get for going right before Christmas!), and they refunded either $40 or $50. Either way, I got over 2000 photos once I added all the borders and stuff to the CD.

I think I will order the stock CD, I have a Chase Visa, so I'll wait to hear about that

Stitch was in the ground at DHS, we also got M with Lilo, Minnie, Mickey and Stitch there too. Sitting on the water fountain with her.

 

[YodasMom]

Stitch coming out of the ground is that at DHS?
They had us look down and point at the ground....and when we got the photopass CD.. it looks like we are staring at dirt in the wood! I need to do a cute layout on that.... the photographer was actually from a hometown about an hour south of our hometown...

Note to self: pre-order cd before our next trip!!!!

Nancy, yes you should have had Stitch coming out of the ground. That is one of the magic shots at the Studios. One, think I learned, though from the past trip is to go to one of the photoshops in one of the parks daily or at least a couple of times to have them check my photos. I also found some missing the magic characters, and they could then add those. Also, when I got home, they added some missing shots as well. There are varying levels of expertise, let's say, among the photographers and they don't all know how to input all the info correctly, or sometimes get careless so you have to check those shots frequently.

I had one of the Soarin' characters overhead taken at Epcot, but they didn't appear on my photos. It was a photo of me ducking and point up above looking horrified!! There were dark clouds, bt heck I'm used to that coming from this area!! I did check the shots at the Park and they added the magic images. I also had it re-taken so I was sure it was there since it's a fun one!

You can also get a magic shot with Stitch eating an ice cream cone next to you on a bench at Epcot or MK. I got one at MK (when it wasn't busy) wit him sitting on a table in front of Casey's.

 

[YodasMom]

Disney visa did have a 15% off code but I didnt check if they were still doing it. I wonder if it would be good on the 39.95 CD. I need to check on that!

The Disney credit card special code of 15% expired on June 15. I did use it for a pre-purchase of a Photopass CD for the Fall, but it's now expired. It couldn't be used for the stock photo CD because that CD is a new offering that just came out on June 16. The photopass person confirmed this CD just came out on the 16th, per my phone call earlier this week, so don't feel bad.

 

[wenrob]

Can someone tell me if they will be doing this for Disneyland and CA Adventure? I tried doing a quick google but came up empty.

 

[YodasMom]

I think I will order the stock CD, I have a Chase Visa, so I'll wait to hear about that

That offer expired on June 15.

Also, the CD of the stock photos is a new offering as of June 16.

Another new offering is to upload your own photos to a separate CD ordered through Photopass for $19.95.

I have uploaded my personal photos and ordered through Photopass when they had a really good offer which made the photos less than what I could get at even most discount local places, and the quality of their processing was excellent. So, what for those special discounts which are usually around major holidays, etc.

 

[YodasMom]

Can someone tell me if they will be doing this for Disneyland and CA Adventure? I tried doing a quick google but came up empty.

There is a Photopass for DL. I've not been there for years so I don't know what the web address is for the pre-purchase price. I have heard there is one.

The pre-purchase offer for WDW actually comes with a welcome e-mail from WDW with a special web address for the pre-purchase web page. You can't just go to the Photopass site to bring up that page even for the WDW offer. You can get the address all over Dis or google it, though, and it works.

You might want to check out the DL Board on Dis and ask for the info and web address. I've heard the price is lower than WDW's since there are fewer parks and stays are usually shorter, etc.

 

[jernysgirl]

Can someone tell me if they will be doing this for Disneyland and CA Adventure? I tried doing a quick google but came up empty.

Yes, there is Photopass at DLR and it is $59.95 (or .99). However, There is no pre-ordering at DLR like there is at WDW.

 

[wenrob]

Yes, there is Photopass at DLR and it is $59.95 (or .99). However, There is no pre-ordering at DLR like there is at WDW.

No, I meant the stock photos...couldn't find any info if the do it for DLR as well.

 

[YodasMom]

No, I meant the stock photos...couldn't find any info if the do it for DLR as well.

On the Stock photo page on Disney Photopass website, there are 22 photos of DL and 5 of CA Adventure. There may also be a few in the resorts category, not sure. There also may be more on the CD itself than are listed on the Photopass site, but it looks like most are WDW.

 

[Mike2023]

Anyone want to go splits on a Stock photo cd?