Park Photo Shoot Times

[jshora]

So, I've been talking with Disney Photography as my DF and I wanted to do a MK and Epcot photo shoot before our wedding. I've seen many brides say that they have had their photo shoots from 6am - 9am. However, when I requested this from Disney Photography, they said that they will only do a 7:30am start time. This means the photo shoot would go until 10:30am (a bit of a problem as our ceremony is at 10am). They said 6am start time is not an option.

Has anyone else ever run into this? Right now we're planning on giving up the Epcot portion so our photo shoot would go from 7:30am - 8:45am. Instead we were thinking of doing something more casual on a different day at Epcot and just doing bridal at the MK.

For those of you that have done your MK photo shoot on a different day than your wedding, how did it work out with your hair, make-up, and bouquets? From what I have found, it's going to cost at least $175 for someone to come out to my resort and do my hair and make-up (which I would have to pay twice if we did the photo shoot on a different day.. once for the wedding and once for the photo shoot). Is it worth it?

 

[princesswendy720]

There's another thread about this..evidently the change in times is due to the construction at the magic kingdom in 2011. Some people forgo professional hair and makeup for the bridal shoot. You can pay for a floral refresh, and Disney will take your bouquet after your ceremony, store it, and replace flowers as needed before your shoot. You could also create a fake bouquet for the shoot, keep yours in the fridge and hope for the best, or not use one to save some $$$.

For me, I think the extra expense is worth it to get 2 parks and not have to stress about fitting it in before the ceremony.