Photo CDs

[ppiew]

Way to much $$$ for me! I do wish you could get 'single 4X6's to fit into a photo album. don't want all 8X10's or multiples of other sizes so Shutters doesn't really work for me. their pix are very nice though.

 

[gismo1554]

I'm so excited to hear Disney is taking a step in this direction with their photos and I hope other cruise lines will soon follow!

The price may seem steep, but you have to consider that once they give you a cd of images they lose the ability to make any more profit. $400 may seem high to some of us, but others are willing to drop that & more on printed images and would do it in a heart beat to have access to all of their digital images.

Sure it only costs pennies to print a photo, but as a photography business how do you (collectively) expect they recoup their overhead fees? They still have to pay the photographers, buy all the very expensive camera equipment, backdrops, props, lighting, paper, processing machines & chemicals! My point is that photo studios & photographers charge what they charge based on all of the above (plus time & talent of the artist when using a pro), not the simple fact that you can print a picture for $.10.

Shutters is a business, they have to make a profit, that wont happen if they give away tons of images for next to nothing (and once cruisers decide to buy the CD, just imagine how many pictures they will be posing for). Sorry for the rant, as a photographer I tend to be a bit biased and I'm just saying...

OK I'm afraid I'm in the $400 is way too expensive category and just wanted to say:

Yes I agree once you have the CD then they have lost the power to make any more profit but they loose this at the end of each cruise anyway and Disney do the same for $150 which includes borders.

I think the most I've spent on photos is $100. Now personally I don't think there are that many people already spending $300-$400 on photos in Shutters so why make this price so unrealistic? I'm not saying it should be an identicle price to WDW but it should be comparable. Most people spend 14 days at WDW and only up to 7 on a cruise. Now per day this would mean that you are effectively saying that you are having 8 times as many photos as in WDW. I don't think this is the case or at least it never has been for me?

 

[tink too]

Yes I agree once you have the CD then they have lost the power to make any more profit but they loose this at the end of each cruise anyway and Disney do the same for $150 which includes borders.

I totally agree here. On our first cruise, we often noticed people in Shutters looking through their pics and throwing them ALL in the bins! Just think of the time/money/resource savings Shutters could make from not printing every photo out.

Most people spend 14 days at WDW and only up to 7 on a cruise. Now per day this would mean that you are effectively saying that you are having 8 times as many photos as in WDW.

Most people from the UK visit WDW for 14 nights, but we regularly meet American or Canadian families who are vacationing for a much shorter period.

 

[gismo1554]

I totally agree here. On our first cruise, we often noticed people in Shutters looking through their pics and throwing them ALL in the bins! Just think of the time/money/resource savings Shutters could make from not printing every photo out.

Most people from the UK visit WDW for 14 nights, but we regularly meet American or Canadian families who are vacationing for a much shorter period.

Fair point. Didn't think about those lucky people who live so close!

 

[PrincessBelle39]

I would pay $400 if I was getting pictures like the Tink one. I'd want to include everything if i was paying out that sort of money. I wouldn't want it restricted to just a selection of pictures.

 

[joycsk]

I would pay $400 if I was getting pictures like the Tink one. I'd want to include everything if i was paying out that sort of money. I wouldn't want it restricted to just a selection of pictures.

I thought I understood that $400 got you all pictures of all persons on a linked reservation regardless of cabins (I'm sailing with 3 cabins.) but did not include the borders. Have I got it correct or is there something that I am missing? For the 8 of us, it is probably a good deal - nuclear family of 4 and 3 sets of grandparenst.

Thanks!

 

[LeesyUD]

I also feel that $300 or $400 is ridiculous. Some state that they were happy about this bc they would spend that much on photos anyway, but the thing is that you shouldn't have to spend that much! For $400 I can go to a local camera shop and get over 2000 photos printed at pretty good quality (and that is if they are $15. to $.20 each). I know that their printed photos would be higher quality, but in such a digital age, I think most people now would rather have a couple thousand good quality photos for albums, online sharing, scrapbooking etc., and a few great quality ones, then just a few great quality ones. I just think that price is outrageous. I will pay the $100-150 at WDW bc I think that is somewhat reasonable, but the most I would ever pay is $200 and that is a far stretch even. Furthermore, the photographers Disney uses are not professional ones so they should charge accordingly to that, but they don't.

 

[Tanzanite]

Seems expensive but we spent $ 500 on photos so i would pay for it as the pictures are beautiful.

 

[jhoshowski]

We have 4 cabins linked (13 people). This may be a good deal for us IF there isn't a limit to the number of pictures. For around $75 per cabin, I could live without the borders - or even pick up a few with borders for half price.

 

[joseph'smom]

just got off Wonder- the CD was on sale for $269. So if you knew ahead of time you wanted the CD and jumped in line for every photo opp- it may be an ok thing to do...

 

[so_oregon]

I was on the Celebrity Solstice in February and had the TV on one evening, when suddenly I notice that ALLLL the photos they were promoting on the ship channel (and saying, go to the photog shop) were of ME and sister.....since I am not vain enough to think of me as a TV star on the ship, I did go to the photo shop and asked "what's up with that?" Photographer explained that the ship had facial recognition software keyed to the first picture taken (the one that comes up with the card) and that the computer matched the most likely photos as one got on/off the ship with that stateroom where we got a personalized commercial for the ship photo shop.....

snazzy, no?

We spent around $300 on the PC repo on pictures and love the family shots that we got dressd up and lifetouch background considering we didn't have to drive an hour to the photographer's studio and pay a sitting fee, etc. Hopefully the price will come down? I am curious how they get ALL of your pictures on the CD...which I would completely expect at that price. From what others have posted about the photopass system the photogs do not scan your KTTW card EVERY time they take a picture. Looking forward to hearing some feedback from people who have gotten this.

 

[gismo1554]

I was on the Celebrity Solstice in February and had the TV on one evening, when suddenly I notice that ALLLL the photos they were promoting on the ship channel (and saying, go to the photog shop) were of ME and sister.....since I am not vain enough to think of me as a TV star on the ship, I did go to the photo shop and asked "what's up with that?" Photographer explained that the ship had facial recognition software keyed to the first picture taken (the one that comes up with the card) and that the computer matched the most likely photos as one got on/off the ship with that stateroom where we got a personalized commercial for the ship photo shop.....

snazzy, no?

I think this was the idea for Disney as well as in 2007 when I was on the Magic we were told they were going to have a thing into the room so you could view your photos on your Stateroom TV

 

[dolphingirl47]

We have done two cruises on DCL so far (one 4 night and one 5 night) and on both we spent about $170 per cruise on photos. I would have loved to get more photos. I am not sure if we would get good value out of the CD on the 7 night cruise, but if they offer the CD for $400 on our Transatlantic Cruises, then we will get the package on one of them. I just have the nasty feeling that the prices will be higher for the longer cruises.

Corinna

 

[jbm02]

I thought I understood that $400 got you all pictures of all persons on a linked reservation regardless of cabins (I'm sailing with 3 cabins.) but did not include the borders. Have I got it correct or is there something that I am missing? For the 8 of us, it is probably a good deal - nuclear family of 4 and 3 sets of grandparenst.

Thanks!

Hi! Can anyone comment on this? We have 4 linked cabins, which really helps inreducing the per cabin price of the CD. Do e get all the pictures of all 4 cabins or is there a limit?? We can live without the borders or add them in later via photoshop.

 

[gismo1554]

Hi! Can anyone comment on this? We have 4 linked cabins, which really helps inreducing the per cabin price of the CD. Do e get all the pictures of all 4 cabins or is there a limit?? We can live without the borders or add them in later via photoshop.

I don't know first hand but from what I've read on here yes they will all be on one CD as long as they are linked cabins

 

[Schachteles]

just got off Wonder- the CD was on sale for $269. So if you knew ahead of time you wanted the CD and jumped in line for every photo opp- it may be an ok thing to do...

That is a great deal, but I wonder if the price was $269 on the Wonder because they are shorter cruises?

Can anyone confirm the price on the Magic? We head there in 74 days and it sure would be nice to have it be $269, though I will happily pay $400.

 

[Shelebeen]

I really like the idea of the CD, first off you get all the photos, secondly - you can then print, make into photo books, etc all those photos however/whenever you want. With the photos you buy, you dont have the rights to copy them, etc... with the CD, you do... That would be why you are paying a premium for them.

If they are about 250 - 300 for our pre Christmas trip, we will most likely buy one.

 

[jhoshowski]

That is a great deal, but I wonder if the price was $269 on the Wonder because they are shorter cruises?

Can anyone confirm the price on the Magic? We head there in 74 days and it sure would be nice to have it be $269, though I will happily pay $400.

Everything that I have read/heard indicates that for the 3 night cruises it is $269.95, for the 4 night cruises it is $299.95, and for the 7 night cruises it is $399.95.

 

[Schachteles]

Everything that I have read/heard indicates that for the 3 night cruises it is $269.95, for the 4 night cruises it is $299.95, and for the 7 night cruises it is $399.95.

That is what I thought, just wanted to confirm, because I didn't think it was a sale.

 

[tink too]

I think this was the idea for Disney as well as in 2007 when I was on the Magic we were told they were going to have a thing into the room so you could view your photos on your Stateroom TV

That's what I thought, too. They better get caught up with the Jones's soon - it just no good that Carnival has a fancier photo system than DCL!

I am not sure if we would get good value out of the CD on the 7 night cruise, but if they offer the CD for $400 on our Transatlantic Cruises, then we will get the package on one of them. I just have the nasty feeling that the prices will be higher for the longer cruises.

Me, too.

With the photos you buy, you dont have the rights to copy them, etc... with the CD, you do... That would be why you are paying a premium for them.

You can actually download a photo release form for any pics you have had made by Shutters. Therefore, I'm not sure why they are charging the inflated price.