I'll just add a few things on top off Tinks_1989's answer
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Do the 30 days start from when your pass expires?
it's a double 30 days deadline
pictures expire 30 days from the date they're shot.
for example your first picture is taken on August 1st. It will expire (disappear from your account) on August 31st or September 1st
So you need to claim your photos before they expire. This means you have to enter your photopass+ ID on the photopass website within those 30 days
once your photopass ID is entered (and even if the 30 days are not over) you then have anoter 30 days (starting the day you enter the photopass ID) to order your pics, after those 30 days, pictures are lost
so, to sum up
picture taken -> 30 days to claim (enter id) -> 30 days to order from date ID entered.
I'm worried when we get back I won't have enough time to edit them etc before I order the CD.
you have 2 options.
Enter the photopass+ ID when on holiday, so you can view your pictures online in the evening when you come back to your hotel. In that case you eat into your 30 days to order.
Or you can wait until you're back (granted that it's less than 30 days from 1st picture take), enter your ID then, and you will have 30 days to edit and order.
or a combination of both options (you can also go to a photopass station in the parks or DTD or Deluxe hotel to view your photos)
If the pass is valid at character dining, is there an extra fee?
no
I've read that you have to pay extra at the meals to have the photo's added.
if you have regular photopass, you need to pay for the pictures
if you have photopass+ then it's included, you get the digital download and the actual prints for free
Our first Day is at Hollywood Studios, so where at HS do I activate the pass?
if you do PP+ you will receive a voucher. Beware, that's a very small strip of paper taped onto a DVD case, don't throw it away or misplace it
you'll need to go to the photopass kisok in HS to redeem this voucher and get your card (you can also do it next to guest relations in DTD)
In DHS it's on hollywood boulevard, left sidewalk, in the building right after the crosswalk (path to echo lake and hollywood&vine)
you'll also find a code inside the DVD case, it's the code to get a 100% discount on the photo CD once you're ready to order, don't misplace it.
Do I add the little characters to the photo's when I edit them or do the photographers do that for you? (You know where you pose as if you are holding Tinkerbell for example and then she's included on the photo).
you need to ask a photographer for a "magic shot"
only photographers without a tripod do magic shots, it's useless to ask a photographer with a tripod, but ASK, photographers will rarely offer to do one if you don't ask
the photographer will direct you as to how you need to pose for those pictures. There are many, look here and you'll have a few example, it's always best to ask for a specific magic shot, or you might end up with the same ones each time
http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disneysphotopass/
Once we get home and go through all the photo's and edit them, do we then get them sent to us on a CD and then we own the copyright?
you will need to pay $15 for shipping of the CD or download for free if you have less than 700 pics.
you'll need to use the discount code that came with the PP+ DVD.
you'll get a limited release enabling you to order prints of the photos
Can 2-3 members of our party have their own cards and then we can add them to one account? If so, how do we do that?
you will only get one photopass+ card per order. so if you split up you'll need to share and take turns
you can all have a regular photopass card, just ask a photographer, he'll give as many as you need.
regular photopass do not provide extras such as ride photos and meal photos, you'll need the original (red) photopass card.
to add multiple cards, just enter their number on your photopass account
Sorry for all the questions.
sorry gor all the quotes
