Photopass question for a newbie

[Bingham2]

This is my first onsite, more-than-one-day trip to WDW. I understand the photographer taking your picture and scanning of the photopass card. But what I don't understand is: is the photo pass purchased before you take your trip? Or can you come home and view your pictures before making a purchase?


TIA.

 

[lovenerds81112]

This is my first onsite, more-than-one-day trip to WDW. I understand the photographer taking your picture and scanning of the photopass card. But what I don't understand is: is the photo pass purchased before you take your trip? Or can you come home and view your pictures before making a purchase?


TIA.

You can order the photopass card before your trip. My fiancé and I ordered the photopass plus card, which we got for $169 instead of the $200 it would have cost if we had purchased it at WDW. The Photopass plus includes all of the pictures taken by photopass people in the parks AND all of the photos taken of you while you are on rides, plus any Character meal pictures.

 

[chrissydisp24]

You can order the photopass card before your trip. My fiancé and I ordered the photopass plus card, which we got for $169 instead of the $200 it would have cost if we had purchased it at WDW. The Photopass plus includes all of the pictures taken by photopass people in the parks AND all of the photos taken of you while you are on rides, plus any Character meal pictures.

So you have to buy photopass in order to use it or are you talking about buying the CD? I'm confused...

 

[Bingham2]

You can order the photopass card before your trip. My fiancé and I ordered the photopass plus card, which we got for $169 instead of the $200 it would have cost if we had purchased it at WDW. The Photopass plus includes all of the pictures taken by photopass people in the parks AND all of the photos taken of you while you are on rides, plus any Character meal pictures.

Now I have another question. Is the photo pass and CD one in the same?
Maybe someone can just walk me through the whole process.

 

[siskaren]

Now I have another question. Is the photo pass and CD one in the same?
Maybe someone can just walk me through the whole process.

Check out this site for everything you need to know about PhotoPass (although the price of the pre-order for the CD is now $119.95):

http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disneysphotopass/

And you can find out a lot of information about PhotoPass + here:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/disneys-photopass-service/new-disney-photopass-arriving-april-4-2012-to-walt-disney-world-resort/10150650931518325

 

[lisakramer]

We've been photopass junkies for years now.
You have the option of buying the cd at a discount before your trip if you know you want it. This is what I do every trip. OR you can wait till you get home and browse all your photos to decide if it's worth it to you.
Personally, I use the photopass as my personal photographers. We use each and every photographer we can find. That way I know I'll get a ton of great pix with the whole family in them. Otherwise I have a bunch of pix, but I'm not in any of them.
The photographers do a great job. You can pose any way you want, funny faces, etc. Ask for the special effects photos and you'll get fun characters popping up in your pix! You can't do that on your own!

 

[librarymouse]

I agree- photopass is great especially if you are usually the photographer in your group. You do not have to buy in advance, but it will save you money if you do. The first park you are at you can get a card from a PP photog, he or she will take your picture and scan the card. then you give the card to each photopass photographer you encounter to scan throughout your trip. You go online to claim your photos and enter your photopass card number to see the pictures. If you forget your card you can always get a new one and the pictures from several different cards can be combined into one account. If you don't purchase in advance, be sure to buy shortly after your trip. The photos expire after a certain time- 30 days I think.

Most photopass photographers will happily take a photo with your camera as well so you don't have to buy it to get great pictures. However, nighttime shots etc usually come out better from the pp photog's camera.

We have used it every trip and love it!

 

[Bingham2]

I agree- photopass is great especially if you are usually the photographer in your group. You do not have to buy in advance, but it will save you money if you do. The first park you are at you can get a card from a PP photog, he or she will take your picture and scan the card. then you give the card to each photopass photographer you encounter to scan throughout your trip. You go online to claim your photos and enter your photopass card number to see the pictures. If you forget your card you can always get a new one and the pictures from several different cards can be combined into one account. If you don't purchase in advance, be sure to buy shortly after your trip. The photos expire after a certain time- 30 days I think.

Most photopass photographers will happily take a photo with your camera as well so you don't have to buy it to get great pictures. However, nighttime shots etc usually come out better from the pp photog's camera.

We have used it every trip and love it!

Thank you!!!!! This is exactly what I needed to know!

 

[Bingham2]

We've been photopass junkies for years now.
You have the option of buying the cd at a discount before your trip if you know you want it. This is what I do every trip. OR you can wait till you get home and browse all your photos to decide if it's worth it to you.
Personally, I use the photopass as my personal photographers. We use each and every photographer we can find. That way I know I'll get a ton of great pix with the whole family in them. Otherwise I have a bunch of pix, but I'm not in any of them.
The photographers do a great job. You can pose any way you want, funny faces, etc. Ask for the special effects photos and you'll get fun characters popping up in your pix! You can't do that on your own!

Thank you!!!! This explains a lot. I was just so confused. lol

 

[mripirate]

If you purchase the photo pass plus before your trip, do you still purchase CD after you return from trip?

 

[ellyn2000]

I believe if you purchase the Photopass Plus in advance it includes the CD. We have just purchased the CD when we got home in the past, but we will purchase in advance this trip. librarymouse explained it all perfectly in the post above.

 

[siskaren]

If you purchase the photo pass plus before your trip, do you still purchase CD after you return from trip?

What you're doing before the trip is pre-paying for the CD. Librarymouse explained what you do in the parks to get the pictures and then when you get home you log onto the PhotoPass site and enter the card numbers, then you can see the pictures and edit them by cropping, adding borders, etc. Then when it's time to pay you enter in a code that you receive when you pre-order so that the price of the CD will be reduced to free. For a more detailed explanation of how PhotoPass works, check out the first link in post #5.

I believe if you purchase the Photopass Plus in advance it includes the CD. We have just purchased the CD when we got home in the past, but we will purchase in advance this trip. librarymouse explained it all perfectly in the post above.

What you get ahead of time if you pre-order the PhotoPass + is a CD with stock photos, which are just generic pictures of the parks.

 

[DiSZYme]

I have a couple photopass questions, and was going to start a new thread, but thought that this thread might be a better place to ask (so assorted photopass info stays in one place). I hope that that's okay to the thread starter, but I assume the info might be helpful to her too.

Okay, so I have prepurchased the photopass cd and a few days ago I upgraded it to photopass plus, so I will def be using the service and I do have some familiarity with it. When we went 4 years ago, I used to, but was definitely kinda shy about it and didn't get as many pics as I could have. This time, I'm going to really go for it...

Which brings me to my questions. First, I've read a few comments about guests asking the PP photographers for special pictures but I don't know anything about this. Should I ask all the photographers for all for these? Should I do it right away or wait until they've taken a few regular shots?

And when it comes to ride photos, do I show them my PP+ card as I get on the ride or do I do it afterwards?

Thank you all!

 

[siskaren]

Which brings me to my questions. First, I've read a few comments about guests asking the PP photographers for special pictures but I don't know anything about this. Should I ask all the photographers for all for these? Should I do it right away or wait until they've taken a few regular shots?

And when it comes to ride photos, do I show them my PP+ card as I get on the ride or do I do it afterwards?

Thank you all!

If you're talking about magic shots, not all photographers are going to have the ability to do them. For a list of what shots are available and where, check the first link in post #5.

For the ride photos, after you get off the ride you would go to the gift shop at the end of the ride where they have the viewing location for the pictures.

 

[DiSZYme]

Thanks for the feedback SisKaren

 

[rbrainerd]

We found that when we tell the photographer we have pre-purchased the CD, they go all out with pictures. We even had our own photo shot practically once at HS. He took us all over the park! If you have your own camera, it is not a bad idea to take a picture of your photopass card # located on the back as well for reference in case you loose it. We accumulated many photopass cards due to family members not always together in the parks. If you go to a photopass area in the park, they can also put all your cards together on one card. Enjoy and grab the photopass photographer to take a picture whenever you see them.

 

[Bingham2]

I activated the photo pass card that came with our DME mail pamphlet. We got a plastic photo pass card in our room last night. Should I activate it? Or use the paper one we originally activated?

 

[BigPumba]

I activated the photo pass card that came with our DME mail pamphlet. We got a plastic photo pass card in our room last night. Should I activate it? Or use the paper one we originally activated?

Bring to one o the photo pass kiosks and they can combine them all into one card for you

 

[Bingham2]

Bring to one o the photo pass kiosks and they can combine them all into one card for you

Thank you so much!!!!!!

 

[moenjoejr]

I am going with my immediate family (DH + 3 DSs). Plus, we are going with my parents, my mother in law, brother in law, sister and nephew. I plan on purchasing the photopass + card. If other members of the family get cards too, and end up with pics of themselves as well and family pics, I'm just thinking now that I should be asking all of them to split the price of this with me, correct? Would they be getting free pics from Disney photographers if they just got extra cards b/c I paid for it already. Am I thinking this through?