Photopass questions

[SalandJeff]

You can go in throughout your trip and do the enhancements so then the day that you make the disk you can quickly go in do the enhancements on your last pics and be out...that is what we did...helped out a lot.

QUOTE "...as already stated CDs from photopasses can be burned at Toontown in MK, Epcot to the right of "the big ball" Spaceship Earth, and Mickey's Mercantile in Grand Floridian Hotel. We first went to Grand Floridian and they were nice but they only have one viewing screen so timing is everything......also communication with the technician is difficult because you are looking at the screen but they are behind it so the ones I was trying to buy hard copies of kept going away (he could bring them back up, but it was frustrating). "

Okay...I'm confused. If you decide to get the $99 CD, doesn't it include all the photos that you've had taken during the time you are there (up to 300)? What enhancements are you doing as you go throughout the trip? And why do you have to look at them on a screen and select them (is that only if you want actual prints rather than the CD)?

Also, I remember another thread where someone said they had a photo taken at DTD...does anyone know where?

 

[Kim10110]

salandjeff,
The enhancements that you can add are borders, the year, what park, character signitures, stich or tinkerbell. YOu can not add them when you get home so if you want to have these you have to do it before you leave. on your cd you will get one folder with regular pictures and one folder with enhanced photos. It helps if you go every few days and add the enhancements so it doesnt take a few hours the day you leave or the day before. I just read on the website for photo pass if you order the cd online you will not get the enhancements.

 

[GritsGirl]

(Quoted from SalandJeff)..."Also, I remember another thread where someone said they had a photo taken at DTD...does anyone know where?"

I was in Downtown Disney last night so I went on a snooping mission (I am SO NOSEY when at Disney these days)..........

The DD Photopass location is in the Wonderful World of Memories. That is the scrapbook/frame store. It is attached to Art of Disney (the fancy art/collectibles store) and it is to the right of Rainforest Cafe (look for the volcano). It is behind the big Christmas store---far right, rear of the Marketplace area.

They have two screens for viewing there. They are opened from 9:30 in the morning to 11:00 at night (11:30 on weekend nights). That location was actually put there for people to buy pics from the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique (BBB) thingy that has opened in World of Disney...............SO...........during the day, they are pretty busy Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutiqueing BUT they told me that from 6:45 to close, they are fairly quiet right now (people don't know they are there yet). They are also a location that can view photopass pics from every park so they can build the CDs.

Another thing I learned is that there is a "portrait screen" at that location---I don't know the real name of those screens...........but they shoot pictures of the princesses in front of it once they are all fluffed up. Those pics just go onto a Photopass card and if the person wants to buy hard copies they are sold at the same price as the park shots (~$12.95 for 1st 5x7, ~$9.95 for additionals; ~$16.95 for 1st 8x10, ~$12.95 for additionals).......where else are you going to get a portrait for that price? There is NO SITTING FEE and no appointments needed and they said they would take pictures of ANYBODY, not just BBB princesses and divas. The screen is fairly pastel colored but I don't think it would be that noticeable if there were multiple people in the shot...............I think about 5 people could cluster for a portrait and they may be able to fit in more but it isn't a giant area. The framed samples they had there looked really good.

(unrelated note/random thought---during the BBB thing there is a Photopass photographer shooting pics during the whole process and adding them the the Photopass cards of the princesses and divas so that is another photo op if that is up your alley)

One more little tidbit---when purchasing the cd from the photopass card, you can NOT add in your personal pictures to that CD.............ONLY the photopass shots go onto your $99 CD and 300 shots is the limit and you can't get 600 shots on two CDs for $99---I can't imagine hanging out with photopass photogs that much anyway (most of them are nice but go away and let some other people get pics).

I figure that someday they will move that system closer to World of Disney HOWEVER it does channel people through most of the Marketplace so maybe it will stay in the back-----------just check before you go I guess.

Once again I have blabbed and blabbed.....sorry.

Grits

 

[vellamint]

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[SalandJeff]

salandjeff,
The enhancements that you can add are borders, the year, what park, character signitures, stich or tinkerbell. YOu can not add them when you get home so if you want to have these you have to do it before you leave. on your cd you will get one folder with regular pictures and one folder with enhanced photos.

Aaaaahhhhhh....now it makes sense. When people were saying the CD had 2 folders on it, I thought Disney was adding the enhancements and sending it. Mmmmmm...knowing my usual state of indecision, this could take me forever.

Gritsgirl...thanks for the info on DTD (don't spread it around until after I get back - don't want it to get too crowded )

I am so excited about this photopass thing now. We are only going to parks 3 days, but will try to fill it up as much as possible.

 

[BethanyF]

Aaaaahhhhhh....now it makes sense. When people were saying the CD had 2 folders on it, I thought Disney was adding the enhancements and sending it. Mmmmmm...knowing my usual state of indecision, this could take me forever.

Actually, in my case the guy at the Grand Floridian did the enhancements for me. I didnt know I had the option to do them myself. Had I done them myself, I would have done a few of them differently, but for the most part the ones I got were fine

 

[2nd childhood]

Getting ready to leave for work and just came across this thread. Just subscribing so I can read all the great answers later.

 

[goofyluva9293]

Getting ready to leave for work and just came across this thread. Just subscribing so I can read all the great answers later.

Me too! Can't wait to put all this good info to work!

 

[Mickey Fanatic]

Here is a really dumb question but are there Photopass photographers at any of the character meals? We are doing Chef Mickey's, 1900 Park Fare breakfast and dinner and the Hoop Dee Doo Revue.

Thanks

 

[beattyfamily]

Here is a really dumb question but are there Photopass photographers at any of the character meals? We are doing Chef Mickey's, 1900 Park Fare breakfast and dinner and the Hoop Dee Doo Revue.

Thanks

No, Photopass is not part of the restaurants or rides. Chef Mickey's does take pictures but they are not part of Photopass.

 

[calebbeth]

My question is can you personally print pictures off the photopass website at home or do you have to order them?

 

[beattyfamily]

My question is can you personally print pictures off the photopass website at home or do you have to order them?

Of course, you have to buy them from their website and they mail them to you.

So you can either buy them like you used to at the park before you head home or you can buy them from the comfort of your home.

Or if you have a lot of pictures taken you could buy the CD for $99 and then you can print them at home.

 

[angelstar0614]

I'm new to the whole idea of Photopass (they weren't around during my last WDW trip), so I have a couple of questions:

1. Where can I get a photopass from? I'll be visiting Epcot first and then MK during my trip.
2. If I bring my photopass home (and NOT get the CD at WDW), then will I be able to view my pictures at home or do I still need to order them from Disney? I have all the necessary software & printers so I can print them at home.
3. Is the photopass like a memory card or not?

Thanks!

 

[beattyfamily]

I'm new to the whole idea of Photopass (they weren't around during my last WDW trip), so I have a couple of questions:

1. Where can I get a photopass from? I'll be visiting Epcot first and then MK during my trip.
2. If I bring my photopass home (and NOT get the CD at WDW), then will I be able to view my pictures at home or do I still need to order them from Disney? I have all the necessary software & printers so I can print them at home.
3. Is the photopass like a memory card or not?

Thanks!

The Photopass card is like a room key and when you first get your picture taken from a Photopass photographer they'll swipe the card and give it to you. Then you can use that same card for the rest of the trip.

Then you can either buy your photos before you leave Disney or buy them from the comfort of your home. They're $12.95 each.

The Photopass card has a number on the back that you would enter when you go to the Photopass website.

Then you can buy the ones you want to.

 

[Sleeping Jedi Beauty]

To get your pass, just go to a photographer in a PhotoPass vest and ask them for one. You can combine multiples cards on a cd as well. Photographers will also take pictures with your camera if you ask them to.

The photopass pics cannot be printed from home unless you buy the cd in the parks. IMO, the photopass is worth it, especially after I saw the pics taken with my camera where my hand wasn't quite steady. Without photopass, I would have lost some of my favorite pics and memories from the trip. I can't go back and recapture those moments now, but thanks to photopass the moments are preserved. Furthermore, my memory card ran low while on the trip, so it was nice to know that I had the photopass to take park landmark pictures and my personal camera to capture the impromptu moments at shows and meals.

In Toon Town and EPCOT, the CM let us choose the borders and add on features. They were very helpful because they cropped some pics and played with the placement to get a picture to fit within the border. I know you can order the CD from home, but the add-ons and borders available in the parks are nicer than the ones on the web. Make time to take advantage of this service. They let us do quite a few enhancement pics.

 

[mommytomy3]

My question is can you personally print pictures off the photopass website at home or do you have to order them?

actually, there is a way to print them without purchasing, if you have a program such as paint

 

[Fire14]

I'm just back from WDW and I did CD at Scrapbook store. I'd say word is getting out as I saw many people in there few nights I went to scope it out, do things to pics. I actually ended up doing my CD here just because I was DTD and I had MAXED a CD by disney standards. I was told by a disney photopass person working cd burner that 400 pics is really the most they like to put on CD. I had 416 on mine after enhancing and they did all mine on one cd.

 

[bjscheel]

actually, there is a way to print them without purchasing, if you have a program such as paint

I printed a picture just by clicking Print while I was on that screen. It prints out the other stuff on the page too. It doesn't come out too well. I did it on one that we ended up buying anyway.

 

[Sleeping Jedi Beauty]

I do know that Disney has disabled the ability to right click on the picture and then save it to your hard drive. I have had some issues with Costco cutting off borders on the modified images, but it may be my fault. I'll have to check it out when I get home.

 

[AdventureGuru]

cause a bit of a fight...I'm gonna want the CD...BF not so much...
*LOL*