Photpass, Has it changed?

[LaurLaur04]

You can have two cards.

 

[smitch425]

So I am wondering if when we go to WDW I could just give my teenaged son the number on our photopass plus card, if I buy this, and he could apply it to a ride photo that he may have taken without me there? (rather than me having to return within 48 hours with the card to the ride) This would be much easier, I think...

You can have two cards.

You cannot have 2 plus cards. He must have the plus card at the ride location (or return with it knowing the ID# of his photo within 48 hours) in order to get the photo added. If you will not be riding anything while he is off on his own, just give him the lanyard with the plus card. You can have photos with characters added to a regular Photopass card if you are worried about not having a card for yourself.

You can have an unlimited amount of regular cards in addition to your single plus card.

 

[ses1230]

So I am wondering if when we go to WDW I could just give my teenaged son the number on our photopass plus card, if I buy this, and he could apply it to a ride photo that he may have taken without me there? (rather than me having to return within 48 hours with the card to the ride) This would be much easier, I think...

Yes, you can give the photopass plus card to your son when he rides the rides.

 

[ses1230]

You can have two cards.

You can not have 2 plus cards (unless you buy another plus package).

 

[zumbergc]

Kind of seems the plus part is not really meant for sharing. What I mean by that it's a pain in the butt. If u have teenagers riding rides on their own and had little ones or hanging with other family members Disney makes things difficult. Who wants to waste Disney time criss crossing waiting in line to add a photo number to a photo plus card
Sounds like a time suck.

 

[arcurioa]

If you do opt for the plus package, my advice would be to ask to be placed in the front of certain attractions where you will be getting the photo - mainly, ToT, SM & Dino otherwise you end up with mediocre pics- at least that was our experience.

 

[itutorfortravel]

We were also told that we could just use one of the regular photo pass cards that the photographers give you and then link it to our PP+

 

[waltdisneymama]

Thanks for the responses, everyone! I will give it all a bit more thought. I would prefer not having to return to rides to present the plus card, but maybe it wouldn't happen very often...

 

[siskaren]

Kind of seems the plus part is not really meant for sharing. What I mean by that it's a pain in the butt. If u have teenagers riding rides on their own and had little ones or hanging with other family members Disney makes things difficult. Who wants to waste Disney time criss crossing waiting in line to add a photo number to a photo plus card
Sounds like a time suck.

The thing is though that you only need the plus card to add ride photos (well, and dining photos too, but I would assume that you're only talking about touring the parks), and since most of the rides that offer photos have height restrictions (Buzz Lightyear is the only one that doesn't), in your scenario the part of the group with the little kids wouldn't need the plus card anyway.

We were also told that we could just use one of the regular photo pass cards that the photographers give you and then link it to our PP+

You can add as many regular PhotoPass cards to your CD as you want. However, the plus card is what you need to add ride photos, and as been stated in other posts in this thread, you only get one.

 

[conniehar90]

I am confused about character meals. Are these included in the regular photopass? If so, would it be with all the characters? For example, we always go to Chef Mickey's. They take a photo of your family in the front of the restaurant with a fake Mickey and then try to sell you the package. If I hand that photographer my regular photopass card, can I add those pictures to my account? As far as the characters go, I don't recall seeing any photographers going around with the different characters in the actual dining room, so I assume that would not be included? What about with Photopass Plus? Would I just get the family picture in the front of the restaurant?

Thanks for the help!

 

[siskaren]

I am confused about character meals. Are these included in the regular photopass? If so, would it be with all the characters? For example, we always go to Chef Mickey's. They take a photo of your family in the front of the restaurant with a fake Mickey and then try to sell you the package. If I hand that photographer my regular photopass card, can I add those pictures to my account? As far as the characters go, I don't recall seeing any photographers going around with the different characters in the actual dining room, so I assume that would not be included? What about with Photopass Plus? Would I just get the family picture in the front of the restaurant?

Thanks for the help!

I'm pretty sure that if you have the regular PhotoPass that you can get the character meal pictures added to your account, but you would have to purchase them first. (The exceptions would be Akershus and CRT where the pictures are included in the price of the meal.) To my knowledge, none of the character meals have PhotoPass photographers that go around to the tables to take pictures of guests with the characters, so you would have to get those with your own camera.

With the PhotoPass + though, you would get that picture that they take in front of the restaurant added to your PhotoPass account without having to purchase it, and I think you would also get the actual picture package, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.

Also, hi, neighbor!

 

[ses1230]

I'm pretty sure that if you have the regular PhotoPass that you can get the character meal pictures added to your account, but you would have to purchase them first. (The exceptions would be Akershus and CRT where the pictures are included in the price of the meal.) To my knowledge, none of the character meals have PhotoPass photographers that go around to the tables to take pictures of guests with the characters, so you would have to get those with your own camera.

With the PhotoPass + though, you would get that picture that they take in front of the restaurant added to your PhotoPass account without having to purchase it, and I think you would also get the actual picture package, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.

Also, hi, neighbor!

Yes, you get the prints also.

 

[thcraun]

So, does anyone know if there is a benefit to having Photopass+ at CRT? I have seen contradictory posts about getting an extra set of prints with a new pose with Photopass+, but some have said they didn't get anything additional. I am confused.

 

[ses1230]

So, does anyone know if there is a benefit to having Photopass+ at CRT? I have seen contradictory posts about getting an extra set of prints with a new pose with Photopass+, but some have said they didn't get anything additional. I am confused.

We just did photopas plus and ate at CRT last month. You do not get an extra set of pictures just because you have photopass plus.

Larger parties get more than one set of prints though. Maybe that's what the post you read was referring to?

 

[Belle5]

Could those who really understand Photopass and Photopass+ help me make a decision. I have bought individual pics a few times from photopass but never pre-purchased a plan.

We have been many, many times to WDW. I mention this as this is NOT like our family's big, once-in-a-lifetime trip. The nine of us were there in May and had a photography session with Disney Fine Arts photography. We will only have our two youngest kids with us, so any pics are not really "family pictures" as we won't have our other kids (4 older + spouse) with us. We do have Pirates League booked for our 3rd grader and also hope for him to do Jedi Academy. We don't do character meals. We would probably do a few character pics in the park if we happen to run across someone the boys think is cool like maybe Captain Hook, Buzz, etc. Oh, yeah...we are eating at BOG and I hear you can go to a room to have a pic taken with Beast. There would probably be a few ride shots we could take, though one of my boys opts out of the rides with drops.

Do you think Pirates League, BOG with Beast and Jedi Academy are reason enough to purchase Photopass +? Would you even purchase anything?

Thank you for your opinions!

 

[rsleleux]

Could those who really understand Photopass and Photopass+ help me make a decision. I have bought individual pics a few times from photopass but never pre-purchased a plan.

We have been many, many times to WDW. I mention this as this is NOT like our family's big, once-in-a-lifetime trip. The nine of us were there in May and had a photography session with Disney Fine Arts photography. We will only have our two youngest kids with us, so any pics are not really "family pictures" as we won't have our other kids (4 older + spouse) with us. We do have Pirates League booked for our 3rd grader and also hope for him to do Jedi Academy. We don't do character meals. We would probably do a few character pics in the park if we happen to run across someone the boys think is cool like maybe Captain Hook, Buzz, etc. Oh, yeah...we are eating at BOG and I hear you can go to a room to have a pic taken with Beast. There would probably be a few ride shots we could take, though one of my boys opts out of the rides with drops.

Do you think Pirates League, BOG with Beast and Jedi Academy are reason enough to purchase Photopass +? Would you even purchase anything?

Thank you for your opinions!

I purchased the photo pass + for the character meals and ride photos, I believe you get BBB and pirates league on reg photo pass anyway, so plus is not needed for that. It is worth it for us cause we always purchase the pics at character meals and since its included, I would have put out the money anyway, now I get all my ride photos for free!

 

[Belle5]

I purchased the photo pass + for the character meals and ride photos, I believe you get BBB and pirates league on reg photo pass anyway, so plus is not needed for that. It is worth it for us cause we always purchase the pics at character meals and since its included, I would have put out the money anyway, now I get all my ride photos for free!

Thank you!!

 

[smitch425]

I purchased the photo pass + for the character meals and ride photos, I believe you get BBB and pirates league on reg photo pass anyway, so plus is not needed for that. It is worth it for us cause we always purchase the pics at character meals and since its included, I would have put out the money anyway, now I get all my ride photos for free!

Thank you!!

The only way to get the PL photos on the regular Photopass is to PURCHASE the actual print. Then you can add the pics from the photo session to your account. I think it was around $15.

 

[rsleleux]

The only way to get the PL photos on the regular Photopass is to PURCHASE the actual print. Then you can add the pics from the photo session to your account. I think it was around $15.

Right, what I was referring to was that there was no benefit to having the Photopass plus over a reg Photopass card for PL or BBB. Sorry for any confusion

 

[smitch425]

Right, what I was referring to was that there was no benefit to having the Photopass plus over a reg Photopass card for PL or BBB. Sorry for any confusion

If you have the Photopass Plus, you get the PL photo for free, so there is a benefit.