Tip: Get lots of Photopass pictures

[FlightlessDuck]

Can the photopass be used at all the parks, or only MK?

It can be used at MK, MGM, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. Not sure if there are any PhotoPass people at the water parks.

 

[mecllap]

The Photopass system seems to keep changing, as they find out what works and what doesn't. The photopass card is free and can be used by the photographers at each of the 4 parks -- or you can get different cards and group them together online, and on a CD. They're only online for 30 days, so you wouldn't be able to group cards from other visits beyond that time. And if you group them yourself online, they won't be on a CD you buy at the parks (you have to have all the card numbers when you get the CD). The CD's are becoming available at more places -- they have added the Main Street photo location as a pickup place. I was able to add some enhancements online and save them using "print screen" for small snapshots and scrapbooking (using a photo program to crop them out) -- I don't think they would make good enlargements tho. They stopped including the "enhancements" (borders and dates) on the CD's because it takes too long to pick out photos and add them at the parks. I found that some of the photogs weren't even "up" on the latest changes in the program -- ask at one of the main camera centers for the latest info, and for where to find the photogs. They tend not to put photos up that haven't turned out well, so you might "lose" some sometimes -- if you're there long enough, you can try again. And there may be some/several duplicates (not sure how that happens). We had our Darth Vader photos redone during Star Wars weekend, because they used a black background the first weekend, and Darth just faded right into it -- the second weekend had a much better background. You can check out your photos before you buy anything -- so you are out nothing if you have a bunch taken -- and overall, they do a really good job (as long as the subjects cooperate!).

 

[dancin Disney style]

It can be used at MK, MGM, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. Not sure if there are any PhotoPass people at the water parks.

There is PP in the water parks. They give you a wrist band and you must view and purchase the photos before you leave the park. They can't add the pictures onto the plastic card you get at MK etc. You can't look at the pics online it is stricktly at the water park.