Yet Another 'New AP and PP' Question, AND, I'm Upgrading From Hoppers!

[PSUGuy]

I know there are a slew of threads on these topics and I'm still confused, here's our situation:

We bought 9 Day Hoppers from UT with the idea we'd upgrade to an AP on the first day. All we want is to cover this trip and early next Oct with hopping, no, water parks or anything else, we might slip in something mid 2016 so no blackouts, please. It seems we'll need the Platinum AP, true? And if so, we get PhotoPass, right? If so, we can have the photographers take pics and we'll get picked up on the rides that take them, right? If all this is true, can we then download the pics at no further charge and have them on our hard drive?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, we did have a 'regular' AP back in the day without any frills but we're under 2 weeks before we have to decide all this so I need info.

Thanks,
Bill From PA

 

[MakiraMarlena]

If you are a DVC member, you have a choice between the Platinum or Gold passes. the only difference is that the Gold pass has some blackout dates. These dates are around Christmas/NY and Easter (March 2016). They are not blacked out in the summer. If March is not on your radar, you might consider that one.

If you're not a DVC member then you need a Platinum pass.

Yes you will get Photo Pass. Yes it works just the same way as it would if you bought it (I don't have my new pass yet but I 've got a friend who is using his now and doing updates; he's local so he is using it more than I would).

 

[seashell7290]

The photopass works the way you describe. You can download the pics from the site or the app on your phone. Only difference is your photos won't expire until your ap expires.