{"id":25439,"date":"2012-09-04T07:43:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=25439"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:37:48","slug":"disneys-photopass-and-photopass-plus-a-photographer-and-scrapbookers-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/disneys-photopass-and-photopass-plus-a-photographer-and-scrapbookers-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s PhotoPass and PhotoPass Plus: A Great Option for Great Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our family, I\u2019m the one that has taken and documented our girls\u2019 lives in photographs since they were born.\u00a0 My husband has always been the one with the video camera until our oldest daughter discovered her video making skills.\u00a0 I had to always remember to make sure that I was in some of those photos and spent many a day at Disney looking at our vacation through the camera lens.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019d ever get to go to the parks without my camera and just enjoy the moments.<\/p>\n

Then Disney introduced the PhotoPass.\u00a0 Originally, we would go and look at the photos they\u2019d taken but typically bought only one because the per print price seemed more than we wanted to spend considering I had already taken about 500 or more photos of our trip.<\/p>\n

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You can add this cute border to your PhotoPass photos after you get home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then Disney introduced the pre-purchase CD option.\u00a0 I received information about pre-ordering the CD when I booked my vacation package but my travel agent at The Magic For Less Travel<\/a> also gave me great information about this option.\u00a0 I thought I\u2019d died and gone to heaven.\u00a0 For our last two trips, I have preordered our CD and let Disney take most of the photos for us.\u00a0 I seek out the Photopass photographers at each park and let them know that I have ordered the CD and they happily snap away for me.\u00a0 They\u2019ve included special \u201cmagical\u201d photos and are also willing to take my suggestions for poses that I\u2019d like to have.\u00a0 On this last trip, we had a great photographer on the bridge between the Castle and Tomorrowland that took photos of my Prince Charming asking for my hand all over again (after 18 years).\u00a0 It was a staged shot for sure, but one I thought would be fun to have.\u00a0 Obviously, the PhotoPass photographer thought so too.\u00a0 To make sure that we don\u2019t lose any of these special photos, we always use our cell phone cameras or digital cameras to take pictures of the back of any PhotoPass cards we get.\u00a0 This way, if we lose one, I have the number to upload the photos when I\u2019m getting ready to order the CD after we get home.\u00a0 I like to get one for each park.\u00a0 Since I carry a Sharpie marker in my suitcase (it\u2019s on the Ultimate Packing list<\/a>), I can mark them with the park name in case we visit a park more than once.\u00a0 Before I purchase the CD, I can crop my photos and add borders to make them special.\u00a0 Then I have the option of using either the original photo or the edited photo for souvenir purchases through the PhotoPass website or using the photos in my scrapbook albums or in picture frames.<\/p>\n

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When you turn in your voucher at a park PhotoPass Plus location, this is the lanyard that you receive for all of your PhotoPass and PhotoPass Plus photographs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I was ecstatic to learn that Disney had added one more special feature to their PhotoPass offering.\u00a0 The new PhotoPass Plus option could be preordered or upgraded when you arrive and includes many of the popular ride attractions and dinner photo packages that weren\u2019t included in the PhotoPass option.\u00a0 But was it going to be worth it?\u00a0 I decided to try it on this last trip.\u00a0 We preordered the PhotoPass Plus option and a voucher was sent to us in the mail along with a Photo CD of stock photos.\u00a0 When I tell you these photos are gorgeous, it\u2019s an understatement.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to use them in my next scrapbook album.\u00a0 That CD alone was nearly worth the money.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have to take any park photos and could focus on any candid shots that I wanted.\u00a0 I turned our voucher in at the Magic Kingdom in the little shop next to the Town Theater while my family stood in line to see the characters.\u00a0 They gave me our PhotoPass Plus card and lanyard and we were off!\u00a0 Splash Mountain?\u00a0 I\u2019ll take the photo please.\u00a0 Space Mountain?\u00a0 Two photos there since we rode it twice.\u00a0 Buzz Lightyear?\u00a0 Four photos there since we were with friends and split up among four cars.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 The ride photos were really adding up.\u00a0 We ate dinner at Cinderella\u2019s Royal Table and received not only the digital photo but also a set of prints.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>We had lunch at Akershus a few days later and again, we received the photos.\u00a0 By the time we returned home, we were eligible for 16 photos on the PhotoPass Plus card.\u00a0 That brought the normal $14.95\/photo cost down to less than $5.00\/photo.\u00a0 At that price, I thought it was a great value.<\/p>\n

So if you love the idea of having all of those ride and special lunch\/dinner photo packages check out the list for the PhotoPass Plus option<\/a> photos (they can be found at the bottom of the link page) and consider prepurchasing the PhotoPass Plus CD before your next trip.\u00a0 Then let Disney PhotoPass photographers do the work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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