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I have never ordered one before because we always took really great pictures. This year... not so much. I am totally in the dark about how this works and how much it would cost to purchase the entire CD of the pictures Disney photogs took. I have looked at the pictures online and I do like most of the,. Is it cheaper to buy the whole CD rather than the outrageous cost of individual photos? Can someone explain this? TIA!
Whether or not to purchasing the CD depends on how many photos were taken.
Do you like all of them or just a few?
Are you planning to add borders and such, or just want them as is?
Do you want prints or downloads?
And, do you want to share them electronically. . . like on the "boards?"
For us, the photo CD is a must. We buy before we go, but it sounds like you're back already and deciding to purchase. The photo CD is about $150 plus shipping, so consider that for the amount the number of photos taken. Remember that if you purchase the CD the photos and copyrights are yours.
Good luck with the decision.
Next time, you'll pre-purchase for a significant savings.
I am going to buy the cd first before we go this time but in the past they didn't have this option so I just bought the cd. You can play with the borders and add them to the pictures and they are included in the cd when you buy it. The copyright is yours and you can order the exact pictures you want in the sizes you want. It also allows me to use it with other sites to make scrapbook pages etc.
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Whether or not to purchasing the CD depends on how many photos were taken.
Do you like all of them or just a few?
Are you planning to add borders and such, or just want them as is?
Do you want prints or downloads?
And, do you want to share them electronically. . . like on the "boards?"
For us, the photo CD is a must. We buy before we go, but it sounds like you're back already and deciding to purchase. The photo CD is about $150 plus shipping, so consider that for the amount the number of photos taken. Remember that if you purchase the CD the photos and copyrights are yours.
Good luck with the decision.
Next time, you'll pre-purchase for a significant savings.
All good points! I'd say there are about 10 - 15 photos total I would love to have.
Borders are not a necessity.
Yes, I would share them electronically (but this is not a must do depending on price) so i guess my answer is I would like prints vs downloads?
Reading your post above I would get the cd with the amount of pictures you liked and the cost of the pictures your looking at about the same amount for the cd plus this way you can order the CD with the edited pictures as well for about the same price Good Luck (I was happy with the pre-order last time so I am doing it again this trip)
I got the CD both times I went (although foolishly did not pre-order. Both these trips were pre-PP boards. Thank goodness you guys taught me the errors of my ways!)
My first CD I went through and put boarders this time I did not but I am glad I got both! When I come home I am all about the pictures but eventually must get back to reality post Disney wonderfulness. However as I get the itch to go back I start my scrap booking!
The CD is SO helpful when I do this as I can change the size of my pictures or print out multiple. It is not time sensitive and that is what I love. Now while I am freezing and seeing my counter at 9months away I have a little magic on a round disk to tide me over.
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If there are that many you want, I'd get the CD. Have fun with the borders! Remember, though, to save them in the size you'll want to print them so they print correctly Also, even when you add borders, it saves as a copy, so you always have the originals on the CD. I know we'll all enjoy seeing your pics in your TR!
I feel like a complete idiot for not pre-ordering the CD. Like I said, we usually get so many nice shots ourselves but this time we seem to be lacking and DH doesn't want to spend the $150 for the CD. It's going to be tough to narrow down the pics!!
I feel like a complete idiot for not pre-ordering the CD. Like I said, we usually get so many nice shots ourselves but this time we seem to be lacking and DH doesn't want to spend the $150 for the CD. It's going to be tough to narrow down the pics!!
Oh, no! Check the link karen63 posted. It's a really good site.
One year my DH didn't want to spend the money for the CD, so we ordered prints, but we had so many great shots, we ended up spending even more! Now we always order the CD, if only for the borders. Good luck deciding!
I bought the cd the last time we went to Disney and I'm really glad I did. We had several really nice family pics and several nice ones of dd, I was able to make as many copies as I wanted and send them to family. I really liked being able to have them at my fingertips. Plus to me its cheaper to take them to Walmart to print. I can always print more if i want them. I'm sure we will get them this time too.
Okay..I am stupid..I always order the CD and have mine from last year..but I don't see where I can add borders? What am I missing? What I am I doing wrong that I can't add borders? Or do I do that on the photopass website right away when I get back?
That being said, I highly recommend buying early! If you travel w/ someone just get your pictures together. We normally travel with another family and we split the cost of the pre-purchase. Then when we are there we get one photopass card and get even pictures of both families or all together. We are that annoying family that says "Wait can you take one of just them...okay now can you take one of us? Okay now can you take one of just my kids????" I know you have waited behind us and been ticked. So I apologize. But it does save money. When we get home we share the CD and load them to snapfish or wherever and we have them.
Okay..I am stupid..I always order the CD and have mine from last year..but I don't see where I can add borders? What am I missing? What I am I doing wrong that I can't add borders? Or do I do that on the photopass website right away when I get back?
That being said, I highly recommend buying early! If you travel w/ someone just get your pictures together. We normally travel with another family and we split the cost of the pre-purchase. Then when we are there we get one photopass card and get even pictures of both families or all together. We are that annoying family that says "Wait can you take one of just them...okay now can you take one of us? Okay now can you take one of just my kids????" I know you have waited behind us and been ticked. So I apologize. But it does save money. When we get home we share the CD and load them to snapfish or wherever and we have them.
When you get back from your trip, load all of your photopass cards onto your account. From there you can look at all of them, edit/crop/resize whatever and then on the right hand side of the picture there should be a large selection of borders to add to your pictures. Just pick whatever you like and save the picture. You will still have the original, and then a new copy with whatever edits/borders you had added. When you order the CD it will have ALL of the photos in your account. So if you started with say 40 photos and then added a border to every single one, your cd would have 80 photos on it. You can't add borders once you have the cd in hand, just on the photopass website prior to ordering.
Haha, don't apologize!! I don't mind waiting for a photo if it's something I really want. And if I don't want to wait, I move on and go back later. The service is there to capture your memories, so who am I to complain if you want as many different photos as possible. I only get slightly annoyed when it's a large group of say, teenagers, and they want like 50 different photos at one location (like in front of the coach during MNSSHP).
We will be pre-ordering the photopass CD for the third time. I love the professional photos that have my entire group in them. (I'm not afraid to ask a CM or another guest to take a group photo on my camera, but when I hand them my giant Canon DLSR they get a glazed look of fear that they'll drop it. )
Knowing we already have the CD we "stalk" the photopass photographers to get as many as we possibly can. It so often turns out one we did just because it was there turns out to be one of our favirite shots of the trip.
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Have fun with the borders! Remember, though, to save them in the size you'll want to print them so they print correctly 
Also, even when you add borders, it saves as a copy, so you always have the originals on the CD. I know we'll all enjoy seeing your pics in your TR! 
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