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[disneyboundmay05]

I am getting such useful info from this BB. Thank you to all of you for sharing what you know about WDW. It is going to help make our first time at WDW special!

[infinity&beyond]

I think WDW is just one gigantic photo op village! All the suggestions are great. We like to get pictures with cast members that we enjoy talking with, especially servers at the sit down restaurants and the World Showcase cast members in traditional costumes.

Also fun is to find a theme...like crazy hats! Or get a "travel mascot," and take pictures with it...this coming trip I am taking a Pluto stuffed character that is made of denim, which I will have signed by characters, cast members, whoever. He will be my "autograph hound," and I'll take pictures of everyone signing him. I'll also have fun taking pictures of Pluto enjoying attractions, trying Beverly...etc.

One thing I've found is that the best pictures are those where the people in the picture stand nice and close to the camera, within 5 feet. So, keep that in mind when setting up for pictures. Also, have patience. Usually if you wait for just a little while, the crowds go away. And consider a tiny pocket tri-pod if you really are a shutterbug.

This all coming from a girl who took 1,257 pictures on her last trip to WDW. Thank heavens for digital cameras and memory cards!

[tio marco]

Are there Kodak photo spots at all four parks?? If so, are they marked on the maps or do you have to stumble across the markers? For the life of me, I only recall seeing them at EPCOT.

[JennWood4]

I liked taking pictures of my daughter the first time she saw her favorite characters, aka any of the princesses. It made for a great scrapbook page, to have all of the princesses and then her looking in awe at them.

[luvmycastle]

What a fabulous list! The Goofy Pose-o-matic on Main Street is one of our favorites--the first year DH held up our oldest so she would be tall enough to get under the mickey ears--last year she had to duck.

Here are a few more:

Magic Kingdom:

Go to the seating area on top of main street train station over main street for a bird's eye view of main street and the castle

If you arrive early enough to count down to open magic kingdom, take a picture of the clocks that read 8:00--outside on the train station, on City Hall, on a free-standing clock on Main Street, and on the castle. I made a scrapbook page that said "Countdown to Magic" that captured that moment and our first entry.

The pictures around the top of Cinderella's carousel (I won't spoil it)

Making a wish in Cinderella's wishing well on the side path to the castle

The side paths are also relatively people-free, so it's a great place for a family shot with the castle

Stand back and let you family walk through the tunnel under the castle and take a picture of them walking together--beautiful

At the very top of Swiss Family Robinson tree, look out over the park and take a picture of the castle.

On the TTA, catching the castle as you go around the corner

This one is hard to describe, but in the seating area in the restaurant in tomorrowland (I think it's an asian noodle place), all the way to the edge of the seating facing the castle. If you stand right along the cement barrier, you will get a family shot with the castle with nobody else showing.

From Liberty Belle Boat back to Thunder Mountain--great place to capture a picture of that ride (also through the windows of Thunder Mountain while you're waiting in line).

Have one person in your family stand on the farthest bridge from Splash Mountain and snap pictures after you've "landed" We have the best shots of my DDs and I laughing so hard!

In Toontown, there is a gazebo with heart openings outside of Minnie's house--a couple can pose inside and have the photographer take a picture of the lovebirds.

Epcot:

Walking on the light-up sidewalk as you walk out in the evening

In any of the shops--I took a picture of the Kidcot stop and asked the girl working there (college students from that country) if she would like a copy, got her address and sent it to her--she was delighted).

Stand by Cool Station and look back at Spaceship Earth--get the fountain to the right of the Epcot sign and SE

In the phone booth in England

Working the "under-the-sea-suit" in the living seas.

Since you can't take pictures in SE, have your family turn around on the ramp to SE and take a pciture with the big mural behind you. You have to move quick so you don't hold up the line, though.

MGM:
On the new York City Street--walk up the stairs to the brownstone and pretend you're walking into the door

In front of the China Theatre (can't remember the exact name, sorry) there is a walk of fame. I have a wonderful pic of my DD putting her hands into mickey's hands.

Other:

Last year DH took pictures of "signs"...on shops and on buildings or free-standing. It's so fun to look at the pictures and try to figure out where they are from--some of those names on the tomorrowland buildings, for example, we've never noticed before!

With characters, take the picture when they hand the book to the character or while they are writing to capture the action rather than the pose--a great one of Tigger using my daughter's head to write on.


That's it for now--I don't have Eileen's skills for organizing everyone's, so she'll have to do that!

[tinkercubfan]

This one won photo of the week on allearsnet. It was fun to make DD had a blast pretending to be captured by Zurg

[My My oh My! Mickey Rocks!]

What a beautiful little girl!!

[LSUtigerfan]

We have to take pictures trying on the sombreros in Mexico everytime we go.....it's practically a tradition! They have all different sizes, it's always our favorite picture!

[BethC]

What rides does Disney do pictures on and how much are they??

[April1976]

We always take a picture of my mom sitting with the sleeping/snoring Lego man seated on bench in a Hawaian shirt... my mom couldn't make the trip last year...but I think that the Lego figure is not longer there... We always told my kids "There's a picture of Nana and her boyfriend!" LOL. I wonder why they took him out (or maybe I was just looking for him in the wrong place?)

[luvmycastle]

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What rides does Disney do pictures on and how much are they??

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Here are the ones we noticed this year:

Buzz Lightyear
Splash Mountain
Rock n' Roller Coaster
Tower of Terror
Test Track

The pictures are $16.95 for one 8 x 10, $19.95 for two 5 x 7's, and then a host of other combinations, more expensive and more pictures. I was tempted to ask the people in front of us if they wanted to split a 5 x 7 package on Splash, but didn't in the end.

The ride pictures are the only ones that can't go on your photopass, you have to purchase them within an hour (I think that's it) of your ride. We used this on Splash--rode two times and picked the best one.

[BethC]

Thank you for the info! Ihave been trying to figure out budget wise how much to plan for. This helps out a lot!

[michnash]

We just got back from WDW and we noticed a lot more park photographers everywhere. They were available at nearly all of the "Kodak Picture Spots" as well as other prime photo opp spots. They used the Photo Pass cards, which I love. I know there may be a few kinks---like we ended up with a strange family's photo in ours---but overall seems to work great! You can use one card for all of your photos, or get a new one each time. They are free. You can then view your photos online, email them to friends (or yourself), and purchase them online. You can even edit them online first and add some character frames or clipart.

[dcothern]

almost any where

[TinkerbellSweetHeart]

My Fave: While ridding the Tomorrowland Transit authority...
1. Of the Astro Orbitor
2. The castle
3. (THE BEST) One time we went through space mtn. on TTA and the lights were on in Space MTN. (it's something not alot of people see.