Showing posts with label Magic Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magic Kingdom. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Disney Advent Calendar - December 5th
I had my very first corndog at Caseys Corner in the Magic Kingdom. I must admit I had always been a little wary of trying a corndog but I loved it!
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Disney Advent Calendar - Dec 3rd
One of the best experiences we had as a family at Disney World was at Epcot and in the end we went back three times to visit. Whilst Epcot may not have as many thrill rides as some of the other parks and some may consider it to be more educational we had a great time there!
Our favorite pavilion was Canada and I could watch O'Canada over and over again! This is one of my favorite shows at Disney World.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Disney Advent Calendar 2015 - December 1st
As we start our countdown to the big day we begin our journey in the Magic Kingdom. I love this iconic photo of the castle. Despite the cloudy and overcast sky this was a really hot day and we were plastered in suntan lotion.
Come back tomorrow for our second window on Walt Disney World.
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Memory Maker - is it worth it?
For the first time in forever I have holiday photos with me in them thanks to using the Memory Maker package.
We decided to purchase Memory Maker before we went on vacation and paid the $169.
My tech gear I took
Reading various blogs about the PhotoPass photographers you can easily get a mixed message about the value and quality of their work.
This is our experience.
In conclusion I am really glad we used Memory Maker and would definitely use it again.
We decided to purchase Memory Maker before we went on vacation and paid the $169.
My tech gear I took
Being an avid photographer with a fairly decent DSLR (Canon EOS 70D) and GoPro a couple of friends wondered why I would pay for photos when I can take my own. The main advantage for our vacation was simply the ability to have me in the photos, particularly at the character meet and greets.
Why Memory Maker and not just PhotoPass?
Memory Maker gives you the additional added benefits of:
- Attraction photos and videos
- Magic shots
- Dining photos
Reading various blogs about the PhotoPass photographers you can easily get a mixed message about the value and quality of their work.
This is our experience.
- Without fail, every single PhotoPass photographer was polite, helpful and keen to take our photo. We never felt rushed to have a photo taken (apart from when meeting characters)
- Whilst most of the photos are standard shots taken at each location with standard settings we asked a couple of times for specific shots and the photographers were happy to help. We wanted one photo of just our MagicBands which they were happy to take.
- We do not appear to have any missing or lost photos and all the photos were seamlessly added to our account.
- It was really good looking at the photos (via the website) on mobile devices whilst in the parks. Since coming back from our vacation, there is now good integration of the PhotoPass system into the My Disney Experience Mobile App - it would have been brilliant if that had been available while we were away.
- The attraction and rides photos worked well and after an initial confusion about selecting your photo from the screen with our Magic Band it all worked well. We love the couple of ride videos - they were lovely.
- The magic shots are nice. We felt a little odd at times holding a strange pose but the photos are very sweet. This is a nice touch.
- The extra photos you get added each day of characters and the parks are good. If you do visit the same park more than once you will get multiple copies.
- The PhotoPass website works well and the level of customisation of photos is good. You can add borders and other effects. It is nice to see your photos grouped by date and park.
And now for the disappointing part ....
- Downloading your photos as a ZIP (or multiple) files is relatively straight forward and we were able to do this easily when we got home. I like to organise my photos and make good use of the metadata. The additional meta data does include the date and time the photo was taken but this is not incorporated into the filename or date created.
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