Disney memory maker...is it worth it?

Yes, it was one of the better things we purchased.
My kids still love watching the DVD of pictures.
You also get some great photos in the perfect locations.

Is this the "photo pass" thing?

We got that when we took the kids to the one in California recently.


The effects that they will put on the photos, and allow you to add digitally through your photo album, are pretty cool, such as the ability to do an overlay on the picture so it looks like a postcard signed by Minnie Mouse.


The quality of the photography when they take the kids' pictures varies wildly, as a number of the ones my daughter took with the princesses came out better when my wife did it on her personal camera than when the "official" photographer did it.

The pictures taken by the guys in certain facilities, like Mickey's house and Minnie's house, were decidedly better than the ones taken at the Princess reception area.

Absolutely. You get a ton more pics you wouldn't normally take including all the ride photos. Easy to use. They add in some "magic" to some photos. Everyone's always in the pictures.

I'd do that for the pictures for sure, but I took movies every time we took kids and put them on tapes. The kids watched those over and over again. Some were of the complete shows they saw and some were just of them. They actually liked rewatching the shows and the fireworks more than themselves, especially the show at night with fireworks at MGM. That and the Little Mermaid show were the faves. I taped some of the rides like Peter Pan and they loved those too.

yes

You don't need the card anymore, it's attached to the magic band. Anyone linked to your MDE can use it.

Absolutely, we just got back last Saturday from a week long stay. On top of the pictures we took ourselves, we got an additional 250-300 pics on the memory maker. The photographers are plentiful and quick when taking the pics so it's not a big slowdown to your day. If you have little ones and are going to be standing in line to meet characters, you're going to want this.

We used a fast pass to watch to fireworks in MK and there was a photographer there that knew the show backwards and forwards. Since everyone was more interested in watching the show (obvious reasons) he let us know when the "big parts" were and had us set up in his view. We ended up with some REALLY nice fireworks pics.

Have fun! I wish I were going back again this week. That place is a blast!

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A little known fact is that you can get the photographer to add in special effects

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It's not little known because they do it on purpose very often. It was the photographer who asks to hold out your hand. They've been doing that for years. It's really cool. That's what I meant by extra "magic"

Sorry if that came across as argumentative. Just didn't want anyone to think they had to ask for it to get the extra pics.

Also, when you download the photos, you can add boarders and your own Disney stuff like characters.

Yes, definitely. You get plenty of pictures with the whole family in it. Also, you don't have to bother asking someone else to take a picture with your camera.