Do you purchase the attraction action photos?

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Do you purchase the attraction action photos?

Do you ever purchase from the Parks the pictures taken of you on any of the rides? We rarely do, because one of us (me) usually has some really dumb or idiotic look on his (my) face. That, and they are kinda pricey. But this past trip, I decided the one from Rock N Roller Coaster was ok, so we bought it. It was something like $18.95. If we wanted the ride-themed frame, that was another $10 or so. We opted for just the picture:

The last time we bought one was 2001, and it was also the RNRoller Coaster. I did note, when comparing the 2, that I have not aged a single year. Amazing! sarcastic

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We always look at them, but never buy them. I take it you can get them in digital format now?

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We bought the RNRC one back in 2007. Mrs T made us go round again until we got a picture she likes (one without me pulling a silly face Wink). It's the poster size one and currently hangs at the bottom of our stairs.

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Great pic! But the guy in the back looks like he's about to fall asleep. I don't remember that ride making me sleepy in the least.

We haven't purchased, but like Tony, we always look. If one is ever fantabulous, I would probably get it.

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We've done some pretty funny things at picture time and I sort of wish we had bought some of them now. We just never seem to do it though.

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only when everyone's faces look like this D: D: D: D: If our camera is good enough we tend to be naughty and take a picture of the picture.

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Pegosaurus wrote:
only when everyone's faces look like this D: D: D: D: If our camera is good enough we tend to be naughty and take a picture of the picture.

I would have thought the CM would give you grief about that. Maybe as a former CM you have a free pass? silly

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Many parks put your picture reference number across the middle of the screen now so that you can't use that old trick.

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Hi,

I still have the picture, from October 18, 2000, of the launch from my first ride on RocknRollercoaster, in which I stuck out my tongue.

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I have one from RnRC (I'm making a cool rock-n-roll face and NO you can't see it laugh ) and one from Splash Mountain when we had a log all to ourselves biggrin . I can't buy the ones from ToT because someone always has pit stains.

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cdub wrote:
Pegosaurus wrote:
only when everyone's faces look like this D: D: D: D: If our camera is good enough we tend to be naughty and take a picture of the picture.

I would have thought the CM would give you grief about that. Maybe as a former CM you have a free pass? silly

No castmember has ever noticed or cared. And I didn't work on the photos when I was a CM, but if I did I doubt I'd have cared about people doing that either. They've paid enough to get into the park, so why begrudge them a free picture!? It will be much worse quality than buying the actual photos thus giving people an incentive to still pay for pictures, so I don't think it should matter.

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Tony wrote:
Many parks put your picture reference number across the middle of the screen now so that you can't use that old trick.

Darn. All the pictures at the other Disney parks I've been to since going to WDW didn't do that, so I'm hoping maybe not all the pictures are now like that in WDW! Oh well, maybe I'll just have to stop being a stinge and fork out for a couple biggrin

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I find it very interesting that they put the ToT in the background in that photo! They don't put RnRC in the background of the ToT photo, do they?

I used to buy the photos long ago for scrapbooks, but the cost has skyrocketed, so we don't buy them anymore. I'll have to try Peg's trick next time!

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The RNRC is a wild limo ride to a gig through the streets of hollywood, so why wouldn't you see the Hollywood Tower Hotel on the way. I wonder if that link was coincidence or planned?

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Tony wrote:
The RNRC is a wild limo ride to a gig through the streets of hollywood, so why wouldn't you see the Hollywood Tower Hotel on the way. I wonder if that link was coincidence or planned?

You sold me!

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Hahaha..this thread got me to thinking about the FUNNIEST ride picture ever.

Backstory..on our honeymoon (in 2006) we went to Disney & we were in line for ToT. The entire time we were in line next to these two Asian men. They did not speak English at all...and I am not exactly sure they knew what they were in for..the entire time on the ride they were chattering away videotaping the ENTIRE thing..when the drops came I did pay much attention to them but after the ride was over we found this..

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and a little closer...

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