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Hi, I'm Mr. Daps and I'm here at Walt
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Disney World Resort with my new friend
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Jeff who yesterday we were talking about
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photo pass and I think I know a lot
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about Disney and you started spouting
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out things about photo pass and I was
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like for everything I thought I knew
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there was so much just about photo pass
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that I don't know. So let's let's start
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big picture overview for those that may
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not be familiar with photo pass. What is
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it and where can they find it?
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Sure. So, Disney Photo Pass Service is
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the official photographer for Walt
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Disney World. Uh we have photographers
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staffed every day at over 175 locations
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throughout all four parks, Disney
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Springs, as well as some select resorts.
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So, um our photographers are in bright
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green costumes. They're really hard to
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miss. They have these Yeah, they're hard
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to miss. So, um uh but uh they they are
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really the heart of our operation. We uh
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we love our photographers. We we gave
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them brand new cameras this year. So, um
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they have brand new Sony cameras,
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lenses, flashes, even the computer that
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helps um those photos get to you so fast
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um are brand new to them. And so, um the
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the photographers are ranting and raving
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about it. Um a little little fun uh
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technical piece about it. Um think about
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the photographer. Every day they're
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they're going to work their 8 hour
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shift. They're going to interact with a
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person for a couple minutes, right? So,
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they're going to take thousands of
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photos every day. So, one of the
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prerequisites for our camera is we
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wanted the best camera we could get, but
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we also wanted a light camera. Um, and
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so that range of motion is is, you know,
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Yeah. We actually went took it a step
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further and we worked with Sony. We
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actually have an extra button on the
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camera where they don't have to turn
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their camera into portrait mode.
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Is that the portrait thing?
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Yeah. I saw somebody do that and it blew
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Yeah. So, they just stay in the same
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position. They they hit their portrait
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button and take the photo instead of the
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regular button and it crops it to the
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right. Still in a large. amazing
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uh megabyte format, but um it it is
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cropped for them into a portrait instead
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It It's fantastic. I I really like the
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amateur photography geek in me was just
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like that's the coolest thing ever. Like
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you Yeah. possibilities are endless.
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And and just just being able to have
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your photos to you, right? We'll get
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ready to take some photos of you here.
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You'll have them in two or three
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minutes. It'll be that quick that you'll
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as well. So, we're in front of this
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beautiful set that reminds me of growing
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up in Minnesota in Witten, Oregon. Um,
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Sure. So, this is um the setup that we
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currently have at our uh Disney Photo
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Passport portrait studio in Disney
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Springs. Okay. Um, so Disney Springs uh
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we have two studios there. One is a
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seasonal studio where we change this
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out. So, in November, it'll get changed
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to a holiday theme. Um, in the spring,
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uh, we'll have flower and gardens theme.
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Uh, we have a summer theme. All of those
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things, right? So, we just swap it all
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out. Um, we also have a virtual studio
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where you can get your picture taken
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with a virtual background. Um, and
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they're all Disney themed, obviously,
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virtual backgrounds. Um, but that's only
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that's one of those other secrets.
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That's only one of four uh portrait
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studios that we have across property. We
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have one at the Grand Fidian. We have
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one um at Walt Disney World uh and Magic
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Kingdom right behind the castle uh in
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Sir Mickey's uh retail there and I
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didn't even realize. And then we also
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have one at the exit of the Anna and
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Elsa meet and greet at Norway. Um, and
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so we have these just we have these
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little nuggets everywhere. Like you were
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saying, you had you had no idea that we
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Keep learning more stuff. And then you
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also have magic shots.
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Sure. So every day, um, our
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photographers have the option to add
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magic depending on what location they're
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shooting. Um, but we we run about a
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hundred magic shots at a time. So,
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anything from putting Tinkerbell into
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your hand to uh you holding a a a
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bouquet of balloons to whatever it might
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be. Right now, uh we have Mickey's Nots
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So Scary Halloween Party going and we
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have a dozen magic shots that are
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exclusive only to Mickey's Nots So Scary
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Halloween Party. Um so that way a little
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something extra for you coming out to
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So I've also walking around the parks
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seen some I'm going to call them unique
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photo opportunities. Maybe something
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Yeah. So, we have two specialty magic
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shots. They're available at all four
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parks. Um, one of them is called a Tiny
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World magic shot, and it's a 360° sphere
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camera. So, it's got it's got six
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cameras around it. It takes a photo all
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at one time, and then our computer
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stitches those photos together,
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and it makes it look like you're on your
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own little tiny world, hence the name
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tiny world magic shot. Um, and then we
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have a second style that we call um the
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super zoom magic shot. Just the way it
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sounds. It's awesome.
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Uh it's it starts out on a zoomed in
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photo of you and then it pans back and
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it gives you this beautiful panoramic
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photo of where you are and then it zooms
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back into you all in one video.
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Love it. So people come to Walt Disney
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World, they get their photos taken.
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What's the process from going photo
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taken to on my phone or whatever it is?
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Sure. So uh we associate everything to
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the Walt Disney World app that everyone
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uses for everything when you come to
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Walt Disney World. Um, and there's a
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photo pass gallery in there. So, we will
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associate your photos that are taken uh
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to your account um by a magic band or
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your uh ticket to the park or even your
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phone if you have your digital pass set
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up on your phone. Um, and those will
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just get automatically associated to
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there. Um, and then what we would do is
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uh we have several products that you can
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choose from in order for you to be able
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to download those photos to your phone
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or your computer. Um, memory maker is
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our unlimited download product that we
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That's the most popular. Is that like
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just looking at the list? That's the
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It is because it's one price and then
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you get all of your photos for your
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vacation. Um, so we have, you know, we
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know people come only for one day, so
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we've tailored that product down to a
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one-day product as well, but our most
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popular product um is just the full
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memory maker for all of your vacation
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photos. If you buy it in advance, you
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get $25 off the price. So, it's a it's a
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great tip to buy it in advance when
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you're booking your room or purchasing
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your tickets, talking to your travel
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agent, or even if you're calling 407W
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Disney. those folks can add those to
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your package while you're while you're
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Is there anything else we need to know
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about about photo pass or did we hit the
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We hit a lot of the highlights. I have
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one more special thing. One more special
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thing. We have a we have a a sessions
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called capture your moment sessions. And
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if you want to have a little one-on-one
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time with one of our photographers, you
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can book a 30 minute time frame. uh will
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give you a a trained photographer for
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portraits and they'll take you to some
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special locations within whatever park
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you've booked it in um and capture those
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photos just with you and that
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photographer. So now you've built a
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little rapport. You're spending 20
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minutes with that photographer. They're
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asking you what you're doing
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celebrating. It's great for uh we have
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lots of people use it for I'm getting
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engaged so I'm not gonna let my fiance
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know but I'm gonna drop to a knee and
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pop the question while we're doing this
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shot to u baby announcements to
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anniversaries to whatever. Right. And so
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it's a great way to do that. Uh it's
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bookable uh through the app or online um
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or it can even be booked same day if
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they have openings left um for those
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days. Um and it's a it's a great deal.
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for for a 30 minute session. You try to
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book a photographer in your area and see
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what they cost. Um, but $99 is what we
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charge for that 30 minute time frame and
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you're at the most magical place on
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With new cameras and super trained
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photographers who love what they do.
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All of ours have been great this trip so
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far. Awesome. That's great to hear.
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That's I'm sure what you'd love to hear.
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And that's just the norm. And they've
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been some of the nicest people, too.
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Thank you. Well, they also get to have
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fun with you, right? They get to know
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you. Um, they get the to know a little
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bit of the dynamic even in a couple
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minutes. the dynamic of your traveling
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party. Um, and so they're they are, as I
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said at the beginning of this, and we'll
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end it with this, is that they are the
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heart of what we do at Disney Photo.
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I love it. So, make sure to check out
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Photo Pass next time you're at Walt
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Disney World Resort and think of all of
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the things we just learned from my new
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friend Jeff. Also, head on over to
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adaptsmagic.com for all of the Disney
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and positive stuff that we can offer for
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you. Hope you're having a fantastic
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week. We'll see you in the parks. Keep
