When I took the boys to Disney World in August, 2020, we spent the entire trip in our masks. You had to wear them at all times unless in your resort room or actively eating/drinking while stationary (and as of now, it’s still this way).
So when I was thinking about whether or not to buy Memory Maker, I wasn’t sure it would be worth the cost. For those that don’t know, Memory Maker is Disney’s photo package. You pay one price and you get all of the in-ride photos and all of the photos taken by the Photopass photographers. It’s normally a no-brainer as I look at our past trip photos OFTEN and love them.
But I found myself thinking I wouldn’t want to see a bunch of pictures with us masked up. Besides it being a reminder of a difficult time, what would be the point of not seeing our goofy grins? However, my trips to Disney World are one part fun and one part work (yes, I’m aware I have an awesome job!). I use the photos in marketing and research if my memory fails and I decided to go ahead and pay for it.
I’m so glad I made that choice!
Although the masks aren’t always the cutest (Andrew insisted on his boring paper one), I really do think I can see our smiles. And when the boys were sick of me making them stop for pictures and were frowning, you can’t really tell! :)
The in-ride photos are still great - Andrew LOVES the one of Luke looking terrified on Splash Mountain and he pulls it up on his phone once a week to torture Luke. The “magic” shots and videos are so fun, too!
One other reason to get Memory Maker is that you can have pics with you in them. Due to social distancing and not wanting to pass objects back and forth, the photographers will no longer take a picture for you with your camera.
To me the pics are priceless. Take a look at a few (or maybe a lot) from our trip below and maybe that will help you decide! And as always, if you are thinking of heading to Disney, PLEASE give me a shout. My planning services are FREE when you book through me and it never costs a penny more than if you were to do it yourself.
