It took me a while to decide on the cd also. It is $99 before your trip and $149 after your trip. I am very glad I bought the CD because we had many pictures taken. Every time we saw a photographer we got another photo. We ended up with over 150 photos. We got our entire family in every park day and night too. When you get home you can edit the pictures with the year, mickey and much more. If you don't want to purchase it the photopass photographers will use your camera so you will have your entire family in the photo. It really is a personal and budget decision. Have fun - Tinkerbella2000  18.2 #134 11:54AM

I bought the Photo CD on my last two trips to WDW. We did the photo shoots around the grounds of the Polynesian and they turned out great. I think it was a great investment. - bellatoris  28.0 #106 12:13PM

How do you buy it before? Do they give you the option when you check in? - chicky5801  12.4 #173 12:16PM

Our trip a week ago we didn't buy it because my parents were there to take family pics, our trip in december we plan to buy the photo cd, no grandma and grandpa to take pictures - Madcapusa  44.2 #76 12:25PM

You can also have the "magic shots" They add in Stitch, Simba, tinkerbell and more. check it out.http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disneysphotopass/ - Tinkerbella2000  18.2 #134 12:51PM

Thanks for the help. How do I order the cd before my vacation? $99 isn't that bad considering the portrait studios by me charge $200 and up per sitting for them. =) - eeyorefan107l  274.9 #17 8:12PM

http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx I used this site to purchase and they send me a card in the mail to bring to the parks - Tinkerbella2000  18.2 #134 8:31PM

We pre-ordered the CD for the first time this trip. Got over 200 pics in all the parks. Love them!! Making edits now, adding boarders, cropping, etc. Can't wait to get the CD back!! So worth the money in my opinion, and loved the magical shots. They even added extra photos of the characters by themselves that we can incorporate into our scrapbooks and multiple photo frames with our pics with them. - mrsincredible  431.9 #6 9:50PM

Thank you, Tinkerbella, for all the help. I'm definitely going to pre-order the photo cd. I just hope I can get the money together before we go. =) - eeyorefan107l  274.9 #17 10:56PM

I was having this same delimma but I trust MW friends so I will be pre-ordering the cd! - Jazdaz88  65.0 #63 4:37AM

I promise, you won't be disappointed!! Tip: Make a point to seek them out in iconic spots in all four parks, and ask for family pics (and magic shots with Tink, Simba, Stitch, etc), vs just waiting for them to ask as you pass by them. This will be a sure way to get alot of pics, and make the money worth it!! :) Note: we learned this trip that not all of their cameras can do the magic shots, so just ask one of them when you're getting your pics where the nearest CM is with that type of camera, and go there if you want those shots. They are cute, and worth seeking them out. - mrsincredible  431.9 #6 8:00AM