Thread: Do you buy the onboard photos?

Great information thread, Thanks!

Is that what the going price is for a picture on a cruise ship? Well..since this will be our first and probably our last cruise for awhile, I know i'll probably end up buying at least 1 picture. It will probably be at formal night, because I know it's going to be a heck of a long time before I'll see my hubby all decked out..lol..

patty

Originally Posted by hopingtocruise

Is that what the going price is for a picture on a cruise ship? Well..since this will be our first and probably our last cruise for awhile, I know i'll probably end up buying at least 1 picture. It will probably be at formal night, because I know it's going to be a heck of a long time before I'll see my hubby all decked out..lol..

patty

The price for an 8 x 10 formal picture is usually 20.00. They dont make different sizes for formal night, but at the ports they take your picture when you get off the ship, those are usually 6 x 8 and cost 14.00 - 16.00 approx.

If your not going to do it again for quite awhile, I think spending the money is worth it You could always have someone take a shot of you and hubby with your own camera too

Last cruise I went out of my way to get as many photos taken as possible. How often do I have professional photographers standing around hoping to take my photo? I ended up with several very nice shots and bought quite a few of them. I thought it was worth the money since they were good photos and I was all dressed up.

In the past we have purchased most of the photos,but it seems we already have pics from each of the back drops that they use.This past cruise we got off cheap since we only purchased a few.We did like the idea of the black and white so we bought that one.

Oh I also plan on taking my own digital camera....that's for sure..are cam corders allowed on board the ship?

patty

Just an FYI, you can go to www.image.com, past cruisers, and get a release so that you can get your photo copied at places like Sam's Club!

Most of the time, we don't, however if there is a good formal portrait taken, we sometimes will...they got a great picture of us on a Harley on the Carnival Ecstasy on their Promenade deck!

I used to buy those photos but since I masterd using a nice digital camera no need for those ship photos anymore. I recomand everyone to bring their own camera. Its cheap and gives you freedom and flexibility of making tons of photos and later select best ones to preserve as a life long memory....