On my 39th birthday in 2023, we accidentally started this Capture Your Moment series with a fabulous Hollywood Studios session. On our next trip to the vacation kingdom, we tried our luck at Epcot. We didn’t love our first Epcot session, but I decided to give it another try when we visited Epcot’s Festival of the Arts for the first time in 2024. That one went so well, that we booked another shoot in Morocco a few months later, and the setting was just gorgeous!
What is Capture Your Moment?
We are big fans of PhotoPass and love that with the service, everyone, even shutterbug mom, gets in the photos. Capture Your Moment plusses that and gives you your own private PhotoPass photog. You also have an assistant (for crowd control and creative) for a 20-minute shoot in the park.
What do you need to know?
- Reservations are highly recommended! Magic Kingdom is the only park I’ve seen without availability since we started the series (check at 60 days for best options). I was able to grab Studios about two weeks prior to our December trip. Additionally, Epcot and Animal Kingdom reservations were both showing availability the day before when I checked for each. I grabbed this session about two weeks out.
- Inquire on the day of at the PhotoPass shop in each park for availability if you weren’t able to get an advanced reservation.
- Currently, the cost is $99 and includes the shoot only. Photos are included in Memory Maker and/or can be purchased individually.
- You will check check in at the PhotoPass podium outside the Art of Disney shop in the American Adventure.
- You and the photog can discuss any ideas you have for locations, groupings, celebrations, etc. S/he will also let you know of any areas off limits (Galaxy’s Edge, for example) in the park. At Epcot, currently America, Morocco, Japan, Italy and Germany are available.
- Once you’re ready, the clock starts and you can strike a pose!
The Review
If you made your way to this review from our previous shoots, you’ll see that we were thrilled with our initial shoot at Hollywood Studios. It was most definitely “worth it” for my crew!! Our first Epcot experience didn’t garner the same enthusiasm, but our latest Epcot sessions have been fantastic!
This time around, our second photog had to leave fairly quickly, but Morocco was pretty deserted, so we didn’t have much trouble moving around the area. Morocco is absolutely gorgeous, and I was thrilled with each stop our sweet photographer made. (I can’t remember her name, but, ironically, I want to say it was Jessica.) She had so much fun with the kids letting them direct parts of the shoot and even take a couple photos.
Overall, this was another star in rebuilding our excitement about Epcot shoots, and we hope to finish all the locations here.
The Photos
Behind the Scenes
Capture Your Moment
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