Cost of photos

[Belease]

I'm trying to budget in advance for our cruise (fun fun!) and I wanted to work out how much money to put aside for photos. I'd love to purchase some onboard, so I wondered what the options were and how much they cost? Are their special offers and so on?

 

Thanks for your help!

[FLACRUISER99]

I'm trying to budget in advance for our cruise (fun fun!) and I wanted to work out how much money to put aside for photos. I'd love to purchase some onboard, so I wondered what the options were and how much they cost? Are their special offers and so on?

 

Thanks for your help!

Can't remember but not cheap.

[Toto2Kansas]

If I remember correctly, the cost was $19.95 for the smaller ones and either $24.95 or $29.95 for the 8 X 10's. :eek:

[tmitchell82]

An 8X10 will run you about $20. 5X7 was $15 if I recall correctly. Some of the formal ones might be more. Photos on the ship are pretty expensive. One nice advantage if you want a formal portrait done, is that you can have them taken and if you do not like them, there is no obligation to buy.

 

Tim

[Belease]

I guess I must be in the enviable (:p) position of having paid far far too much for my photos over the years, because that sounds about what I thought! Thanks very much for your input, it'll come in really handy planning my budget.

[Jennygirl]

I love the photos taken on board when we cruise. They are expensive though as TOTO2KANSAS stated. Try to think which ones you really, really like - perhaps a formal one or the ones they take at dinner time. I never take the one on embarkation day - but as the cruise goes on and the tan gets better - the better the pictures look. L0L

I would definitely save room in your budget for them though. Their quality is excellent. Ones I've bought 10 years ago look as good as the ones I bought last year. I don't consider them a waste of money either because it's a memory made, you look happy and healthy and it's part of the cruise experience for us.

[Essiesmom]

Princess does funny things with their photos. they print the picture about 5x8, and then on the edge do a wallet size, plus a wallet size of the ship. And charge $19.95. I had a photo credit from my TA, and to get a free pic I would have had to have them cut off the wallets. With the picture, they offer a free magnet or keychain to put the little pictures in. Next cruise, I am going to ask if they will cut off the little ones and I can have the 5x8 for less...EM

[hansi]

Can't remember but not cheap.

 

Not just "not cheap" in fact very expensive. Take your own photos, it's cheaper!

[Broncobru]

Is there a way to purchase all the pictures on a CD and print them on my own? I thought I had read somewhere that you could have that option.

[BosoxI]

Is there a way to purchase all the pictures on a CD and print them on my own? I thought I had read somewhere that you could have that option.

 

I've never seen that offered. I did have ALL the pictures in my camera put on a CD for only $10 while on the Pacific in January. The "casual" pix cost $19.95 (boarding/port pix), but the "formal" or posed pictures are $25 or so. We just got off the CB and I have to say for whatever reason, every picture was a beauty. That's never happened before, so it was very tempting to purchase too many. What happens to the unpurchased pictures?

[London25]

I can't remember what the costs of the photos were, but for the photos you purchased, you could buy the electronic copies for $10 each plus $5 for a USB stick if you did not have your own. You did have to buy the printed 8x10s first though.

 

Have fun on your trip.

[beege1936]

Towards the end of your cruise the photo shop will offer a special on printing your images from photos that you have taken. If I recall...they charge 15c each. This is comparable :) to what I pay at the local Costco...a good deal since when I print my own, between paper and ink the cost is nearly that.

 

As an aside; I enjoy doing photography-like darkroom work. I carry a laptop with Photoshop Elements installed. A very relaxing 'sea day' is to sit on our balcony, an umbrella shading the screen and editing the images. I also add titles to the pictures to save trying to remember where the photo was taken. And the best part of doing this: When you get home and are anxious to share the pictures, you're all ready!

[London25]

Towards the end of your cruise the photo shop will offer a special on printing your images from photos that you have taken. If I recall...they charge 15c each. This is comparable :) to what I pay at the local Costco...a good deal since when I print my own, between paper and ink the cost is nearly that.

 

As an aside; I enjoy doing photography-like darkroom work. I carry a laptop with Photoshop Elements installed. A very relaxing 'sea day' is to sit on our balcony, an umbrella shading the screen and editing the images. I also add titles to the pictures to save trying to remember where the photo was taken. And the best part of doing this: When you get home and are anxious to share the pictures, you're all ready!

 

This sounds like something I would like to do. If only I could get my DH to let me download the photos to a computer. :) I'm still waiting for the January cruise ones.

[caribill]

The "casual" pix cost $19.95 (boarding/port pix), but the "formal" or posed pictures are $25 or so.

 

I agree that this is the recent pricing.