I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to bump it up with my recommendation.
We buy the photopass CD (pre-buy it when we can), especially if we're traveling with a group (and can split the cost) and then we abuse the heck out of the thing. We stop nearly every photopass photographer we see, b/c you never know if this one we will be better (or worse!) than the previous one! AND at character meet & greets, if you tell the photographer you're getting the CD, we found they take MORE pictures. We got some really good ones this last trip of our girls interacting with the princesses, their first sight of them, etc., more than previous trips, because we had the foresight to say, "We're getting the CD. We won't be using our camera." Just too precious.
ALSO, there's now a new PhotoPass+ CD option ($199.95 in the park, $169.95 pre-buy and it has to be done before you start using it - restrictions, obviously, so read all of that), that will INCLUDE the ride photos and a lot of the character meals w/ photo options AND special dining options w/ photos (like Hoop-dee-doo), plus all the "normal" PhotoPass pictures AND a photogallery of 400 images. Info here:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/disne...50650931518325 and pre-buy info here:
http://www.disneyphotopass.com/wdwphotopassplus.aspx I'm thinking we will probably do this one on our next trip. It's not that much more, and especially if we're splitting the cost with a group, it's a no-brainer.
Thought I'd pass all that on!