Ahoy, Leslie!
From your question, it sounds like you're a shutterbug like me! I love to come home from a Disney vacation with lots of pictures to remember our awesome getaway. Some of my very favorite photos are from our times spent sailing with Disney Cruise Line.
From the moment you step onboard, Disney Cruise Line photographers are available to capture your vacation memories. For most photo ops, you're more than welcome to ask the photographer (or their assistant) to also take the photo with your camera. This is especially true for Character photos - our favorite!
Shutters, the onboard photography shop, will store all the professional photos for you to view in your leisure. You're not obligated to purchase any of the pictures, but I encourage you to stop by and see the photos. The printed photos have super cute Disney Cruise Line borders on them, and you just might find a few you'd like to purchase for souvenirs of your magical voyage!
As you've already read, Shutters has several photo packages available. You can decide if you'd like to purchase photos once you're on the ship, or you can pre-order photos
here. On some cruises, you even have the option to have your very own photo album created from your cruise photos - what a fun souvenir!
Hopefully you'll be posing for pictures with Captain Mickey aboard a Disney Cruise real soon! Please let us know if you have any more questions as you plan - we're happy to help! - Diane W.