One of my very favorite things to do when we go to a Disney park is a professional family photo shoot.

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We have done this on nearly every trip to Disneyland or Walt Disney World and have never regretted it. Here’s how we did it!

Today, I’m sharing some tips and suggestions on choosing fun outfits for your Disney park family photo shoot!

I really love it when families coordinate and aren’t too matchy-matchy for their photo shoots. I mean, you wanna show off those different personalities, right?

Here’s my tips and suggestions for getting your family’s outfits together for your Disney park family photo shoot:

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Disney Park Family Photo Shoot Outfits: Tips and Suggestions

Tip #1

Choose 2-3 outfits per person TOPS. Honestly, changing into each outfit is THE MOST stressful and time-consuming part of any photo shoot so keep stress levels down by only changing 2-3 times.

I like having rough themes in mind when planning each set of outfits. For example, I like to do a themed one (with everyone wearing the same color tops and bottoms and some ears), a casual one (Disney themed T-shirts optional), and one formal one (with fancy dresses and suits).

You’ll need to pick whatever themes work best for your family but narrowing them down really helps when planning outfits.

Tip #2

Keep it simple – REALLY simple. Now is not the time for multiple outfits with different undergarments or layers of accessories. That’s just time-consuming and stressful.

Make sure everyone has a top, bottom, and shoes/socks – then choose TWO (and only two) accessories per outfit. Trust me on this. Just trust me.

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Tip #3

Scope out the bathrooms beforehand. Know what bathrooms you want to get changed in and plan accordingly.

I like to pick bathrooms with lots of larger stalls (so there’s room for me and the kids together) and close to my main location must haves (i.e. the couple of spots in the park where I really, really want a picture taken).

Tip #4

Stay organized. The smartest thing I did for our last Disney park photo shoot was to pack each set of outfits in it’s own bag (i.e. all the fancy dress outfits where in one bag while all the outfits for in front of the castle were in another bag).

This really helped to speed things up and elevate stress since I could just grab whatever bag had the outfits for the next set of shots without dumping all our clothes out on the ground.

If you’re really into it – do a separate bag for each outfit AND each set of people using each bathroom. I pack each individual outfit for each person into it’s own labeled gallon size baggie. Then, all the baggies for one theme go in one bag. This makes it really easy to distribute entire outfits quickly and efficiently.

Tip #5

I highly recommend wearing layers. One of the smartest things I have done is have everyone wear a plain tank top and thin bike shorts under their first outfit.

That way, if the bathrooms are crowded or whatever, we can still get dressed in the next outfit relatively modestly outside the stalls or even off to the side somewhere. Just pull the the shirt and bottoms off and the next set on right over the tank and shorts.

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Have any of you done a family photo shoot in a Disney park before? I loved how ours turned out and always plan to do one every time we visit a park.