Barbara J

Thanks you!  I will book it again.  One way or another, I'm going to get those photos!  They are long overdue!  Enjoy your next cruise, whenever that may be.

Thanks you!  I will book it again.  One way or another, I'm going to get those photos!  They are long overdue!  Enjoy your next cruise, whenever that may be.

On our ship serenade the sitting fee was free you just paid for the photos

I booked the fee for the session on ship at a good price.  I have noticed they do offer discounts sometimes onboard.   The fee is for the session, not how many people are in it.  At least that is what I experienced.  Then there are several options available to purchase pictures.  How many, digital, prints, etc. 

I don't know anything about the private photo sessions but I do know we did large group photos with the photographers set up around the ship.  They ask for cabin #'s, be sure to give them all cabin #'s so everyone will get the photos in the kiosk (the kiosk is set up to scan your seapass card and you buy what is linked to your seapass card).
You can take as many photos as you like, at as many photo locations as you want as well.  I've watched the photographer do the whole group, then couples, then couples with their kids, then Gramma with her own kids etc.....It can be done without appointments, you just need to know where the photographers are set up, I would imagine you can inquire at the photography space onboard to find out about public photos.

Unfortunately, that was not the information I was given from Royal Caribbean Customer Service.  They insisted that it was a per person rate, and that if I wanted 4 people in the session, I had to add each person individually, quadrupling the price.  Needless to say, I cancelled the session.  I assumed that the word "session," meant I booked a photographer's hour regardless of how many people were posing, which I believe is what you're saying.  Oh well.  Thank you very much for the info.

@Barbara J when you are selecting people in the cruise planner you are selecting the session to be purchased in that particular name. So if you select 2 people you're booking 2 sessions. You do not need to select everyone in a large family to book a single photo session. Just select your name alone and purchase it. Once onboard you visit the photo shop to schedule the actual session.

$1000-1500 if you want all the photos and maybe 1 large one
I believe it is $800 just for all digital copies of everything they take.
Done it on Anthem twice 😉
We got these during the first pro session we did back in 2019