The Mickey Bar shot

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The Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar is a treat that is synonymous with Walt Disney World itself. For some, grabbing a way-too-cold treat and walking down Main Street USA is as close to perfection as life affords.

And so, when you find yourself in that perfect situation, you have to take a picture of it — usually with the Mickey Bar in the foreground and something amazing and Disney-y in the background. But, sometimes, the bar just stands for itself.

This shot is one of the few that requires a depth-of-field adjustment, but considering the artsy results, it’s worth it.

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But if there’s one shot that everyone at Walt Disney World wakes up in the morning dreaming of capturing, it also happens to be the one with the highest degree of difficulty: The picture that looks right out of a Walt Disney World ad.

It’s not enough to take a picture of Main Street USA with the Castle in the background. Most of the time, there are thousands of people, balloons, cars, and even parade floats blocking the view. But, when you picture Main Street USA, that’s not what you picture. You picture it as an empty street with a perfect view.

Everyone wants that TV ad-version of Disney World, and although it requires some work, the results are totally spectacular. Maybe you nail the fireworks coming up in just the right spot, or you capture the ending tableau of the parade at just the right second. In one moment, everything comes together, and you get a photo that could be a brochure unto itself.

What about you? What photos do you see people taking over and over? Which is a photo you try to capture every time you visit Walt Disney World?