Old Town Portrait Gallery

7.2 / 10

open now, until 23:00

Arts and entertainment Shopping and retail Photographer

The Old Town Portrait Gallery has been around since 1986 recreating old time portraits and creating new memories. The story of the The Old Town Portrait Gallery would not have been a story at all if not for one man, John Howard Thompson. It started out as a college thesis at the University of Northern Iowa about the creation and operation of an old time portrait business. Read more It turned out to be the largest and most detailed thesis that university had ever seen from a student and it still is to this day. In 1976, John was travelling around to different state fairs in the region, setting up his portable studio and taking portraits. This "trial by fire" was to be instrumental in his plans for the future and why he turned out to be such an innovator in this industry. His first cameras were enormous 8x10 view cameras just like the ones you see in western movies. By the early 1980's John was a veteran at what he did and he learned of a new shopping, dining and entertainment attraction that was going to open near Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida. The name of this new property - Old Town. He was very excited about not having to travel from fair to fair anymore if he could just make a go of it in Old Town. He and his future wife, Charlotte and her son Derrick lived in a motor home behind Old Town while it was being constructed and sunk every penny they had into the new studio. In December of 1986, Old Town officially opened and things started out slowly, but Old Town began to build a reputation for a fun place for families to come and enjoy and before long, the Old Town Portrait Gallery was on it's way. It only took two years for John to realize that the studio that he had so tirelessly built and filled with elaborate sets, replica weapons, props and period costumes was not going to be big enough. So he eventually landed a corner store right in the middle of Old Town and started over, improving every facet of the business along the way. By this time, he was using what is known as a "diffusion transfer" system of developing photographs, cutting edge at the time. John excelled at looking at challenges from a sideways view and from the start, he knew there had to be a better way to process photos in a speedy but quality fashion while being able to offer more variety to his customers. The answer was a 1 hour minilab system. T Update description

Address:

5770 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy #229
Kissimmee

Telephone:

(407) 217-5721

Web site:

oldtownportraitgallery.com ⇒

Opening hours:

Monday: 10:00-23:00

Tuesday: 10:00-23:00

Wednesday: 10:00-23:00

Thursday: 10:00-23:00

Friday: 10:00-23:00

Saturday: 10:00-23:00

Sunday: 10:00-23:00

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Kristina C. 2016-04-25

Awesome environment, the workers were very pleasant and the photos were amazing! I will definitely be coming back in the future.

Liz C. 2016-04-20

We visited from England at the start of April and stumbled into Old Town Portrait Gallery by chance but oh what a find! Two fantastic members of...

Melissa N B. 2015-09-21

The staff was very pleasant and detailed. I love my portraits so much I ended buying all of them. I will refer any and everyone that wants these types...

Sarah S. 2018-06-23

Excellent! Staff was friendly, the experience w/my family was fun, the photos were fantastic and the prices were reasonable! Happy Customer here!!!

Nykki H. 2017-11-10

Fantastic time and fantastic pictures!!! The staff is always so nice and helpful and it’s a great experience!!!

Andy B. 2017-11-06

Happened upon this place by chance and loved everything about it. Friendly staff, great sets and costumes. Thoroughly enjoyable and photos were ready...

Deano S. 2017-09-10

We've been here twice now (last week and six year ago), and on both occasions we have loved the whole experience! The work that has gone into the sets...

Janet Amanda S. 2017-08-28

Polite! Enjoyed every minute of it! Thank you

Rae C. 2017-07-30

We had 10 people. They did a wonderful job on getting the photos we wanted. My daughter is 2 and we were a little worried on how she would do during...

Aaron M. 2017-07-21

Told 45 minutes waited 3 hours. Then told 20-30 mins for pictures. Went back in and told by different worker another 20-30 mins. Wasted my entire day...

Clare Davies N. 2017-07-07

We had some family portraits with a difference done here with us all dressed add pirates. The costumes were great and the girls were good fun helping...

Jordan S. 2017-06-27

Love that place they do nice job I recommend people go there

Bill S. 2017-06-19

We have gone there for three years now to have a portrait done with the family on our yearly family vacation. They do such a great job we have made it...

Karen Sandstrom B. 2017-03-23

What can I say, this is the best place ever. The pictures are awesome, the staff, clothing, props are amazing, and the experience is fantastic. I...

Kelly W. 2017-03-21

We've been a few times & it gets better each time we go!! Great pictures & at an awesome price!!

Dawn Kunna P. 2017-03-04

My family and I started doing this about 3 years ago just to have fun. Now, we make these our annual family photos. They are so much fun. Today we...

Kelly M. 2017-02-24

We had so much fun. By far the best old time photo place we have been to! More props and sets than a movie set. The staff was friendly, helpful and...

Lillian D. 2017-02-14

Love our portraits! Specially The Shotgun Certificate!

Sarah O. 2017-02-08

We go everytime we visit florida. Always such good fun and a perfect memory

Frances Ernesto C. 2017-01-05

Thank you for squeezing us in! The pictures came out super nice! Have been here about 4 times in the past 10 years and love your product every time!...

Updates from Old Town Portrait Gallery

Old Town Portrait G. 2017-12-05
Need an idea for a gift? Here's one; with plenty of themes to chose from, your christmas gift is fun for all.

Old Town Portrait G. 2017-12-02
Good news! Our website is back up!

Old Town Portrait G. 2017-11-29
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way to the Old Town Portrait Gallery during this holiday season.

Old Town Portrait G. 2017-11-21
Gobble Gobble News!

Old Town Portrait G. 2017-11-20
Just wanted to let everyone know that our website is down for maintenance. No worries it should be back up soon.

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7.2 / 10

This value is based on the number of visitors, checkins, and likes on Facebook in the last few months.

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Old Town Portrait Gallery has a total of 1919 visitors (checkins) and 2109 likes.

20 reviews of Old Town Portrait Gallery. Average grade 4.9 av 5.

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