Hi @megancm
We can now agree that ACF is correctly loading the value, the problem you originally posted must be that you have a plugin that is modifying the pre_get_posts filter and preventing ACF from loading the gallery images.
Perhaps you can start debugging in the relationship field file. There is a function for format_value_for_api` – this is where the posts are loaded in from the array of IDS.
This will be a good place to start.
Thanks
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