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Shopping at the Magic Kingdom
On Main Street U.S.A.
Almost anything you could ever want, or need, can be found along Main Street U.S.A. from trinkets to toys and more. The Main Street Emporium, the Main Street Cinema, and Town Square Exposition Hall have it all. Tons of plush toys, art supplies, trinkets and souvenirs line the shelves as does a wide selection of resort wear, character clothing, and accessories. If sweets are on your shopping list, be sure to stop by the Main Street Confectionary for an incredible array of tasty treats.
-The Main Street Cinema is filled with Disney movies and music on DVD’s, Videos, CD’s, and cassettes. There’s also a selection of books and plush toys.
-The Emporium (which opens to Disney Clothiers, the Main Street Athletic Club, and more…stretching the entire block) is where you’ll find toys, trinkets, and souvenirs of all sorts. There are t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks, and sneakers (among an array of other items) all with Disney’s (or Mickey’s) logo, not to mention a cast of your favorite Disney characters. Resort wear, sportswear, even nightwear can be found here too. There are bags and backpacks, great for a day at the parks, and luggage that’s large enough to haul everything home with. Storybooks and activity books (such as the Walt Disney World Scavenger Hunt that retails for around $4.00), art supplies, and games to keep the kids busy line the shelves as well.
-Main Street Confectionary is filled top to bottom with sugary sweets and treats of every sort. You’ll find everything from Mickey pops to sour drops, with plenty of familiar favorites mixed in as well.
-Le Chapeau, set off to the side just a bit, sells hats of all sorts. Even if you’re not in the mood to buy, trying a few on can be tons of fun.
-Crystal Arts features handmade glass trinkets and crystal creations, many of which are made right before your eyes.
-The Main Street Market is filled with food items like pastas, cocoa, and cookies with a small selection of housewares available as well.
-Uptown Jewelers sells everything imaginable from charms and bracelets to earrings and watches. Whether you’re looking for costume jewelry or fine jewelry (whether gold orsilver), kid’s watches or high end time pieces, you’ll find plenty to choose from. They also offer a selection of picture frames and pens.
-The Main Street Gallery is filled top to bottom with posters, cells, lithographs, and collectibles of all kinds. You’ll also find a selection of post cards, books, and more.
In Adventureland
The Agrabah Bazaar is of course located near the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. A handful of stores, each offering unique trinkets, toys, and clothing, are fashioned to look like a marketplace you might find in some far-off exotic land. The Pirates Bazaar, found at the exit of the Pirates of the Caribbean, features plenty of swords, guns, and pirate wear, not to mention pirate themed toys. They feature a small selection of island-style clothing and resort wear, with plenty of jewelry to choose from as well.
Also located in Adventureland is a small unassuming store – the Crows Nest, located just beyond the Pirates of the Caribbean but before you actually enter Frontierland that sells film and various photo supplies.
In Frontierland
Other than the small carts found along the pathways selling their wares, the Briar Patch, Prairie Outpost Supply, and Frontier Trading Post are the only shops in the land, Frontierland that is. The Briar Patch, located next to Splash Mountain, of course features Brer Rabbit merchandise of every imaginable sort with a smattering of Big Thunder Mountain merchandise as well, while the Prairie Outpost Supply features western wear and pint-sized pioneer provisions. The Frontier Trading Post is filled with sweets and treats for little buckaroos (and big ones too). Big Al’s cart, just across from the Country
Bear Jamboree, while not an actual shop, is the place to go for coon skin caps, wooden
rifles, and stuffed bears.
In Liberty Square
The Yankee Trader, Heritage House and Ye Olde Christmas Shop all offer unique gifts, Disney and otherwise, most with an Americana flair.
In Fantasyland
Fantasyland is chock full of shops, most of which are located right near the exits of the more popular rides. They’re full of trinkets, toys, and souvenirs galore, each following the theme of one of the rides just nearby. Many feature unique merchandise not found anywhere else in the park, so if you see something that catches your eye, don’t pass it up in hopes of finding it elsewhere (especially the merchandise related to Mickey’s PhilharMagic). If you don’t want to have to carry your packages around, have them delivered to the package pick up area next to City Hall located near the front of the park.
Just don’t forget to pick them up on your way out.
If you’re a Walt Disney World Resort
guest, you can even have your packages delivered right to your hotel.
Shops include:
Tinker Bell’s Treasures, Fantasy Faire, Pooh’s Thoughtful Spot, and Sir Mickey’s.
In Toontown
The County Bounty and Mickey’s Toontown Fair Souvenirs are filled with clothing, hats, souvenirs, trinkets, and toys galore.
In Tomorrowland
Mickey’s Star Traders, Merchants of Venus, and the Tomorrowland Light & Power Company can all be found here. Between the 3, you’ll find a large variety of clothing, toys, and souvenirs of every sort, many of which are of course devoted to Stitch and the Toy Story characters, but with a large selection of the Walt Disney World merchandise as well.
Shopping at Disney's Hollywood Studios
There are several unique shops located throughout the park, many of them lining Hollywood Boulevard near the park’s entrance. Some of the standouts with kids include the Tatooine Traders near Star Tours, and the Indiana Jones Adventure, located just beyond the stunt show stadium. Each is filled with t-shirts, trinkets, and toys that kids simply can’t resist -- especially as they so often love to replay their adventures long after they’ve left the parks.
Other great options include;
-Celebrity 5 & 10; housewares, souvenirs of all sorts, and personalized gifts
-Keystone Clothiers; apparel, watches, and accessories for adults
-The Beverly Sunset; Disney villains and Fantasmic merchandise
-Stage 1 Studio Store; souvenirs of all sorts, infant and toddler apparel
-Legends of Hollywood; character apparel, souvenirs of all sorts, and accessories
- AFI Showcase Shop; Disney-MGM logo merchandise, TV and movie merchandise
-Animation Courtyard Shops; plush toys, watches, pins, and costumes for kids
-L.A. Cinema Storage; kids character apparel, toys and trinkets
Additional shops are scattered throughout the park, each filled with its own unique array of merchandise.
Shopping at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
At the Oasis
Located on the right, Garden Gate Gifts offers a smattering of souvenirs as well as stroller and wheelchair rentals and the photo pass center.
On Discovery Island
To the right you’ll come across Disney Outfitters. This is likely one of the best stores in all of Disney. While not as large as some you’ll find at Disney’s other parks, you’ll still find a really great selection of clothing, a portion of which is safari- or animal-themed, a handful of jewelry and watches, and sundries. Many of the items here are unique not only to this park but to this store, so if you see something you have to have, buy it. Don’t wait in hopes of finding it elsewhere as it’s likely you won’t. Just across the way is the Island Mercantile, where you’ll find art supplies, a large selection of Disney pins, toys, and character merchandise including tshirts and sweatshirts, bags, and more. A bit farther up on the right is the Beastly Bazaar, where you find a selection of home decor as well as chocolates and sweets.
To the left of the island is the Island Mercantile (mentioned above), as well as Creature Comforts, where toys, gifts, and clothing, most all for kids, can be found.
In Africa
The Mombosa Marketplace is filled with authentic African gifts including hand carved wooden animals. You’ll also find a selection of toys and t-shirts.
In Asia
Mandala Gifts features an assortment of Kali River Rapids t-shirts, tiger t-shirts, plush tigers (and a few other toys and trinkets), along with some rather unique wind chimes and kites (which are somewhat expensive) are all sold here. The souvenir cart just up the way (slightly closer to the Kali River Rapids ride) is stocked with towels, socks, t-shirts, and various trinkets.
In Dinoland U.S.A.
Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures is located to the right of the Primeval Whirl. It’s filled top to bottom with some of the best trinkets in the park, much of which cost under $5. Pens, pencils, erasers, bouncy balls, wind-up toys, Mickey icon ice trays, there’s simply tons of trinkets. Additionally there’s a selection of toys, a smattering of this an that character but including The Indredibles, the Toy Story crew, Pirates of the Caribbean paraphernalia, a great battery operated monorail (the track by the way is fairly large and the monorail itself follows the same script [with the same voice] as the real monorail (could you tell we have one?). Girls will appreciate the large selection of charms to add to their bracelets and necklaces (a fad that’s catching on fast). These charm stations (filled with bins and bins of charms though offering only 1 or 2 styles of bracelets or necklaces to purchase) have now popped up at almost every store.
Shopping at Epcot
Shopping in Future World
Future World is home to one of the best “everything Disney imaginable” shops in the park (possibly in all of Walt Disney World) - Mouse Gear. It’s located just across from the Electric Umbrella near Innovations East. It has a huge (and I mean huge) selection of Disney and Epcot merchandise from apparel to toys to jewelry, and much, much more. I have always found it to have the best selection of some of the more unique Disney logo merchandise in all the parks.
Shopping in the World Showcase
Upon entering the World Showcase you find a small though unique little store filled with a selection of t-shirts, bags, and souvenirs – but the real shopping begins in…
In Mexico
Upon entering the ruins of the Mayan temple, draped with lush vines and greenery, you’ll find yourself transported to Mexico, or more specifically to the marketplace of a small town in Mexico--at night. The incredibly high ceilings are darkened yet starlit to exude a nighttime ambience. The marketplace is filled with artisans and craftsmen peddling their wares from paper flowers to fine silver, sombreros to serapes. Carts are arranged around the fountain in the center of the plaza, while tile-roofed shops line the outer rim. A mariachi band strolls along throughout under the moonlit sky to entertain guests.
In Norway
The Puffin’s Roost features some of the most beautiful Scandinavian sweaters (some by Dale of Norway), incredibly expensive as they may be, as well as an array of trolls, wood carvings, glass, and pewter crafts and collectibles.
In China
Porcelain dolls, kimonos, and hand-painted umbrellas are just a selection of what you’ll find at the marketplace. The large bazaar area is filled with jade statues, silk pajamas, rugs, and much more. Wind chimes fill the air with soothing tones from a nearby cart.
In Germany
An array of steins, cuckoo clocks, toys, wine, and Christmas ornaments can be found in the shops along the plaza.
In Italy
Fine leather goods, silk scarves, designer perfumes, and beautiful jewelry are just a sampling of what fills the shops of Italy.
In America
The shops are filled with everything Americana--stars and stripes are everywhere you look.
In Japan
which is home to the famous Mitsukoshi Department Store, where you can shop for kimonos, bonsai trees, and pearl jewelry, among other things.
In Morocco
Lined with small shops to browse, the marketplace is filled with an array of straw baskets, brass pots, leather goods, wood carvings, and jewelry, among other authentic Moroccan items, including colorful carpets and even finger symbols.
In France
It is said that this is often the only place in the United States where you can find the latest scents from Guerlain. The marketplace is filled with products of France from perfumes and wines, to books and pasties.
In the United Kingdom
The cobblestone streets of Merry Olde London are filled with shops and boutiques with everything from English teas and cookies to fine china (Royal Daulton), fine fragrances to Thomas the Train toys, with an array of other items including chess sets, tartans, and family crests.
In Canada
Items ranging from Canadian maple syrup and maple candy to Indian jewelry can be
found at the Trading Post and Northwest Mercantile as well as at La Boutique Des
Provinces.
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