CR Resort Fan 4 Life - Did you try calling the Character Warehouse and see if you could purchase it and have it shipped to you? I did that last year when I found out the the Original Pal Mickey's were on sale for 14.99. I found that there was one not far from me and called them and asked if they could ship it and they said no problem. I paid under $25 for Pal Mickey and shipping.
Check on allearsnet.com and I think they have the phone numbers to all the Character Warehouses in Orlando. It would be worth the call to see if they would. You would still be paying less than full price even with shipping.
My DH bought me the bug from the Main Street Electrical Parade. We saw that and the framed picture they came out with at the beginning of the 50th celebration, that has Tinkerbell and all the other characters on it. We got that too. When they brought it out to check the number on it, we were especially pleased to see what number it was - 50 of 250. It was perfect. We had both of them shipped home, but that was from the parks.