Orlando disney character warehouse vineland mall do you need to sign up for entry to shop??

[Christine caine]

I was just looking online and used to love taking my girls when they were little to vineland premium outlet mall on first day of Disney trip to see what they had on sale before we hit the parks. I looked yesterday and it stated something about having to be on the virtual queue line for entry only available at store first thing in morning and it fills up fast. So if I am understanding it correctly then unless you are there at the store physically waiting for your turn you won't get in to shop. Is this true or has anyone been there recently to give me info. I was Lso told the other Orlando mall farther away is better any thoughts would he appreciated. We land around noon on Sunday with afternoon to shop and start Disney trip on Monday. We also have Friday as a lazy day too do what ever we want.
Any thoughts would be great
Thanks

 

[CanucksRock]

I only went in the afternoon back in February, and there was no queue. The Vineland one is smaller/more crowded.

 

[Christine caine]

So how far away is the larger discount store from Disney springs?

 

[bankr63]

No lines in March (March break for Ontario and Florida) either.

It's about 15-20 minutes drive to the second location at Premium I-Drive. I think the two are similar sized, but I-Drive isn't usually as busy.

What we did find this time is that parking at Vineland has become a nightmare. Best advice would be to park in the Annex side (North of Vineland) and walk across at the pedestrian crossings. There was lots of parking available over on that side, and saved the aggravation of endlessly searching for a spot or paying for one of the many new pay to park options.

 

[Christine caine]

We are in Orlando but my grandson wants a Harry potter wand. Does anyone know if they are sold at the discount stores? I don't want too spend a ridiculous amount of money on the ands to have them broke by the time we get home by the 9 and 10 year old. Please let me know your thoughts.

 

[bankr63]

We are in Orlando but my grandson wants a Harry potter wand. Does anyone know if they are sold at the discount stores? I don't want too spend a ridiculous amount of money on the ands to have them broke by the time we get home by the 9 and 10 year old. Please let me know your thoughts.

Yes, and no. Sure you can find cheap knock off wands at some of the many discount stores in the area. I know I saw them in a couple of places (not all) when down there in March. I think there might have been some at Publix actually. BUT mostly these will be cheap knock off wands. The authentic wands at Universal have some heft and a quality feel to them (but they are pretty steep in price). IDK if there is Universal Discount store similar to Character Warehouse where you can buy discount Universal merch, but then Universal doesn't have the same kind of limited release merch that Disney has. Those wands are pretty much the same as they were when WWHP opened.