Samgrass Mills (Disney Outlet)

[dennisnlisab96]

Can someone please tell me where this is...I keep reading about and would like to go when we get there in a couple of weeks!

 

[Grumpy92]

Sawgrass Mills is in Sunrise, a western suburb of Fort Lauderdale. It is a about a four hour drive from Orlando.

http://www.sawgrassmills.com/index2.html

To tell you the truth you will find all the same stores at the various outlet malls on Idrive.

 

[hellokitty]

there are three outlet stores near disneyworld,
no need to drive an hour away.

here is a link to the character corner
http://www.lbvfs.com/index.htm


and there are two here at this location

http://www.orlandotouristinformationbureau.com/shopping/malls/belzoutlet.htm

one called Character Warehouse
and one called Character Premiere

 

[frannn]

They had ok bargains, but I would definetly not make it a point to drive to this mall unless you were going to be in the area anyway, or if there was a specific store here you couldn't find elsewhere. People I know who live in the area said it is an extremely busy/crowded mall. It wasn't that bad when I went, but I think it was a Thurs or Friday afternoon. We still had trouble finding parking....I would stick with the ones in Orlando. They honestly did not have anything amazing.

 

[bobcat]

If you are driving down I95 there is also a character warehouse at St. Augustine in the outlet mall there. We always stop here and find items that we don't see in Orlando. Easy on Off and takes us about 30 minutes.

 

[vmkids]

We tried to find this last time we were down there and couldn't. Question... is it in the mall right off the highway? What is the name of the store and where abouts in the mall is it? Had a rough time looking and Hubby thought I had lost my mind that one was there!
Are they as cheap as the character corner at Lake Buena Vista Outlet?

 

[bobcat]

It is a character warehouse just like at Belz, in fact I think the outlet is a Belz as well. Prices are similar but they have a lot of different merchandise than the Orlando stores. As you are heading south it will be to your left of the exit. I'll try to see if I can figure out which exit exactly.

The store itself seems to move each time we stop but is still in the same mall. This last time it seemed like it was closer to the center of the mall. We always look at the mall map when we enter the mall and it is listed.

 

[anewvance]

I was just there on Thursday (we live an hour north of the sawgrass mall). I love shopping the mall but am the first to admit that the Character Wharehouse there is just OK. I've seen lots better deals at the ones in Orlando. But for fun little thingies, it's fun to look around. Like I got my girls headbands with mickey ears that have those fiber optic things coming off the top that light up to wear on our trip to Disney next month and they were $2.99 which is a great price for something "different". And my sis and I bought HUGE straw hats that has mickey and minnie on front and says Walt Disney World on the back for $4.99 each. They had christmas stuff for next to nothing, $85 christmas sweaters for $20... the brother bear collection christmas bears (sis and i looked all over wdw for these this past christmas and never did) they had them for $6.99. Some costumes for $14.99 which is pretty good. And a few other things from the catelogs and parks. Like I said, pretty comparable to the Orlando ones but less stuff I think.

 

[eeyore74]

The Sawgrass store's name is Disney's Character Premiere. They never get as good stuff as the Orlando or the St Augustine stores do, but it's not for lack of trying on their part. There is also another store in Miami, I believe at the Dolphin Mall.

 

[daisylove]

Both the stores at Sawgrass and Dolphin are considered part of the Property control part of Disney. Meaning they are outlets from the parks not the Disney stores. My friend works at the one at the Dolphin Mall. When you can't be in Disney it is great to walk in one of these stores. I found a ton pf stuff for my DD to save on souveniers at the parks for our upcoming trip. I have not been to any of the Disney outlets in Orlando but I am very grateful for Sawgrass MAll (even if my husband is not )