The Disney Store is going for the Adult Market again!

[DisneyDeeva]

Unless things have changed since last fall, you get 30% of merchandise at The Disney Store and The Children's Place only. You have access to three one day park hoppers per year. They have to be ordered through the store at least 30 days in advance of your trip and can only be picked up at the ticket windows at the four major parks once you arrive.

No discounts on hotel, food or purchases at WDW.

 

[mickeymousemom]

Actually, though I am disappointed with the way TDS has changed since TCP took over(the store in our mall changed locations...from a very large magical place to a small tiny flourescent Hades with not near as much adult items, other than t-shirts), I have to say I was pleasantly surprised the last time we visited. We went a few weeks ago and I just happened to be griping(again) about how they needed more adult stuff, when lo and behold, one wall caught my eye. There were mens and womens items displayed along a front wall, with matching kids stuff right with it. There were also purses and other adult accessories. Dh wears bigger sizes and we found 2-3 hawaiian type shirts up to XX(I think that was the biggest). There were coordinating mens khaki cargo shorts, women's dresses and shorts, etc. I still hate the way the store looks, but I was a happy camper when we left(we didn't buy anything, but knowing it was there was awesome)!

 

[Dale-Not-Chip]

I would be glad to have a Small Adult section. A bit more than a few t-shirts. I hardly wear t-Shirts. I have bought many of the mickey Polo's on-line.

Sure the Kids will have the Tigger's share of the merchandise, but my wife and I have the Job's and would appreciate a bit of stuff for us.

 

[Disney Padawan]

I'm sorry to say but I've also seen a change in TDS since TCP. I remember when the CM's will always greet you & walk up to you multiple times in case you needed help. I also remember the T.V monitors always working perfectly, the plush mountains maintained, & the store having an overall cleanliness to it. In my experience, this hasn't been so in years. All TDS I've visited have 1 or more monitors not working, are not well maintained, & the CM's act like you're not even there. I live in Naples, FL now but usually travel many times to FT. Myers & also to Miami where I grew up, so I'm speaking of these stores only. I hate seeing these stores decline the way they have been, specially when I remember how they use to be. I have some friends that we're CM's and they also agree. I moved from Miami to Naples because it's technically more peaceful & "cleaner" here, but our Disney Store is the worst one I've ever seen! You can hardly tell what's playing on the monitors anymore, the whole place need some TLC. We used to have a Disney Warehouse in the outlet malls of Estero (15 minutes from where I live) but they closed down. That was a great store which sold a lot of merchandise only found in the parks, I really miss it. If anyone knows of a Disney warehouse in South East or South West Florida, could you please post it. Anyway, It's nice that they're selling adult merchandise now, but I think it's going to take more than that to fix their image, just my opinion.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

It's nice that they're selling adult merchandise now, but I think it's going to take more than that to fix their image, just my opinion.

Under the new contract signed with Disney, TCP has to remodel a total of 234 existing Disney Stores into a new "Mickey" store prototype by the end of fiscal 2011. And if TCP breaches any of the provisions of the contract on three or more occasions, Disney can require TCP to make a payment of $18 million to Disney. So I think you'll be seeing big changes for the better not only in your local store, but across the entire chain as well.

*Brian*

 

[Mickey&Donald]

Not to mention, if you don't like going into your local Disney Store, or there isn't one nearby, you can now visit www.disneystore.com! Lots of cool stuff there, including adult apparel.

 

[chefkellyb]

I just went to the new "Disney Store" website. Sure, it says Disney Store on the web page but if you look at the address line- it changes to disneyshopping.go.com. Isn't that the same web address as Disney Shopping? I only noticed the address change because some of the items looked identical to what the Disney Shopping website is offering. For example - the Studio Collection tees are on both websites. Also- I noticed that on the Disney Store website they claim that purchases made on that site CAN be returned to the Disney Stores and then I looked under Disney Shopping and it looks like they have the same policy now. There is even a "tab" on Disney Shopping website to go to the Disney Store website. Are they one in the same? What's really the difference? I'm confused!

 

[DisneyDeeva]

I agree...it's confusing. disneystore.com doesn't have much to choose from yet. Hopefully, they'll be adding more. One jacket, one pair of jeans, and one skirt does not an adult section make. JMHO

home.disney.go.com/shopping still has a much better selection and, most importantly, the offer collectibles!

 

[mochabean]

I agree...it's confusing. disneystore.com doesn't have much to choose from yet. Hopefully, they'll be adding more. One jacket, one pair of jeans, and one skirt does not an adult section make. JMHO

home.disney.go.com/shopping still has a much better selection and, most importantly, the offer collectibles!

It looks like disneystore.com is basically a sub-store of disneyshopping.com. It has its own tab at the top of disneyshopping.com. So basically disneyshopping.com is now selling stuff designed and sold at the stores.

If you put something from each in your cart it is in the same cart, the disneystore.com stuff has their logo next to it.

 

[AuntieM03]

I love that there will be more adult wear, but I hate the way they made our local store look. It now looks like an outlet store. There is no room or ambience at all.

 

[yensidretlaw]

www.disneystore.com had it's soft launch on July 10th. It is now associated with The Disney Stores which www.disneyshopping.com was not. For the time being they are kind of connected, but with time that should change. That is why you can now return merchandise bought online to The Disney Stores.

 

[Mikey_Mouse]

I'll believe it when I see it, but I REALLY hope they bring back the Disney Store of old, with the sericells, books, posters, and WDCC items (along with other housewares and collectibles) that made the store a destination for those of us above the age of 14.

 

[MJMcBride]

The Disney Store is getting more adult huh? Can a strip club on Pleasure Island be far behind

 

[Wick]

Just stopped by the Disney Store in the Staten Island mall yesterday...

They have a couple of advertisements in the windows and a bulletin in front of the store about Disney's "adult collection," but the actual collection has much to be desired (so far). All they had were two tables and one very small section of a wall set up with a couple of t-shirts and shorts. Thought I saw a jacket as well but that's about it. Hopefully they'll expand further.

 

[Glendamax]

I REALLY hope they'll have REAL womens'-sized tops in there! Last year at the The World of Disney in DTD, I was hard pressed to find an Extra Large, and there were no 1Xs for women. However, in the men's department the shirts went up to 4X!

 

[Mickey&Donald]

Our women's apparel always goes up to XL, and many times, up to XXL.

 

[TripTime]

Was just at the Disney Store in San Antonio river mall. There was next to nothing for adults in there. In fact we were looking for items for our six and nine year old and everything seemed geared to younger than that.

 

[Rabbit_Fan]

I hope the Disney Store reverts back to how it was before -- not just merchandise, but service as well. The last time I went in with my son the manager was standing next to the cashier pushing merchandise with a hard sell, which I thought was tacky. She was fairly insistent we buy a Disney picture frame, saying something to the effect of "it will cost three times this much at Disney! Buy a souvineer NOW and save!" I passed (each of the several times she mentioned it to us while checking out) which received a disappointed look from her each time. She pulled the same spiel on the lady infront of us, and I heard her doing it as we were leaving too. Tacky, IMHO. Didn't seem very "Disney" to me, but learning they aren't owned by Disney any longer would explain that I suppose.

 

[mmluvr]

We used to have a Disney Warehouse in the outlet malls of Estero (15 minutes from where I live) but they closed down. That was a great store which sold a lot of merchandise only found in the parks, I really miss it. If anyone knows of a Disney warehouse in South East or South West Florida, could you please post it.

Love your user name-DS (8) is a Star Wars nut and he too is a Padawan

There is a Disney Character Warehouse in the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise (a hop skip and jump down I-75). It used to be a nice big space but it was downsized a while ago; not nearly as fun or magical as it used to be!!!

BTW-we love Naples-what a beautiful place. It is our destination for when we "want to go take a ride."

 

[Disney Von Drake]

Also, as of July 10th, www.disneystore.com will be relaunched and affiliated with retail locations. Currently if you type in www.disneystore.com you are redirected to www.disneyshopping.com which is under seperate ownership. This redirect will no longer take place.

As part of the 2004 annual report, Andy Mooney (Chairman of Disney Consumer Products) made it clear that The Walt Disney Company was going to get out of direct retail. Disney decided instead to sell their products via the big retailers such as Wal-Mart. Part of the deal with TCP was that disneyshopping.com (Disney operated) would close shop and turn the entire online sales over to TCP. That is what is currently taking place.

Disney has no desire to continue in direct retail sales. Even the outlet stores are TCP. However, Disney still owns and operates Disney’s Character Warehouse in a few select areas. These stores sell WDW and DL old stock. They also own TDS in Times Square (managed under WDW operations).

Bottom line is that if you want Disney merchandise, you'll find the best selections at the big retail outlets such as Target, Wal-Mart, etc.