Downtown
Disney Shops
CANDY CAULDRON:
Satisfy your sweet tooth craving at this sinister sugar spot. Themed
as the Wicked Queen's dungeon from the Walt Disney animated film Snow
White, the Candy Cauldron features more than 200 tempting sweets, including
big chunks of fudge, caramel apples, hand-spun cotton candy, chocolate
dipped fruits, truffles, candy-coated pretzels and boxed chocolates.
Candy Cauldron is at Downtown
Disney West Side, between Magnetron and Celebrity Eye Works. Contact:
407-828-1470.
CELEBRITY EYEWORKS
STUDIO:
At Celebrity Eyeworks, shoppers can select from some of the most sought-after
fashions in the world. Barry Franzblau, owner of Couture Optic in Palm
Beach, Ca., has been providing eye wear for celebrities for years. With
the opening of his new store Celebrity Eyeworks, he offers the general
public a wide range of top-name brands in a movie studio atmosphere.
Celebrity Eyeworks is located
at Downtown Disney West Side, between Candy Caldron and Hoypoloi. Contact:
407-827-0110.
FORTY THIRST STREET:
Guests can enjoy a freshly brewed cup of coffee, mocca latte, cheesecakes
and layered cakes, large muffins, jumbo cookies and brownies, Flyin'
Hawaiian smoothie with coconut and pineapple, Mango Tango chiller with
mango, pineapple, papaya and coconut juice.
Forty Thirst Street is located
at Downtown Disney West Side, between Pleasure Island and West Side
Shops. Contact: 407-827-0100.
GHIRARDELLI SODA FOUNTAIN
AND CHOCOLATE SHOP:
Sink your spoon through a fluffy tower of whipped cream right down to
the gooey hot fudge and cool vanilla ice cream. Mmmm ... Sound good?
That's just a taste of what you'll find at the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain
and Chocolate Shop -- a real San Francisco treat.
Guests can purchase hand-scooped
shakes, malts, ice cream sodas and ice cream cones at the old-fashioned
soda fountain. A chocolate shop, next to the soda fountain, sells chocolates
and gift packages, such as chocolate-dipped spoons, decorative tins
filled with chocolates, truffles, and the Caf?ollection of chocolate
and coffee beverages. Ghirardelli's Baby Premier Collection features
smaller-sized chocolate bars wrapped in bright colors. True choc-aholics
will want to try the Double Chocolate Mocha or Dark Chocolate with Raspberries
bars.
Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and
Chocolate Shop is at the Downtown Disney Marketplace, between World
of Disney and Team Mickey.
GUITAR GALLERY:
"Art you can play" is the slogan of Guitar Gallery, the retail guitar
shop which features more than 150 custom, collector, rare and unique
guitars from world-wide manufacturers. Even if you're not a musician,
a peek inside this store is worth the effort. You'll see hand-decorated
guitars, such as a surrealistic "Wonderland" Washburn guitar created
by Sammy Hagar and his son. An Ibanez model features a hand-carved Egyptian
scene on its wooden face. Guitars are suspended from hand-brushed aluminum
walls and encased in rotating, tubular display cases. Oversized guitar
picks singed by famous guitar players make up the store's "Rock 'n Roll
Alley"
Guitar Gallery is located at
Downtown Disney West Side, opposite to Virgin Mega Store. Contact: 407-827-0118.
HOYPOLOI:
It isn't surprising that you instantly begin to relax when you enter
this "gallery of art and decor." Soothing music plays in the background
and water trickles over Japanese river stones in the Zen fountains.
The aroma of pine, sage and berry wafts from a scented oil display.
In fact, Hoypoloi's (pronounced hoy pa loy') mantra is to help its customers
create a tranquil home environment with handmade artwork and nature-related
home products. One of the store's signature items is its Japanese Zen
Board. When water is applied to the paper board, the brush stroke turns
black; when it dries, the image disappears forever, illustrating the
importance of "enjoying the moment."
Hoypoloi is located at Downtown
Disney West Side, between Sosa Family Cigars Co. and Celebrity Eyeworks.
Contact: 407-827-0112.
LEGO IMAGINATION CENTER:
A step inside the dome-shaped building is like walking into build-it-yourself
world. A giant LEGO helicopter, dragon-riding knight and spaceship share
the air space overhead in a nighttime sky. Down on the floor, elaborate
displays provide ideas, while products on the shelves provide the materials
to make imagination come to life.
Detailed models depict various
themes, such as buccaneers on the high sea. Accessories include a Pirate
Ship, Skeleton Crew and Volcano Island. Other areas of the store have
Western, aquatic, Medieval and city themes. There are even dolls with
their own two-story LEGO doll houses. Of course, shoppers can still
find the traditional buckets of LEGOs.
But the store's interior is only
half the fun. Outside is a 3,000-square-foot hands-on play area filled
with thousands of LEGO blocks and a jungle gym. Look around, you're
not alone -- the play area is also home to a life-sized LEGO alien family,
earth family and a larger-than-life dinosaur family. A 30-foot sea serpent
lives in the adjacent lake. Made from more than 1 million LEGO bricks,
the friendly serpent sprays mist from its nostrils onto passersby.
The LEGO Imagination Center is
located in the Downtown Disney Marketplace, between the World of Disney
store and McDonald's. Contact: 407-828-0065.
MAGNETRON:
If you'd like to increase the magnetic personality of your refrigerator,
head to Magnetron at Downtown Disney West Side. From steel wall to steel
wall, this store has more than 20,000 magnets that can be dressed and
undressed, glow in the dark, appear good enough to eat and even talk
back.
Prices range from around $2.00
for a small magnet to over $80 for a "humongo kit" that contains more
than 200 magnetic words.
Magnetron is at the Downtown
Disney's West Side, between All Star Gear and Candy Cauldron. Contact:
407-827-0108.
ONCE UPON A TOY:
This 16,000-square-foot store offers exclusive toys and games from Disney
and the Hasbro toy company. The unique offerings include: a special
Mr. Potato Head with Disney-themed parts, a version of the Clue board
game based on Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, a Disney theme park
version of the Monopoly board game, a Star Tours action figures from
the "Star Wars"-inspired attraction, and a Play-Doh play set based on
Disney's It's a Small World attraction.
Guests also will find other popular
Disney toys such as plush character dolls, the My Disney Girl doll,
and toys inspired by Walt Disney World, including miniature versions
of Disney's monorail system, Cinderella's Castle and other Magic Kingdom
attractions. Contact: 407-939-2648.
SOSA FAMILY CIGAR COMPANY:
Inside this small shop, you'll find more than 80 brands of cigars, including
Auturo Fuente, Padron, Diamond Crown, Imperio Cubano and the much sought-after
Fuente Fuente Opus XE. Sosa also sells smoking accessories, such as
handsome humidors, lighters, ashtrays and cutters, as well as shirts
and hats bearing the family name.
Sosa Family Cigar Co. is located
at Downtown Disney West Side, between the Wildhorse Saloon and Hoypoloi.
Contact: 407-827-0114.
STARABILIAS:
Looking for that one-of-a-kind collector's item? Something like a 1952
Hopalong Cassidy original Restored Whizzer Motorbike ... or a guitar
signed by Elvis?
Starabilias is one store in Downtown
Disney that you can't miss. You'll find more than 1,000 pieces of restored
original memorabilia guaranteed authentic, as well as nostalgic gift
and novelty items.
Starabilias is located at Downtown
Disney West Side, next to All Star Gear. Contact: 407-827-0104.
TEAM MICKEY:
Mickey and friends get sporty at this athletic store. Here you can purchase
Disney brand and top-name sports gear for just about any game: golf,
basketball, track, football, tennis and soccer.
Team Mickey is located at Downtown
Disney Marketplace, next to Toys Fantastic by Mattel. Contact: 407-828-3423.
VIRGIN MEGASTORE:
Visit the largest music and entertainment store in Florida. The select
from more than 150,000 titles on CD and cassette, a 20,000-title classical
music room, more than 2,000 CD-ROM and video game titles and a 10,000-sqaure-foot
to house books, magazines and graphic novels.
Megastore holds more than 300
CD listening stations; 20 video/laser disc playing stations; video game
demo stations; a full-service cafe with indoor and outdoor seating for
50 and a hydraulic outdoor stage for concerts. It's multimedia sound
system includes a huge DJ booth, an 11-by-14-foot jumbo screen, more
than 85 video monitors and two high projection video screens.
WORLD OF DISNEY:
If you're looking for the quintessential Disney souvenir this is the
place to be. The World of Disney is the largest Disney store in the
world with 50,000 square feet of character merchandise in the form of
clothing, home decor items, handbags, caps, jewelry, kitchenware, stationery,
storybooks, candy, videos, toys and more.
World of Disney is located at
Downtown Disney Marketplace, next to the LEGO Imagination Center. Contact:
407-828-1451.
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