Shopping in Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney is made for shopping. You'll find plenty of Disney merchandise as well as a large selection of specialty stores.
You can get a complimentary Downtown Disney map from any Disneyland information kiosk, the Compass Newsstand, or any Disney-owned hotel.
Ann Geddes Shop
(714) 533-2663
www.anngeddes.com/stores/disney.aspx
You'll recognize the signature style of Ann Geddes and her charming photographs of babies right away. In her flagship store, you can buy plush toys, decorative items, diaper bags, baby clothing, and a host of other items bearing her images.
Basin
www.basin.com
Transform your bathroom at home into a lavish spa when you purchase any of the fancy soaps, shampoos, body, and bath products available from this upscale store, or pick up a bath bomb or massage bar to help you relax in your hotel room. The prices aren't cheap, but the products are among the best from around the world, and they make great gifts for friends or loved ones who enjoy pampering themselves.
Build-A-Bear Workshop
www.buildabear.com
It's not just a store. It's a real teddy bear factory where kids (and adults) can create their own teddy bear, watch it getting stuffed, choose an outfit for it, adopt it, and take it home.
Club Libby Lu
(714) 772-3793
www.clublibbylu.com
“It's a girl thing” at this shop made for young princesses, offering enough sparkly, pink, pretty, and precious stuff to set any young woman's heart a-twitter.
Compass Books & Café
(714) 502-9999
www.booksinc.net
If you're looking for a bestseller to read by the pool or want to browse this bookshop's large selection of travel books, step into Compass Books & Café. Modeled after a 1900s-vintage New York Explorer club, Compass is an upscale bookstore that also offers an impressive children's book section. In addition to the latest book releases, the café area serves gourmet coffees and bakery products.
Department 56
www.department56.com
It's Christmas every day at Department 56. You'll find an extensive selection of holiday decorations and collectibles, many miniature Christmas village displays, as well as other holiday-themed decorative items. A visit here will definitely help get you into the Christmas spirit, even if it's mid-July.
Disney Vault 28
www.disneyvault28.com
This contemporary boutique features designer items with a Disney “edge.” Items available include vintage Disney wear as well as exclusive house-label items. They often host trunk shows of clothing and home décor items.
FAST FACT
Located near ESPN Zone and the AMC Theatres, you'll find the Compass Newsstand. They carry a wide selection of newspapers and magazines and double as an information booth. This is a great meeting place for family members who get separated when exploring Downtown Disney.
Disney's Pin Traders
www.disneypins.com
Whether you're an experienced Disney pin trader who wants to swap with fellow collectors, a novice who wants to learn how to get started in pin trading, or simply a tourist who wants to buy a single pin as a souvenir, this kiosk near the Monorail station has everything you need, from starter sets to collector cases.
Fossil
www.fossil.com
You'll find a wide range of watches, sunglasses, leather goods, and more at this store, but if you're looking for a watch featuring one of the Disney characters, you should go to the watch shop on Main Street, U.S.A. instead.
Illuminations
www.illuminations.com
This is the same chain store found in many upscale malls, selling scented candles of all shapes and sizes. In addition, you'll find a wide selection of candleholders and accessories that can help you create a beautiful candlelit ambiance in any setting. After a long day at the theme parks, you can pick up a soothing aromatherapy candle to help you relax in your hotel room.
Island Charters
www.islandcharterstore.com
Adult clothing and accessories with a nautical and aviation theme are offered here. Whether you're looking for casual wear or beachwear, you'll find popular designer labels in this shop, and they carry a nice collection of handmade replica airplanes and boat reproductions.
LEGO Imagination Center
www.lego.com
Kids of all ages enjoy exploring this large, colorful store that offers everything related to LEGO building blocks. In addition to life-size LEGO statues of Darth Vader and R2-D2 from Star Wars and the sleepy old man on the bench outside, you'll discover that this shop sells every current LEGO set in existence. There are also play areas for young people to build small projects, and the shop sells a wide range of LEGO accessory products and logo merchandise, such as watches and T-shirts. If you're planning a visit to LEGOLAND in San Diego, you may want to wait and buy your LEGO's by the pound there.
Marceline's Confectionery
Almost any sweet tooth can be satisfied with a visit to this upscale candy store that offers prepackaged candies and gourmet jelly beans, along with homemade treats that you can watch being made, such as caramel apples, fudge, and cookies. This is the perfect place to stop for dessert on-the-go.
FAST FACT
Marceline's Confectionery takes its name from Walt Disney's birthplace, Marceline, Missouri, a town of 5,000 people. Disney lived in Marceline for the first ten years of his life, before the family moved to Kansas City.
Quiksilver Boardrider's Club Store
www.quiksilver.com
This shop features boys' and young men's sports apparel including trunks, boardshorts, shirts, sweats, caps, accessories, shoes, and more.
Sephora
www.sephora.com
Some of the world's best-known skincare products, cosmetics, fragrances, and soaps (for both men and women) are available at this large store.
JUST FOR PARENTS
If the kids are getting restless in Downtown Disney, you can entertain them by looking for Hidden Mickeys. You'll find the outline of Mickey's head cleverly concealed in the fancy M and C of Marceline's Confectionery and some cute little blue Mickeys tucked into the corners of the World of Disney's entrance sign.
Something Silver
www.somethingsilver.com
As the name suggests, this store offers silver jewelry, including bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and charms. The prices are reasonable and their selection is large.
Starabilias
www.starabilias.com
Located across from the Rainforest Café, this unusual shop gives you a chance to take home valuable pieces of pop culture and history. Whether you consider yourself a collector or you just like to gawk, Starabilias is fun for adults and teens to explore. You'll find genuine items, such as an antique Coca-Cola vending machine ($8,995), a 1930s Texaco gas pump ($10,000), or a Ty Cobb autographed baseball bat ($10,000), along with autographed memorabilia from politicians, recording artists, Hollywood's superstars, and historical figures. The inventory changes regularly, and if your budget is more modest, you'll find a selection of inexpensive toys and collectibles.
FAST FACT
If you're staying at a Disney-owned hotel, you can arrange to have your purchases delivered to your hotel room, so you don't need to carry them around with you.
Sunglass Icon
If you forgot your sunglasses, lost them on a roller coaster, or are shopping for a more stylish pair, you'll find a large selection of designer sunglasses for men, women, and children at Sunglass Icon.
World of Disney
This block-long store offers the world's second-largest collection of Disney clothing, jewelry, household items, toys, collectibles, artwork, sporting goods, plush toys, Disney movie merchandise, costumes, and many other items featuring Mickey, Minnie, and all of the other Disney characters.
Like a regular department store, World of Disney is divided into sections, each featuring its own type of Disney-themed merchandise. For example, there's a separate men's, women's, and children's clothing section, a toy department, and an area where household merchandise is showcased. They also carry some collector-quality items.
Besides all the Disney items on sale, this store is full of cute and imaginative decorations. Don't forget to look up and all around to see them.
TRAVEL TIP
If you're looking for nice Disney collector's items, don't stop with the World of Disney. Look for some of the small carts selling collector's items in Downtown Disney, especially the one offering crystal-studded statues near the Monorail station. Be sure to stop by the collector's shops on Main Street, U.S.A. and in California Adventure's Animation Studio.
Kiosks
Throughout Downtown Disney, you'll find kiosk carts selling a wide range of products and souvenirs. One of the most popular offers hair wraps, colored threads interwoven with beads and hair to create simple or complex designs and styles. Hair wraps are a favorite among kids and teens.
