Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Disnet has elected to close its only store in British Columbia, located in Burnaby at the Metro Town Mall leaving many wonderful cast members without a job, the final date to be open is Jan 23rd or earlier , many , many, dedicated Disney customers , are absolutely disappointed with this latest Disney move, they didn;t tell anyone just memo'd out the notice and that was that, the mall says it is a lease issue. a pretty mean thing to do to all the faithful Disney customers who supported the store for so long , there is a petition out there to have this move recinded and have Disney reconsider, the closest store now is in Alberta, or in the States , Winnipeg has lost its only store as well, guess Disney doesn;t care much about their Canadian Neighbours is the chatter going on now..I think they will return, hopefully soon...I agree they have taken the phrase..The Happiest place on earth out of the hearts of many Thousands of their DisneyLand Neighbours....do they care..guess we just have to wait and see..
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 I'm sorry to hear that. I feel bad for the people who will be losing their job. I don't have a disney store where I live. I go to the one in Sacramento sometimes when I visit my brother there. It's about a 2 hour drive from where I live.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Oh no! Not that I ever got that far to shop, but at least I knew it was there. This is too bad.
Originally Posted By WestWind That is too bad. I understand there are 3 stores closing in Canada - the British Columbia store, the Manitoba store, and one in Ontario. Are any others closing, like in the U.S.?
Originally Posted By geniesjoy Hey T-M---that is soooo rude! AND alittle scarry too. Does that mean we are going to only beable to get DisTreasures online or from DL/WDW? I liked it when the dis store carried adult clothes that were really well made. I think that was about 2 years ago. I don't know if our Sacramento Store will stay open-must check into that. Even the Disney outlet that usually comes to Sac or Vacaville doesn't seem to be coming this year. The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco carries some absolutely beautiful early favorite Dis character items but only TWDFM t-shirts. Would like to know the reason for this closure. Probably $ related or lack of...! ♥♥♥to you & Snow White-Keep warm & flu free!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE As far we know , it is because of leasing issues with the mall. the store did very well sales wise..just don't understand how Disney could not locate some wheres else, there are malls in coquitlam which is a large mall, certainally meets their criteria, if they had a store in the fraser valley they would do extremely well, going to be a disappointment to a lot of children, their are still stores in edmonton two i believe, that is all in western canada, pretty grim for such a large company, disney closed its store in kitsap county a while ago, near Bremerton, there are no stores left in BC ..they are all gone now..for some reason Disney and the mall could get a lease arrangement costing many dedicated employees their jobs they no longer will be cast members everything ends for them which is a shame, they couldd transfer but would have to move to the united states or edmonton, most have families and live here in bc permanently...hopefully disney will be able to begin again in a new area, it was a great store with great cast members...who loved their jobs..
Originally Posted By murfsmom Oh no TM, where are you going to work when you retire from your real job ? They have to open another Disney store near you !!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE yes.. i know, they were sad to tell me this news, guess we'll have to move to disneyland, no other choice..how are ya...hope things are well with you, not much left in the store now just a few things, pretty sad alright...feel so bad for everyone...
Originally Posted By murfsmom I'm doing ok, been kinda busy ,Jaynies here with us and it's been so much fun ! She said to thank you again for the slippers, she wearing them right now !! Maybe you should get a petition started about saving the Disney stores up there !!!!!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE there is one going, the inside word is that Disney is not really concerned at this point in time, they do have plans for a proto type store some where but it will take a few years before that will be put into play, in the meantime they have taken the Happiest place on Earth away from a lot of people..
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE your welcome Jaynie...hope to meet you one day, take good care of your Grand Mother, she is very Special to us ...Hugs from the Tink-Mobile oxox
Originally Posted By tashajilek I cant believe they are going to close out store!! I dont see how sales are down? everytime i have been there its packed and plus there is no better or crowded mall you could go to. Thats the only reason i like this mall still. Now with playdium, rainforest cafe and the Disney store gone i will never return. I believe the nearest Disney store is in alderwood mall in WA.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer T-M, it's not just in Canada, we've lost several Disney Stores close to us too. I was shocked when the one in Union Square (San Francisco) closed and then others closer to us. During their ownership, The Children's Place focused on the younger set and eliminated most of the items for the "slightly older" market. When Disney regained ownership, they have continued the trend. That and on-line sales have certainly hurt sales at the local stores and resulted in many closing. Very sad...The Disney Stores always gave me a little "fix" in between visits to the park.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien I know just how you feel Tink-Mobile. The Disney Stores in Australia all packed up and left about 8-10 years ago so we've had no choice but to shop online for any Disney items, and now they've jacked up the postage costs on that so it makes it too pricey to buy anything
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Darn rights it is sad, at metro town it was because they couldn;t get the lease arrangement with the mall, the sales were very good there, the mall is the ones to blame here i believe, but disney should have been more courteous to their customers, they didn;t deserve to be told in such an aburbt fashion, i should say we, your right Shiva it was a fun fix between visits, i hope Disney gets going and brings another store back to us ASAP, we deserve it and they should do the honourable thing, and do it ..as well as hire back the ones who have lost their jobs, they are a wonderful Disney Family who did you proud...now what am i going to do, hmmmm alderwoods is the closet one, your right my friend, hope they don;t close that one.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck I don't know if I believe the leasing issue excuse. I only say that because they're closing ours here too. I mean of course unless there's multiple leasing issues, but either way it stinks!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE It sure does, I agree there is more too it than just the lease....for Disney to lose its relationship up here totally something is not right, they owe us an explanation,,,,just heard today people are feeling more and more outraged after supporting their store for all these years.....the kids all loved going there, they will be totally saddened when mom doesn;t take them there any more...us big kids too are really mad that Disney would allow this to happen...
