Originally Posted By goofyrn can anyone tell me where the christmas store is at wdw thats open all year? thanks
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Yes there is one in Liberty Square too. I bought some ornaments there a couple weeks ago.
Originally Posted By seafairy sun-in-fun did your ornament make through traveling? I live in CA and haven't bought ornaments there because I'm afaid they would break on the plane. Seafairy
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun We drove last month and they did great. We have never bought any when flying. Sometimes we buy the box of ornaments that looks like a book, htose are packaged well and may do fine on a plane.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Years ago, I bought lots of ornaments in the Germany pavillion and had them shipped home. They all made it in great shape.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle We bought a couple of those Parter statue ornaments at WDW in November. With Walt's arm and all, they're an awkward shape and pretty delicate. The CM packed them very well and they made it home to CA in perfect shape. Although, I think we might have actually put the breakable items in our carryon bag, just to be safe en route.
Originally Posted By rhodisney I always buy one of theose flat porcelain ornament in the shape of Mickey's head from the gift shop in MGM. They are so easy to pack, don't take up any room, and never has one been broken in my suitcase when I arrived home. And they are only about $10. Great souvenier. I prefer the Christmas store in the MK to the others though. It's more festive.( Norway has a cute Christmas section, as does Germany in Epcot, as well.)
Originally Posted By Megara I always buy ceramics, ornaments and lots of “breakable†items when we visit Disney and we fly from Australia. I always carry them onboard with me and have never had anything broken. I wanted to ask about the Christmas shops. Is there a good supply of Christmas merchandise available all year, or is there just “standard†stock available all year? I am guessing that the Christmas merchandise improves dramatically during the Christmas season (obviously). But do they keep the new items in stock for a while or do they sell out and then return to the “standard†stock� Thanks.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>and one in the Studios by Pizza Planet<< That "Wonderful Xmas Shoppe" does not open all year long, so that is a hit or miss. You better chances of finding good Xmas stuff all year long is the "12 days of Xmas" at DTD, or the Xmas shop at Liberty Square. They also have a smaller Xmas area in one of DAK's main stores across from "Tough to be a Bug" entrance.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Is there a good supply of Christmas merchandise available all year, or is there just “standard†stock available all year? " Well, they always have a BIG selection... what do you consider "standard" stock vs. non-standard?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The DTD shop has the biggest selection of merchandise... so that's where you should go shopping for xmas stuff.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp MGM has a part of the store at the exit of Beauty and the Beast devoted to Christmas merchandise - can't remember it's name, but it's the last shop on the Boulevard.
Originally Posted By exdisneyemployee During the Christmas season most of stores (especially those in the world showcase and other general shops in the park) will carry ornaments. The CM are usually really good about packing these delicately and making sure that they survive the ride home. (I did it for a while in the Canadian pavilion) There is a shop in DD that has a great selection as well as a shop near liberty square (as mentioned previously). Hope that helps! Cheers, EDE
Originally Posted By dabekr I would suggest watching them pack fragile items, if possible. At Port Orleans Riverside I had one CM packing our snowglobe very slowly and carefully when another one came over to show him "how it was done". She did it very quickly, and I didn't get to see the whole process. When we got home, a piece had been broken off. There was enough paper in the box so it wasn't moving at all, so I feel it must have broken in the packing process at the store.
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^^ I do hope you called Disney and had them send you a new one! We've had one item break in shipping from WDW, called them up when we got it, and it was promptly replaced.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 My fav one is the one in downtown Disney. Its bigger than the one in MK. I can move around more and that is so important. MK's Christmas shopp is so cute though.
