Originally Posted By HauntedMansionFan I'm going to be making my first venture to DL in a decade (egad) and I'm EXTREMELY sad to read that the Disney Gallery will be closing soon! I'm an avid collector of Disneyana including attraction posters and art...where's the best place to find this merchandise with the Disney Gallery gone?
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Disney hasn't confirmed it's going yet. A friend of mine sent a letter asking about it, and got the typical non-response which included "we have no plans to make any announcements regarding the Gallery at this time." - paraphrased, of course.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer A Manager at City Hall has confirmed that the Gallery does close on July 31st, as has the phone reservations for Disney Dining (Balcony reservations), and that it is being converted into a Hotel room for a 2008 giveaway (YOAMD, part 2). I would check either Off the Page in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot at DCA, or the Disneyana shop on Main Street, those are the two best locations for unique Disney items.
Originally Posted By Roger55 SuzieQ, while 90% of the time in these types of situations I would be taking your same stance of "let's wait for an official confirmation", this time I have to say the rumors of the closing are true. Last weekend at the Gallery's 20th anniversary all the CMs, store managers and TDA types there were confirming it. Some of these people I have known for years. I think the reason there hasn't been any official word is they aren't ready to announce what they will do with the apartment space. No one last weekend was willing to share with me what is happening after the Gallery is closed.
Originally Posted By onlyme IF it is closing in about two weeks, something official should be said...you would think. I'm glad that we're going next week. I can take one last break up there before it's gone forever. Maybe, they won't even make an announcement. Nothing surprises me these days.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech The only location besides the Gallery to get print on demand posters is World of Disney, though I don't know how their CM's are trained compared to the Gallery. I am under the impression that you can work in the Collectibles room of WoD without having any specialty training for it, whereas that's a requirement for the Gallery. Someone tell me if this is incorrect. Anyway WoD's selection of Print on Demand isn't as varied- they have the Attraction posters and the past Haunted Mansion and Pirates selections, but they don't have the other Imagineering art. Though perhaps they will be the recipients of the Gallery's print on demand system and data files.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP The also have lots of Disneyana stuff in the store on main street next to the silloute cutting place. The back of the store has statues and artwork, the front has books, magazines and some limited edition gear.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech The gallery's specialty has been more the artwork itself. They did carry a large selection of the general collectibles that the merchandise department creates, but that stuff is readily available elsewhere, Disneyana and WoD as has been mentioned above. It's the artwork specific to each exhibit that's not available elsewhere.
