Downtown Disney

Pros: More Disney items to buy than you can find anywhere else
Cons: Can be very costly

Shopping! Other than visiting the Disney theme parks, there is something nearly everyone wants to do, and that’s go shopping...Especially when you are there with the wee ones who just want to have a few trinkets, large or small, to remember their ...

Pros: Quite a LOT of stuff...
Cons: Overpriced, inconvenient, mediocre...

Millions of visitors pass through Orlando's theme parks every year, and a lot of those folks are night owls who come alive only after the sun goes down. Nightlife is their life, and Orlando has a fair number of options for evening and later ...

Pros: Great variety of Disney merchandise, visually appealing, lots of great restaurants
Cons: Can be CROWDED, everything is expensive (which isn't surprising)

Downtown Disney actually consists of three distinct parts. Marketplace is the oldest, and consists of shops, restaurants, and fun attractions for children. Pleasure Island is a nighttime ...

Pros: great place to shop, eat or people-watch; best store: Once Upon a Toy
Cons: designed to separate you from even more of your money

Note: Although Downtown Disney actually includes Pleasure Island in its official guidemap, I’ll not be talking about it here since there is a separate listing for it on the site: http://www ...

Pros: If you love shopping, you'll love Downtown Disney!
Cons: Sometimes can be very crowded, it's all about timing

Where can you go at night in Disney World when you’re not quite ready to hit the hay? Downtown Disney! A shopping and eating Mecca that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort and with most stores and restaurants closing 11pm or later it is the night ...

Pros: lots to do
Cons: spend way too much money

While we were in Disney World, we spent at least two evenings in Downtown Disney. After the kids were tired out from the parks but we were not quite ready to retire for the night, this was a great place to hang out, get a bite to eat, and do some of the ...

Pros: Lots to see, do, buy and eat! A fun time had by all.
Cons: Crowds, waiting in line for things.

Downtown Disney might be a break from the sun, but it's hardly a break from all the walking! There is just as many things to see in Downtown Disney as there is in any one of the theme parks, but in Downtown Disney the things surrounding you aren't rides ...

Pros: Easy to get around, product/store redundancy.
Cons: Same products in most stores.

I love Disney. I love to shop. I saved most of my purchasing urges up from days in the parks just for my visit to Downtown Disney. We just got back from our trip there over the July 4th week, 2006. Our hotel was across the river from Downtown Disney ...

Pros: Dinning, Shopping, Movies.....
Cons: A little crowded sometimes.

In the north entrance of Walt Disney World is Downtown Disney, a large shopping, dinning, and all-enterntainment complex. Downtown Disney is home to some of the worlds most popular enterntainment venues including the famous House of Blues restaurant and ...