Thought id share with everyone my local disney store. I hadnt been in there in ages so today i went in with my mates for a few minutes to take photos for people on the forum :). Its suprizingly quite big !
Heres cardiffs store :) (BTW there taken on my phone camera which isnt amazing!)
Outside;
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Animatronics/Statues;
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Inside the shop;
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Entrance/Sign;
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What you think ? :lol:
Photos are up ! :)
i think that this is a good looking store. Love all the figures.
Even like the retro touch of giant VHS casettes lying down in the wondow
Great pics! Wish we had a Disney store in Denmark...
How much different is the merchandise from that of dlrp?
looks like a fantastic disney store. we had a 2 floor store in bristol up untill about 5 years ago but it closed down. there is still one in bristol but its difficult for me to get to as no busses go out that way. but i could always make a special trip to cardiff, its only a while away on the train! :D/
the photos look brill!! I went x-mas shopping to cardiff a couple of years ago, but I didnt see it there. but then again I wasnt really looking for it either.. lol.
Quote from: "disney_donutter"the photos look brill!! I went x-mas shopping to cardiff a couple of years ago, but I didnt see it there. but then again I wasnt really looking for it either.. lol.
Its in the centre of the queens arcade and the 2nd level :), if that makes any sence. I wonder if they will update the store by moving it to the new st davids 2 next year ?
By the way you maybe suprized but sevral of the animatronics still WORK ! :shock: :lol:
Including Alice and Ariel :)
Quote from: "disney_donutter"the photos look brill!! I went x-mas shopping to cardiff a couple of years ago, but I didnt see it there. but then again I wasnt really looking for it either.. lol.
werent looking, lisa i think i might keel over in shock! since when did you go somewhere and NOT look for a disney store???
Owian, i caqnt beleive you have anamatronics there, im jelous. the bristol disney store is PANTS compared. although they do have an awsome floor!! lol next time im there i will get a pic but its probably going to be nearer crimbo!
Wow I even see Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormont, why can no other Disney store be like that, it looks so old, yet looked after. Even visiting Oxford Street store in London yesterday it looks so rubbish and confused at what the store interior wants to be compared to that Cardiff store. Now how to get to Cardiff :lol: .
Quote from: "MizzRabbit"Great pics! Wish we had a Disney store in Denmark...
How much different is the merchandise from that of dlrp?
Disneyland Paris Merchendise is ten times better!!!
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This tv seemed to just advertise Disney Channel.
It use to play
DISNEY MOVIES ! :shock:
And advertise WDW and DLRP.
There use to be a huge semi cirle stand attached to the wall under the T.V (The t.v use to be a bit smaller and higher up) with hundreds of disney teddys ! All the soft toys of every disney character would be there for you to choose. Big ones at the top and small ones at the bottom. Sad really that it went :(
Quote from: "Owain"There use to be a huge semi cirle stand attached to the wall under the T.V (The t.v use to be a bit smaller and higher up) with hundreds of disney teddys ! All the soft toys of every disney character would be there for you to choose. Big ones at the top and small ones at the bottom. Sad really that it went :(
The Newcastle one used to have this too, I feel it was much better than stuffing them in shelves. Partularily glass shelves. I picked up Clubhouse Mickey the other month and it kept sliding off the shelf when i put it back. So I bought it!
AWWW I miss the teddy bear pool at the back of our Disney Store! didnt you just want to jump in it?!
Quote from: "Clarebelle"AWWW I miss the teddy bear pool at the back of our Disney Store! didnt you just want to jump in it?!
YES ! But id never do that... :roll: :lol:
Taking these photos was a funny expirience owain, hoping not to get the weirdest looks off people! ahaha
Pat, you should come down and check out the store :)
Great pictures Owain
Aww great photos! It looks like a good enough size! Of course it could never be big enough for all of us Disney madders! :wink:
I have only been to two Disney Store's, my Nearest one is in Belfast N.Ireland which is about an hours drive away :D and then I have been to the one in the Trafford Centre in Manchester but it was really small!! :shock:
Aveen xxxx
We have a brand spanking new Disney Store in Liverpool in the new shopping area and its IMO awful!!!
Its smaller than the original- which had two floors and animatronics.
The only disney animatronics it has is a moving rail along the top of the wall going round the shop with clear half moon holders to sit medium soft toys in (at the moment its Wall:E
the floor is cool, blue and sparkly but i feel its lost its charm.
Abd the merchandise is all for children, i collect snowglobes and they dont sell them anymore, a cast member told me they are only available online now, the same with ornaments, jewellery and adult clothing which is annoying because before i spend £75 on a snowglobe i expect to see it infront of me
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Some people may have heard of the "St Davids 2 Shopping Centre" development, where cardiff is evolving into a bigger and better shopping destination. Due to the recession so far only 52% of stores have been filled so far. On bad thing is that nearly half the shops moving into the new centre are already in the area. Stores like H&M, Claires and THE DISNEY STORE !. This came as a shock to me because not so long ago i posted photos o the store.
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Which got alot of nice feedback, which i think hearing from alot of people it was a change to the new disney store facelifts. Now where either going to be a london ( With double stores everywhere). Or the coming months are the last for the retro disney store cardiff. I love this store because it hasnt changed all my life ive visited it and it would be a shame to loose the old animatronics and store window models. :cry:
Wait, actual animatronics in the store? Far as I know, not even London stores have them (none of the four we have)! It would be a real shame to see them go, I can only hope Disney decide to cut costs and move a lot of the existing theming to the new store.
The Plush Mountain was removed in all stores because people did jump in it! and hurt themselves! lol. It wasn't worth the grief! Disney Store are still doing adult bits! They are just going to be a bit more trendy than before so funky character tees (That fit your body) and cool bags! gone are they days of poorly fitting apparel! There will be loads of adult stuff again by christmas!
Quote from: "loulou"We have a brand spanking new Disney Store in Liverpool in the new shopping area and its IMO awful!!!
Its smaller than the original- which had two floors and animatronics.
The only disney animatronics it has is a moving rail along the top of the wall going round the shop with clear half moon holders to sit medium soft toys in (at the moment its Wall:E
the floor is cool, blue and sparkly but i feel its lost its charm.
It sounds like the Manchester store. There's more stuff for adults in there now though, there's some really cute t-shirts that I was so tempted by yesterday! ;)
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Mmmm, not sure about Mickey, his head doesn't look right at all, I think it's the ears. :?
Though in general the store looks great, it actually reminds me of the store we used to have in Newcastle as Alpop mentioned, before it closed quite a few years ago.. :wink: Especially the external design using the film strip idea.. :D
Thanks for sharing Owain.. =D>
:) I remember years and years ago when the old Manchester store in St Anne's Square had that Pinocchio statue and that Little Mermaid statue. :( I really love those sort of things.
:shock: But where is the Cheshire Cat? *Pokes around the other Alice characters*
The old Liverpool store used to have models which moved but they broke years ago.
The new style stores are much better, they look more welcoming and I love the shiny floor.
The old stores are too 90s now, the new style are worthy replacements.
Quote from: "Willow"The old Liverpool store used to have models which moved but they broke years ago.
The new style stores are much better, they look more welcoming and I love the shiny floor.
The old stores are too 90s now, the new style are worthy replacements.
I went in the store today and alot of the animatronics were working, its amazing its kept in such good condition. I really hope it does not close.
Quote from: "Owain"Quote from: "Willow"The old Liverpool store used to have models which moved but they broke years ago.
The new style stores are much better, they look more welcoming and I love the shiny floor.
The old stores are too 90s now, the new style are worthy replacements.
I went in the store today and alot of the animatronics were working, its amazing its kept in such good condition. I really hope it does not close.
I was there last Tuesday Owain... and I think I might have found a solution...
Letters to Head Office... Stating that with the Current economic position... the letting of a store which would in fact allienate those who travel from the far East of the Country to the Store...
Therefore infact the Plans to move the Beautiful aesthetic store from its well known and located Home... to part of the New Development in Cardiff should indeed be cancelled and a New Store Should be opened further East within Wales... Like in Swansea (Port Talbot would be grand but Highly unlikely)...
Doubt it would work...but It would make my purchases in Disney more frequent and allow me more time in stores as a whole... cause the 15minute window (OK Sometimes an hour) I have during a trip to Cardiff does not allow Sufficiant time to find what exactly I want (Decisions mainly)
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Last time I took my boys to the Cardiff store (Just before xmas last year) I was quite disappointed with what was in store. It used to sell really great stuff and you could always find bargains, but it seems to be lacking something of late.
I will pop in next time I take my little ones to Cardiff as they love walking up the ramp and seeing all the characters in the wall and windows. Hopefully I will find something I just have to buy.
My store doesn't have big enough windows to have as big displays as that but they still have those pretty statues around the ceilings :)
Saw a sign in the disney store today saying we are closing October 20th :cry:
The new store is opening October 22nd in our new home @ St Davids 2.
Sad as the disney store has held its place there for years (decades maybe?), with its beautiful retro feel. Today a quick look saw that the alice in wonderland and little mermaid animatronics were moving!
I really dont know what can replace this store, i mean the whole area around the store is themed to disney aswell.
Store now CLOSED ! :( :cry:
Walked in to the store today knowing it was the last day it would be open. I had to visit it one last time as it has been my local and favourite store since i was a baby.
Cast member approached me and said "If theres something you cant find, dont worry. We are opening our new better store in the new st. davids 2 this thursday".
My reply was "Why get rid of this one, its been here all my life!"
Hers was "The new ones better, it has sparkly floor :) "
So everythings good now, yes probably no retro figures or animatronics, but the new store has sparkly floor ! :shock: :roll:
Aww! on the bright side at least it didn't just close and that was it! At least you will still have a store and you never know it might be really good! :wink: :D
There's only one store in the whole of ireland and it's pretty small, definately no room for large window displays anyway but it's my favourite shop in the whole of ireland :P :P hehe!
Cardiff is my closest shop and when dinsey where doing the around the world in the cardiff store there wern't any adult clothes. But my aunt did managed to get the last disney villains desighner doll Queen of Hearts which made me very happy. ;D
Cardiff is my closest shop and when dinsey where doing the around the world in the cardiff store there wern't any adult clothes. But my aunt did managed to get the last disney villains desighner doll Queen of Hearts which made me very happy. ;D
I'm not familiar with Disney stores as we don't have them here- but I wonder if you can book your trip DLRP in these shops?
I have been told that the store in Cheltenham is closing but after looking at the pictures it has the same 'Retro and Dated' look of this store. I am starting to think that they are actually just closing it for refurb.
Does and one else have any more info on this ?
Quote from: "perrollaz"I'm not familiar with Disney stores as we don't have them here- but I wonder if you can book your trip DLRP in these shops?
no you cant book your trips in store that has to be through the regular holiday booking methods (online/travel agency) but i do believe that at one point and certainly in the larger stores you can buy park tickets for disney world... but not dlp
Good ol' Disney Store! :)
I was so sorry when I heard that they planned to close The Disney Store in Cambridge. I understand the closest one is now Milton Keyenes or Oxford Street. Such a shame, but i'm led to believe high rent caused them to close.
Years ago there was one in Bromley, Kent and the staff used to greet you at the 'door' (it wasnt as cheesy as it sounds)and had fab looking uniforms, that didnt last long, the meet and greet soon stopped. It was a nice touch then, as no other shop at that time did that.
i should try and get some pictures of my local disney store when the moved it into a (supposedly) bigger store they included this lovely castle area in the princess section and there are projectors dotted around projecting animations onto the walls its a lovely store but it does feel a little small sometimes =]
I must say though, I liked the previous store on Oxford Street a lot better, then the new one.
They also moved to another location on the street, and it has the same look every store is going for now.
It's so dark now.
The old look was so colorfull and happy.
Quote from: "madame_leota"looks like a fantastic disney store. we had a 2 floor store in bristol up untill about 5 years ago but it closed down. there is still one in bristol but its difficult for me to get to as no busses go out that way. but i could always make a special trip to cardiff, its only a while away on the train! :D/
Aren't there two in Bristol? One at Cribbs and one at Cabot? Though I heard a rumour Cabot was gonna close
I recently found my pics of the opening of the first Disney Store in London, I have a feeling it was on Regent Street though. Judging by the age of my son in the pics im guessing it was from around 1995.
True Disney style opening, thousands of helium balloons released and huge crowds, Minnie and Mickey were the stars, naturally. :D