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Closed permanently and was reskinned into Main Street Stationers (sponsored by Gibson Greeting Cards).
Former Shop // updated 1985
Main Street, U.S.A. · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Shop · the memorial record
Also known as The Tobacconist, Tobacco Shop, Main Street Tobacco Shop.
This shop is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
Tobacco sales moved across the street to the Market House, where cigarettes and cigars were kept discreetly under the counter for a few more years after the dedicated shop closed.
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Closed permanently and was reskinned into Main Street Stationers (sponsored by Gibson Greeting Cards).
The shop's cigar-store Indian figure, Big Chief Seegar, was relocated and kept as a Main Street story detail rather than removed.
Opened with Magic Kingdom as the Main Street Tobacconist (the Tobacco Shop), selling cigarettes, cigars, hand-carved pipes, and loose-leaf tobacco on the west side of Main Street, U.S.A.
Per the documented record, Main Street Tobacconist at Magic Kingdom opened on Oct 1, 1971.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Main Street Tobacconist is dated 1985: Closed permanently and was reskinned into Main Street Stationers (sponsored by Gibson Greeting Cards).
The latest documented change (documented 1985): Tobacco sales moved across the street to the Market House, where cigarettes and cigars were kept discreetly under the counter for a few more years after the dedicated shop closed.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1971 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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