Former Shop // updated 2026.03
Tomorrowland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Shop · the memorial record
This shop is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
Merchant of Venus signage was removed from the building, though the standing sign structure and some branding remained.
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Reopened as an air-conditioned indoor seating area serving the adjacent Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies, with Tomorrowland-themed posters (Timekeeper, Sonny Eclipse easter eggs); the room had previously served as a cast member break area and storage.
Removed from the Walt Disney World website (its page now redirected to the general Magic Kingdom shops list), signaling the shop would not return as a retail location.
Closed with the March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown and never reopened as a shop when Magic Kingdom returned in July 2020.
Temporarily stocked Incredibles merchandise (including Incredibles costumes for kids and adults) during the Incredible Tomorrowland Expo (summer 2018); the Stitch murals were covered for the event and revealed again that fall.
Merchandise focus shifted toward Star Wars, with the shop billed as Tomorrowland's home for Star Wars merchandise, as Stitch's Great Escape! wound down toward dormancy.
Rethemed toward Stitch, gaining Stitch merchandise and faux-window murals of Lilo & Stitch aliens taking over Tomorrowland, timed to the opening of Stitch's Great Escape! (which the shop served as an exit store).
Opened as Merchant of Venus, a Tomorrowland gift shop, replacing The Space Port.
Per the documented record, Merchant of Venus at Magic Kingdom opened on Jun 1994.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Merchant of Venus is dated Mar 2020: Closed with the March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown and never reopened as a shop when Magic Kingdom returned in July 2020.
The latest documented change (documented Mar 2026): Merchant of Venus signage was removed from the building, though the standing sign structure and some branding remained.
8 documented changes, dating back to 1994 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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