Former Shop // latest change 1996.10.02
Marketplace · Disney Springs · Walt Disney World
Former Shop · the memorial record
This shop is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Mickey's Character Shop was converted into the first World of Disney store, billed as offering the largest selection of Disney merchandise in the world, which opened October 2, 1996 in the Disney Village Marketplace.
The shopping complex was renamed Disney Village Marketplace in 1989, the same year Pleasure Island opened (May 1, 1989); Mickey's Character Shop continued operating in the Marketplace.
Mickey's Character Shop operated as the Disney character-merchandise store within the Marketplace, which opened as the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village on March 22, 1975.
Per the documented record, Mickey's Character Shop at Disney Springs opened in 1975.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Mickey's Character Shop is dated Oct 2, 1996: Mickey's Character Shop was converted into the first World of Disney store, billed as offering the largest selection of Disney merchandise in the world, which opened October 2, 1996 in the Disney Village Marketplace.
The latest documented change (documented Oct 2, 1996): Mickey's Character Shop was converted into the first World of Disney store, billed as offering the largest selection of Disney merchandise in the world, which opened October 2, 1996 in the Disney Village Marketplace.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1975 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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