Former Shop // updated 2010.03
Fantasyland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Shop · the memorial record
Also known as Tinker Bell Toy Shoppe, Tinker Bell's Fairy Treasures.
This shop is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Most recent chapter
The remaining Tinker Bell's Fairy Treasures half closed in March 2010, ending the Tinker Bell-branded shop; the space was absorbed into an expanded Castle Couture in April 2010, adding a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique royal-portrait studio.
The shop's Tinker Bell peek effect had evolved from an earlier chest-and-keyhole gag to a bell-and-cabinet effect: guests rang a bell on the counter to summon Tinker Bell, who appeared amid tinkling lights inside a storage cabinet behind the register.
Tinker Bell's Treasures was split in half: Castle Couture opened in part of the space selling Disney Princess merchandise, while the remainder was rethemed to Disney Fairies / Pixie Hollow and renamed Tinker Bell's Fairy Treasures.
Opened in Fantasyland as Tinker Bell's Treasures, rethemed and renamed from the Tinker Bell Toy Shoppe that had operated on the site since November 1971.
Per the documented record, Tinker Bell's Treasures at Magic Kingdom opened on Dec 6, 1992.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Tinker Bell's Treasures is dated Mar 2010: The remaining Tinker Bell's Fairy Treasures half closed in March 2010, ending the Tinker Bell-branded shop; the space was absorbed into an expanded Castle Couture in April 2010, adding a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique royal-portrait studio.
The latest documented change (documented Mar 2010): The remaining Tinker Bell's Fairy Treasures half closed in March 2010, ending the Tinker Bell-branded shop; the space was absorbed into an expanded Castle Couture in April 2010, adding a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique royal-portrait studio.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1992 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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