Disney Stores will be Disney owned again!

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 11:08 am

I read this article today. About Disney buying back it's Disney Stores!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120601284481051653.html

That is great news. I miss the Disney Stores and how they really had a feel for Disney when they 1st hit the market. It was my favorite store to hit when I went to the mall. As my Disney Store Credit Card would have attested to

back in the day!

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 11:20 am

This is great, I can't wait to be able to change tickets and such in the stores in stead of having to go to the parks or even calling Disney. I hope they are able to sell some of the park merch in the stores. I would love to get Pins, shirts, hats, etc from the parks at the local stores.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 12:53 pm

To be honest my wife and I have been unhappy with the mechandise and quality of items since "A Childrend's place" took over.

Hopefully things will get better again.

johno

bbowen13 · Post by **bbowen13** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 12:53 pm

Oh, I hope this goes through. The selection in the stores right now is really bad.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 2:44 pm

I hope this happens. I don't like the way the Disney stores look now. I avoid them because of it.

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 3:48 pm

It would be great to see the stores back into the hands of Disney and for them to be taken care of. I agree with DR Rav it would be nice to have park merchandise in them. Hopefully this will happen. I long for the glory days of Disney, when the name really meant something special!

disneyfamily2008 · Post by **disneyfamily2008** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 11:25 pm

Fantastic,I was sad to hear in the first place that they where not Disney owned. GREAT NEWS!

Post by **js3901** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 12:47 am

by the looks of the article, only about 2/3 of the stores are being put back into Disney control. the other 1/3 are still with ACP (not the user on the forums here

)

ericpabear · Post by **ericpabear** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 9:40 am

That is great news.When my family would go to the mall, I would spend the entire time there (an hour +-). I would sometimes shop, but mostly watching the advertisements for the resorts, and look'n at all decorations. My family would come and get me when it was time to leave.
Now I walk in then out. There is nothing "magical" about the place.

nancynohorse · Post by **nancynohorse** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 12:04 pm

That's great news!

My first job after many years of being a mom and housewife was to work as a greeter at The Disney Store.

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 7:16 pm

As many have said, this is fantastic news! I'm hoping they bring back the fabulous decorations to the store in the Mall of America soon. It'll give me a reason to go there again and bring a little magic to the north!

skull · Post by **skull** » Mar Sun 23, 2008 8:17 am

It's been a long time since i've enjoyed the Disney Store.... here's hoping this goes through, and bring it back to it's former glory

ericpabear · Post by **ericpabear** » Mar Sun 23, 2008 9:06 am

I just went to the Disney Store last night. We were looking for a Mickey graduation antena topper. A cast member informed us that they haven't had them in a while, but perhaps when Disney is once again the owner..... She was so excited, (I didn't even say anything about this post). She was so happy at once again being a "real" cast member, w/ Disney benifits.

disneylandmom · Post by **disneylandmom** » Mar Sun 23, 2008 2:22 pm

ericpabear wrote: She was so happy at once again being a "real" cast member, w/ Disney benifits.

What are the benifits to cast members that work in the stores?

nancynohorse · Post by **nancynohorse** » Mar Mon 24, 2008 3:16 pm

disneylandmom wrote:
ericpabear wrote: She was so happy at once again being a "real" cast member, w/ Disney benifits.
What are the benifits to cast members that work in the stores?

Back when casrin and I worked for the Disney Store, the park-related perk was that we did receive theme park tickets twice/year. That was in the 90s though... I don't know if they'd kept that going at the end.

Most of it was just "knowing" you worked for the Mouse that made it so cool.