Visit Florida: Shop at Downtown Disney

Of course there are a myriad of shopping opportunities throughout the Disney empire, but we didn't want to waste our limited time in the parks shopping. We picked up only a few souvenirs: swords & shields and small Lego kits at Legoland, spyglasses in the Magic Kingdom, light sabers at Hollywood Studios, and a Christmas ornament & small souvenir at Epcot. We didn't bring home any gifts. (Mark says our gift to Kara and Matt was giving them a vacation from the trio.)

On our last day in Florida we had a few hours to squander before we needed to be at the airport. Unfortunately we had to check out of the hotel by noon, so swimming was out. Besides, Mark and I couldn't handle another session of applying sunscreen.

We decided to go to Downtown Disney. We had gone there Monday night on our way home from The Animal Kingdom. That night we ate dinner, swapped a few pins, indulged in ice cream, and drooled over Legos at the Lego store. We made a few small Lego purchases--small kits for B & V, a watch for J, and a cup of Legos for us.

On Friday we decided to look for t-shirts for the children and then visit the Lego store one last time. We started at the big Disney store first. I had fun playing dress up with the children and asked Mark to take a few photos.

We had the boys look at all the t-shirts in the boys' section. They were most interested in Star Wars or pirate shirts. Bentley found a pirate shirt he liked, but then they didn’t have it in his size. Jake wanted whatever Bentley was getting. We went back to the Star Wars section for a second look. Bentley couldn’t find a t-shirt he really liked, but then we found these unusual Jedi robes. Bentley liked them. Jake wasn't as enthused, but he still insisted on getting what Bentley got. We purchased two of them. (They were very overpriced because they were both Disney and Star Wars branded. OUCH!)

Meanwhile Viva wanted a Princess Leia miniature doll set. I asked her if she wanted to go check out the girls' section, but she said no. She wanted the doll set. Okay, that made it easy.

We went to the Lego store. The children built small cars and raced them. Jake's was the fastest. Mark picked up two Lego sets for himself. The children built two minifigures each. I filled up another cup with Legos. We paid for our selections and headed to the airport.

Photos taken in Downtown Disney:

The boys wanted a photo of them with the dinosaur.

A Lego sculpture near the Lego store.

An really awesome Lego dragon. So cool!

The trio in Mickey ears--I think Bentley is demonstrating a ballet move which is something I told Viva NOT to do.

Mark and I really liked this t-shirt, but both boys said no.

This is an ugly t-shirt but so perfect for our angry princess.

Bentley the pirate showing us his mean look.

Mickey mouse eared (look closely) Jedi robes is what Bentley picked, so Jake got one, too.

B & J making Lego cars to race.

V making a Lego car to race.