Decline in merchandise

[SnowWhite79]

I totally agree with the two previous posters about the lack of Snow White merchandise. I have been collecting anything and everything Snow White for I guess about 18 years now. Lately they have not come out with as much Snow White merchandise as they should, in my opinion. I don't understand how they decide which princesses they are going to make for a paticular line of merchandise. If they're going to make one, they need do make them all. Hopefully they will come out with more Snow White merchandise this year. December 21st is the 70th anniversary of the release of the movie after all. I'll get off my soapbox now. lol

SnowWhite79

[dtootsie42]

I agree totally. Finding decent adult clothing is pretty tough. I have a couple of classic polos from a few years back and thank goodness they are still in good shape.

[Guya103]

We completely agree 100% and then some! We used to collect Disney figurines (porcelain or ceramic) and they were only available in the parks. They made them from all of the old movies and you could buy them anywhere-in the parks or in the resorts. They have not made them in several years and we wondered why. I also notice that their apparel is awfully redundant as far as characters and designs. For as many stores as their are on property, there should be much more to choose from. We are all willing to buy it, we just don't want to buy the same, identical thing every year!

[laward32]

I agree the variety has gone downhill. We went in April 04 and I found a huge variety of Mickey Mouse jewelry. Bracelets, earrings, rings and necklaces. I was looking for special earrings (two toned, gold & silver) and I found them, but not even a week after we got home the back broke. So when we went in Dec 06 I went back to where I had bought them in 04 (the big store in Toon town) thinking I would get another pair. Nope!!! I couldn't even find any adult earrings. They were all for kids. I looked everywhere on WDW property and nada. I was extremely disappointed. Couldn't find the bracelets from my 04 trip either. I just had to rant and agree with you.

[auntfrannie]

This is so disappointing to see!!! My favorite thing to do at Disney is to shop. What always made it so enjoyable was being able to go to different parks and even different stores in the same park and find unique merchandise.

[Spaceship Tigger]

Maybe we're not looking for as many of the same items that are no longer there like other people here are, but we never seem to have any trouble finding what we want at WDW. In fact, we always spend way too much money there. We're always in the market for scrapbook items, snowglobes, Christmas ornaments, picture frames, pins, glasses, etc. etc. and we always find plenty of it. Our only real disappointment last trip was that the AKL shop didn't have a lot of AKL specific merchandise. We went to WL on the same trip and they had a lot more.

[glenpreece]

I sent an e-mail to WDW about the lack of unique merchandise and my disapproval of the decline in Villains merchandise.

[WelshieLover]

I agree, over and over no matter what park you go to it is mostly the same stuff with very little variety. If I did not like it at the MK why would I buy it over in AK. I find that the clothes in the Poly's shop tend to be nice, some of it is not Disney stuff, but overall the quality seems to be better than that found in the parks.

[Sharon1026]

Yes, yes, yes.

It seems like it is the same stuff in every store and rather generic.

Not enough Donald Duck stuff.

Seems like they want to only push the latest movie - robertsons or pirate stuff.

Good luck finding a tshirt with Doc or Sneezy on it!!

[glenpreece]

I urge everyone to send an e-mail via the WDW website to voice your dislike of the merchandise. The more people who do it the odds are better that they will listen.

[DizneyRox]

I've been screaming this from the rafters for years now. I don't even bother with any of the stores now. DTD isn't even on the scope as a place to visit.

I used to go from spending $2K on Disney stuff, to about $150 last trip, and a lot of that was the cost to ship the items home.

[snifflesmcg]

I thought the same thing. First, the local Disney Stores are horrid. I was looking for some items to take with me before I went last year but no luck. They basically had children's clothing and that was it. I was so disappointed. Also, the shops throughout WDW are "you see one, you see them all". They are so focused on the "new" movies (ie: Pirates, Pixar) that they TOTALLY ignore every other character that are Disney classics. I wanna see more Alice (and crew), Jungle Book, Bambi, Dumbo, ALL the princesses, Mickey and Friends, Chip and Dale, Pinocchio, Pocahontas, Lady and the Tramp and Roger Rabbit. They really lose sight of those characters.

[Deesdisney]

I agree. The last time we went I could not find my little ceramic statues of characters. I started collecting them 6 years ago and have been wanting to get all the characters and movie themes. (Not the expensive ones). But the last time I could not find one. So the only thing I bought was Mickey with the year on it (also my collection). I just wish they would come back with the small figurines. Disneyland had them why not WDW.

[EmiB]

I thought the same thing. First, the local Disney Stores are horrid. I was looking for some items to take with me before I went last year but no luck. They basically had children's clothing and that was it. I was so disappointed.

It's because The Disney Store is now run by the same company that owns The Children's Place. What a shame.

[Dyanna]

The last time we went to DW we purchased a boat load of t-shirts with pockets on the left side. Each pocket had an embroidered patch of all sorts of Disney characters. I still have the shirts but it would have been nice to get some updated ones to buy when we go in Oct. Sounds like we won't be buying much this time around. Bummer!

[TheRustyScupper]

1) We enjoy going to WDW.
2) I like to buy unique "stuff", like the wife's English Tea Service.
3) Average or run-of-the-mill souvenirs don't interest me.
4) Unique things are getting harder and harder to find.
5) The last 4-5 trips we rode rides and ate CS, but no purchases.
6) We are different, as Pirates and Plushes aren't our "thing".

[iceicebritney]

i completly agree with DNS. it seems as if the disney parks have all depreciated the quality of their merchandise just as the disney store did so years ago.

every store is the same, every sovenier is the same. its harder and harder to find unique items in the parks or at the resorts - and dont even get me started on the clothing quality. my number one problem is the children's costumes... when i was a kid my minnie mouse and other character dresses were so well made.. and today their made of incredibly cheap fabric that looks so tacky. whats wrong with disney's merchandising department?!?

[Marker]

whats wrong with disney's merchandising department?!?

They've outsourced it. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but Disney Merchandising is no longer run by Disney.

I agree that much of the merchandise is the same from one shop to another. I also agree that apparel is over priced (heck, it's all over priced).

[glenpreece]

Wow if you think WDW is bad I was just at Canada's Wonderland and it was so much worse. We all know that they're alot of duplicates in the stores yes but this place was worse. Every store and I mean everyone had the same 3 things Dora, Spongebob and Scooby Doo. Toss in some Canada's Wonderland apparal here and there and that's it!!!! And if you WDW clothes are exspensive then you haven't seen exspensive!!! $60 for a hoodie!!!!!

[Mickey91]

I agree! We still spend alot on things that we always buy like pins,scrapbooks and ornaments etc. But, the unique things that make you skip dinner to have the cash, are no longer there! Now even the resort mugs, one of our favorite souvenirs, is generic.