Walt Disney World General
Topic: More Merchandise Declines - DHS

#	Author	Message
11	Mickeymouseclub Tue 11/11/2008 3:58p	I just found a very unique Space Mnt guys t-shirt at Vault Disney at the DL resort in Downtown Disney. The sku is 0001502640 6.I do not know if this store is in WDW DD or if they can be ordered on-line but a phone call might work. I will look for my receipt.Anyway it is black with "SM" and "Tomorrowland" words with the outline of the building and the spaceships with 3 astronauts in each.I think it was reasonably priced considering it was in Vault Disney.Let me know if you want more info.
12	davewasbaloo Tue 11/11/2008 4:04p	Agreed. I too bought a Shag Disneyland Tomorrowland shirt for $80 even though I am not a huge Shag fan. Why? Because it is unique. Same reason why I dropped a fortune on 50th souvenirs and had them shipped to England. Or why I bought the hand painted Main Street Railroad, 14 ct gold watch on our last trip to DL. Sadly our trip to WDW and several trips to DLP we have come back under budget. I should be happy about this, but sadly, I am not. But if it means little Sally can buy High School Musical merchandise because her brother Johnny wanted to go on Space Mountain, then by golly, let's seel them HSM stuff in the shop next door. Makes me shudder. Or Billy wants some Jack Sparrow stuff they forgot to buy at the MK day on a 4 day trip so they pick it up in Epcot. I really miss when shopping was also an e-ticket experience. But sadly, I can imagine the casual visitor loves they can buy the same junk (self censorship used here) everywhere.
13	vbdad55 Tue 11/11/2008 4:16p	just found this on ebay - I'm going to check out the site http://stores.ebay.com/WDW-Vir...irt-Shop
14	MPierce Tue 11/11/2008 4:32p	They seem more content selling sixty pins are a dozen Mickey plushes rather than offering good quality, unique merchandise to a wide variety of Guest.
15	-em Tue 11/11/2008 4:42p	>>They don't sell ANY Space Mountain merchandise in the Space Mountain store. They did have generic Mickey shirts, however.<< They used to have a space mountain pin... but they were sold out more than they were in stock of that sucker (and yes they only ever carried one of the atleast 3 versions available) I also think its crazy the lack of diversity in their merchandise (and I used to BE in merchandise..) there is soo much I would buy if it existed and think its sad that retail is a powerful field that can make $$ if done right- sadly disney isnt doing it right (even with the pins Ive slowed WAYY down as there just arnt cute ones I need..)
16	Jim in Merced CA Tue 11/11/2008 6:06p	We were in Disneyland yesterday, and we really liked the new shop that was once the New Century Watches shop. It was a real improvement over just watches, and they had a lot of neat jewelry for sale. Interesting stuff. A whole line of pricey bracelets and necklaces with reproductions of Sir John Tenniel's illustrations from 'Alice in Wonderland.' Very nice. Never seen them before either. In fact my wife bought the Disneyland Shag charm bracelet, my daughter a neat looking cameo, and I, a cool looking, over-sized Mickey Mouse watch. We really didn't walk through the Emporium too much, but it appeared to be essentially the same type of junk...er..uh...merchandise. :)
17	Spirit of 74 Tue 11/11/2008 6:19p	It's great (and very sad at the same time) to see threads like this that I didn't start! It's also quite interesting and telling that you will never hear an interview with anyone in merchandising for Disney (or marketing for that matter) on this or any other fan site. They know exactly what they are doing. WalMarting. In this case, literally. I am sure some middle manager will get a few grand bonus for this one. (Disney IS cheap, even with its execs to a large extent). You take three individual locales (even if they were the considered one back of house and I am not sure, I know they weren't when they opened) and bland them down into one. Sure, everything looks nice when it's new. But what you have is another giant World of Disney outlet (just like Emporium has become). You lose story. You lose individuality. You get generic homogenized Disney crap that the powers that be will say is what the guests want. They'll talk about how much easier it is for the 500-pounders on the ECVs and the triple wide moms and dads pushing double wide strollers (ASIDE: I believe that both ECVs and strollers should not be allowed in stores) to navigate without walls in between. They'll point to 2-3 'unique' items that will soon be sold everywhere else. They ruined Centorium at EPCOT by making a two-level showcase into a WoD ... and they turned Emporium into another ... now we have the third ... look for the next coming to DAK in the near future. These people seem intent on absolutely ruining WDW. So here's a question ... do you think they're all clueless as to what they're doing or do you think they are just self-serving trash that only concerns themselves with their bank account at the end of the day? Magical either way ...
18	-em Tue 11/11/2008 6:43p	>>do you think they're all clueless as to what they're doing or do you think they are just self-serving trash that only concerns themselves with their bank account at the end of the day? << Uhhhh I'll vote for the first one... One prob with Disney merch is how many different people they have to do for a job that in most retail takes one or two... At Mart we would set, order, stock and sell the items, at WDW you generally have 5 different teams that do that. At Mart if we wanted games to take up 30 feet instead of the 20 we are "required" to we did it and ordered the stuff to fill, as long as sales were justified there was never any issues. At WDW you could suggest it and they would think about it and ask every other team that has to do anything with that section before you might get an approval... One does not need to know anything about retail in order to work retail... Its all handed to ya (and not in a good way...)
19	davewasbaloo Tue 11/11/2008 11:47p	>>> believe that both ECVs and strollers should not be allowed in stores) to navigate without walls in between.<<< Sorry Spirit, I disagree here, if the person in the ECV is truly in need, then that would be against the law as it is discrimination. Also, as a dad, if the kid is asleep, shopping and eating are about the only two activities you can do. So, nope, I can't agree with you on this one.
20	CarolinaDisneyDad Wed 11/12/2008 6:17a	Hi Guys, I just got back. My wife and I were discussing this very topic while we were there. While yes the first time visitor might find things to buy, the repeat shopper has no options. This year my younger daughter was crazy for Donald Duck. But, there was no merchandise with Donald Duck on it. Even in T-shirts we didn't find any cute shirts for her to buy. The only Donald shirts they had had some rude saying on them that we would not allow. This isn't rocket science, just put a cute picture of Donald on a nice looking T and we'll buy it! Not one figurine of the duck. Only 1 christmas ornament and it so small my daughter didn't want it. Bobble heads? nope. Only Mickey, Minnie, or Goofy playing B-ball. Autograph book? nope. Pen? nope. 2 years ago we started buying those round ball mushees of each character but those were eliminated after the first year. Now only Mickey and Minnie are carried. We purchased a 5x7 picture with my daughters inserted into the picture. then we went looking for a frame. nope. No 5x7 frames that could sit long side down unless we wanted wood. My youngest daughter also looked for a Donald hat. Only 1 available and he was playing golf. No interest. she wanted one where his beak is the bill. I know all these products existed. I've seen them. Where did they go and why? My youngest ended up bringing home 130 dollars that she had taken to spend in WDW. I don't know who is purchasing for WDW but they are letting a tremendous amount of cash walk right back out the door. We used to look forward to certain stores because they had such unique merchandise. Now each store carries the same lines.If you don't want Mickey or Minnie or Tinkerbell then you are out of luck. Even at DHS in the villain store there are no villain T's other than the nightmare before Christmas. What a waste of great characters. Imagine how fast the tweens would snap up creative villain T-shirts. Costumes? nope, not unless you are a princess.Even on disneyshopping.com there were no costumes other than princess or maybe a power ranger. Villains? Not a one. I would think surely sales have been affected. It isn't the economy that is hurting merch sales it's the selection.

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