Our First Disney Stop: Downtown Disney

 **I was invited to the Disney Social Media Mom's Event, my family was responsible for the conference fee as well as travel costs  **  Review by Mike

On our first full day in Orlando and before we visited any of the parks my family and I went to Downtown Disney.  Before we left for our trip we had watched a show on television about Disney World and one of the areas shown was Downtown Disney and we could not wait to check it out for ourselves.   This area is a great mix of shopping, eating and entertainment that really has something for everybody.

The first place we visited was the World of Disney which is billed as the world's largest Disney Store.  Words cannot accurately describe how massive this store really is.  It seemed that there was room after room of shopping and it would never end.  We all found items for sale that we had not seen at other Disney Store's we have visited. 

In addition to an unbelievable amount of merchandise for sale there is also a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique so your little one can be transformed into a Disney Princess right before your eyes. 

The next store we visited was the Lego Imagination Center which as you can imagine had a number of Disney themed creations both inside and out.

My daughter saw this Lego creation of the rocket scene from the first Toy Story movie and she insisted on having her picture taken by it. 

Then we could not pass up the opportunity to visit Build-A Dino by Build-A-Bear Workshop which is located inside the T-Rex Restaurant building.  A really cool thing about this building is that the lights dim every 20 minutes and you can experience a meteor shower. 


As I said before there are plenty of other stores and restaurants for the whole family including the Orlando Harley-Davidson store, Wolfgang Puck Cafe, Rainforest Cafe, Planet Hollywood, Fulton's Crab House which is located on a paddle boat,  a 24 screen AMC movie theatre and a new 2 story bowling, pool, dining and music location called Splitsville Luxury Lanes.  Even if you don't go in you have to go by it to see how beautiful this structure is from the outside. 

Plus, if you enjoy games and more you have to stop by DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Theme Park which is 5 floors of fun.  And if you are a fan of Cirque du Soleil then you will be excited to find out that they have an exclusive show at Downtown Disney called La Nouba. 

As excited as we were to get to the Disney Theme Parks I think my family would agree with me that visiting Downtown Disney was a great place to start.  I have really only scratched the surface about all that there is to see and do.  

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