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World of Disney is a chain of specialty retail stores owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises....
, a division of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
.

Currently there are three locations. The first opened October 2, 1996 in the Marketplace area of Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney (Florida)

Downtown Disney is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Downtown Disney is open to the public, requires no admission fee and offers entirely free parking and transportation to all Disney resorts....
 at Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
's Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-three themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues....
. At approximately of retail space, it is said to offer the largest selection of Disney character merchandise in the world, according to the company.






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Worldofdisney
World of Disney is a chain of specialty retail stores owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises....
, a division of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
.

Currently there are three locations. The first opened October 2, 1996 in the Marketplace area of Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney (Florida)

Downtown Disney is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Downtown Disney is open to the public, requires no admission fee and offers entirely free parking and transportation to all Disney resorts....
 at Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
's Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-three themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues....
. At approximately of retail space, it is said to offer the largest selection of Disney character merchandise in the world, according to the company. A 2006 renovation added a small princess-themed salon called Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, plus a new children's merchandise area inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar The Walt Disney Company franchise encompassing a theme park ride, a series of Pirates of the Caribbean and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications....
 and Stitch
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Stitch is the name of the List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch: The Series 626, a fictional Extraterrestrial life in popular culture protagonist from the Lilo & Stitch films and television program....
.

A second, slightly smaller version opened in 2001 in the Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney (California)

Downtown Disney District is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment area, themed after a garden walk, located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California....
 district of the Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Resort

The Disneyland Resort is a recreational resort complex in Anaheim, California, California. The resort is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division and is home to two theme parks, three hotels and a shopping, dining and entertainment area....
 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
.

On October 5, 2004, a third site opened within a three-story New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 space formerly occupied by a traditional Disney Store
Disney Store

Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only The Walt Disney Company related items, many of them exclusive.At Disney Stores in North America, guests can purchase passes to the Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World Resort....
 on Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
's Fifth Avenue. Disney has announced that the Manhattan store will close after its lease expires in 2010. Disney plans to open a traditional Disney Store
Disney Store

Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only The Walt Disney Company related items, many of them exclusive.At Disney Stores in North America, guests can purchase passes to the Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World Resort....
 elsewhere in Manhattan after the closure.

Goods sold at World of Disney include backpacks, books, boxers, children’s apparel, clocks, collectibles, costumes, dolls, figurines, gifts, hats, jewelry, luggage, photo albums, plush toys, sleepwear, slippers, socks, souvenirs, stationery, sunglasses, sweatshirts, T-shirts, ties, videos, watches and other items branded with Disney characters and theme park icons.

All three World of Disney locations are operated by the merchandise division of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

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