Authentic Walt Disney World Merchandise?

[2bornot2be]

During my last WDW trip we went off property to buy Souvenirs for family, friends, co-workers, etc...

I noticed that authentic Disney merchandise found off-property was "Disney" merchandise, while on-property merchandise was "Walt Disney World" Merchandise.

Has anyone else noticed this or was I just shopping at the wrong off-property stores?

 

[RandomPrincess]

That is right. You can pretty much only by "Disney Parks Official" in the Parks or through the Disney Store.

 

[AndyS2992]

I'm confused by this thread Of course you aren't going to find Disney Parks merchandise outside of Disney properties or Disneystore.com. I would be very confused to walk into Walmart and see a Mickey plush with 'First visit to WDW' written on it

 

[luv]

You're more likely to find "Disney Parks" stuff in WDW than you are to find "Walt Disney World" stuff. Each park has items with the park's name on them.

The Disney outlets have park stuff. There is one really close to the disney property. But it isn't huge.

The rest of the stores have "Disney" stuff, or maybe just pictures of characters...and it is a lot cheaper than the official stuff.

I used to caution people against off-property store due to the poor quality of towels and clothes, but Disney isn't much, if any, better these days for quality. You're really, mostly, just paying for it to say "Parks" in addition to "Disney", so I'm no longer as big a stickler on that.

All those off-property stores have a lot of Florida or Orlando stuff, if you like that. Most have a bunch of other junky junk, too.

I got the most adorable Minnie tote bag at an off-property store once. I still use it.