Downtown Disney appreciation

[epcotisbest]

I have spoken to some travelers who have never visited Downtown Disney, or have only spent an hour or two there.
We really like it and go at least a couple of times per trip. Last fall we stayed at SSR and walked over every day. Been going there for many years and even stop there on the way to other Florida destinations for a few hours if we don't have time for a park visit.
We like all the restaurants, my wife loves to window shop and we always have to get some chocolate. Cirque, to me, is a little overrated but everyone should see it once.
Anyway, is DTD a must do for you, or a take it or leave it kind of place?

 

[Figgy1]

MUST DO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get a lot of my Christmas shopping done and it's a break from the parks almost relaxing!! Always eat at least 1 meal there and the kids love the Lego Store!!

 

[Cody5242]

DTD is a must for my family because of splitsville and were locals

 

[epcotisbest]

MUST DO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get a lot of my Christmas shopping done and it's a break from the parks almost relaxing!! Always eat at least 1 meal there and the kids love the Lego Store!!

I love the Lego store too. I'm just a 52 year old kid I suppose.

 

[epcotisbest]

DTD is a must for my family because of splitsville and were locals

So how is Splittsville? While I am not much of a bowler, we still plan to go there soon.

 

[Gonzo79]

House Of Blues and Raglan Road are always a must for us. This last trip, we finally made time to walk around the Marketplace and visit all the shops. Thats something we never actually did before. We ended up buying lots of souveniers. And I agree,I love the Lego store as well as the Art of Disney store.

 

[littleroo]

Without a doubt, a must!!! We spend a lot of time here! The lego store and building a dinosaur are a must for our kids. Raglan Road, Paradisio 37, Cooks of Dublin. and ghiradellis are musts for us. In 9 days we are usually there on three seperate occasions. We always stay at POFQ and take the water taxis back and forth. It is so relaxing!!

 

[littleroo]

PS great question. I will be curious to see the different responses. Plus some info on Splittsville will be nice!!

 

[epcotisbest]

House Of Blues and Raglan Road are always a must for us. This last trip, we finally made time to walk around the Marketplace and visit all the shops. Thats something we never actually did before. We ended up buying lots of souveniers. And I agree,I love the Lego store as well as the Art of Disney store.

The House of Blues gospel brunch is one of our favorites in all of Orlando.

 

[DisneyDebNJ]

I have to say, we always did the same thing.... go for a couple of hours, do dinner, hit disneyquest and head back to our resort... until last year. We had a blast!!! There was a band playing close to Planet Hollywood, we must have spent a good hour singing along and dancing. (After dinner at Raglan Road) It was awesome! There was a performer, doing all of the dance crazes over the last few decades... OMG it was sooo much fun!! This year, I am letting DH do all of the planning (trying my best to make him a disney lover!!) and first thing he said, after insisting we stay at Wilderness Lodge, after all the great things my wdwmagic sista @poohlover said, was he wants to spend more time at DD!!! I was shocked!!!! Of course, a trip to Basin is planned

 

[marni1971]

Pleasure Island used to have us for a few evenings each trip.

Now we only goto DTD to drop our bags at the Virgin check in.

There's enough eating options in Orlando without DTD having any special draw anymore. Sadly.

 

[PUSH]

It's at least a one or two time per trip thing. I love looking through the stores and I love the smell of Ghiradelli's! I also like eating at T-Rex. It's so great.

 

[Tori]

The only reason I visit DTD is for Earl Of Sandwich.

 

[AndyS2992]

We usually visit Downtown Disney at least about three times per trip most often to go shopping in World of Disney and Goofy's Candy co and also go to AMC and DisneyQuest at least once.

 

[wdwfan22]

We tend to always visit the marketplace at Downtown Disney at least once during a trip to Disney. Westside tends to be hit or miss with us, sometimes we go, sometimes we don't.

 

[Alexis]

I go with my parents everytime we go to Disney. Thats usually our last stop of the trip because it gets extremely busy during the day so we go in the morning before the hustle, but I do love it. I absolutely LOVE the World of Disney store. I wish I could live in there!

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Downtown Disney is a place that I spend time at while I am at WDW. I go there for shops, food and Cirque Du soleil-La Nouba.

The places I go to Downtown Disney includes Art of Disney, World of Disney, Goofy's Candy co., Ghiradelli's, Wolfgang Puck Express, and Days of Christmas.

 

[mickey2008.1]

We love to just walk around at night time, have a drink and walk, and spend some money on souvenirs for the family. And if we get lucky, dinner at Wolfgang Pucks. Would love to see a concert at HOB.

 

[copcarguyp71]

We discovered it two trips ago when we stayed at POFQ...the boat ride was great unless it was the end of the night and you had to try to get back to the resort. We love Raglan Road especially after 9PM when the real fun begins.

I will say that POFQ, POR, SSR are definitely at an advantage to bring first timers out to DTD. Before we hopped a boat there for the heck of it I really did not have a clue what it was other than the defunked PI that I had read so much about.

 

[disneysince71]

We love DTD.... My teens love the Quest... Earl of Sandwich (Yum)!.... T Rex is a must see if you have a boy ages 3-12 or 30!... Lego Store.. Rain Forest.. Wolfgang Puck ... So much to see so little time!!!!!