When I was working at EPCOT Guest Relations two years ago we were still offering the "Shopping Pass". There should be an adendum to what was posted though... we actually did charge the credit card at the time of purchase for the one hour pass (there seemed to be a high rate of cards being declined when we would process them if the guest never showed up within the hour), and if they returned within the hour a refund would be issued.
But shopping at DTD is really so much easier because they have just about anything you can find in the parks, with the except of the various countries in EPCOT.