Watto's Grotto to reopen at Disney's Hollywood Studios

[DManRightHere]

Jeeze! Disney is gonna make their 4.2 bil back on merch alone! Who buys all this junk .

 

[wdwgreek]

They said that 500,000 thousand dollars of Star wars merchandise was sold from Force Friday. This is a huge cash cow for Disney.
*edit based on sales Friday they expect it to sell 500,000 by the end of the year*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...3ea6fc-5244-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html

 

[DManRightHere]

They said that 500,000 thousand dollars of Star wars merchandise was sold from Force Friday. This is a huge cash cow for Disney.

At WDW?

 

[slaball1]

I know Target just got abt $400 from us. Nephews loved the lego sets! lol

 

[ChesterKiwi]

Crap...

This is not good...

My wallet may spring a leak on my next trip...

 

[wdwgreek]

At WDW?

Nationwide

 

[Lord_Vader]

They said that 500,000 thousand dollars of Star wars merchandise was sold from Force Friday. This is a huge cash cow for Disney.
*edit based on sales Friday they expect it to sell 500,000 by the end of the year*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...3ea6fc-5244-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html

They are hoping for $500,000,000.

Based on the empty store shelves I n the SW toy areas I saw locally they may be conservative unless they simply cannot produce the toys fast enough.

Already major shortages of the BB8 droids and the movie hasn't come out yet and way too early for Christmas shopping.

 

[DManRightHere]

They said that 500,000 thousand dollars of Star wars merchandise was sold from Force Friday. This is a huge cash cow for Disney.
*edit based on sales Friday they expect it to sell 500,000 by the end of the year*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...3ea6fc-5244-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html

At WDW?

Nationwide

They are hoping for $500,000,000.

Based on the empty store shelves I n the SW toy areas I saw locally they may be conservative unless they simply cannot produce the toys fast enough.

Already major shortages of the BB8 droids and the movie hasn't come out yet and way too early for Christmas shopping.

$500,000,000 sounds a lot better lol! I don't know if they'd ever be able to collaborate a real close number anyways.

EDIT: That is a well written article. Now I'd like to go to the Disney Store.

 

[DisneyRoy]

There was a permit for this location for "permanent" prop installation. This would lead me to believe this is here long term.

If this is permanent in this location I wonder if SWL is going to stretch back to this corner?

 

[wdwmagic]

If this is permanent in this location I wonder if SWL is going to stretch back to this corner?

No I don't think there is any connection. This is a stop gap, which will be around for a while, but is not part of the larger Star Wars plans.

 

[danlb_2000]

Disney calling something "permanent" is pretty scary considering how long their "temporary" things tend to last.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I remember being 8 years old and saving up my $1/week allowance so I could go buy a new action figure every 3 weeks LOL.

Ah, the 70's.

 

[Miketic]

Here's my album of the pictures for the merchandise:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/media/albums/wattos-grotto.132/

 

[slaball1]

Here's my album of the pictures for the merchandise:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/media/albums/wattos-grotto.132/

Thank you for this! Hope a few of these items will still be there when we go in a few weeks.

 

[roj2323]

Is it just me or does the store look kinda sparse?

 

[NYwdwfan]

Is it just me or does the store look kinda sparse?

Not just you - that's a LOT of open space.

 

[jt04]

Disney calling something "permanent" is pretty scary considering how long their "temporary" things tend to last.

This is nowhere near the levels of immersion described for the new Star Wars Land venues. Simply a quick add to meet demand and well done considering how fast it was built.

 

[YodaMan]

Is it just me or does the store look kinda sparse?

Yep. I wonder if the "Permanent Prop Installation" has actually yet to happen and will actually be coming at a later date to fill the space.

 

[roj2323]

Yep. I wonder if the "Permanent Prop Installation" has actually yet to happen and will actually be coming at a later date to fill the space.

That would kinda make sense. They do have a few other star wars props laying around from what I recall.

 

[danlb_2000]

Last time this was open the Snow speeder was right outside and I believe it was removed when it closed. Does anyone know if its back? This might be the prop installation the permit was about.