Shopping

Save some energy from the attractions to do a bit of shopping! Prices can be quite attractive for visitors from Europe and there is a vast selection of malls and shops to choose from. Below are some of the more popular.

Crossroads at Lake Buena Vista
State Road 535 and I-4, just across from the Beuna Vista entrance to Disny World
Opening times: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily
25 specialty shops, 11 restaurants, miniature golf and a 24-hour supermarket.

Downtown Disney Marketplace
Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Tel: (407) 828-3056
Opening times: 9:30am to 11pm daily
This is a great place for kids as well as anyone who loves Walt Disney. The market place offers everything that you can imagine right from clothes to accessories to anything you can dream of. Accessible to the general public; shoppers need not be visiting parks.

Florida Mall
8001 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando
Opening times: 10am to 9:30pm Monday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm Sunday
Just about every shop you could want is here, in one of the largest shopping destinations in Central Florida. The Florida Mall homes stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Dillards, JC Penney, Parisian, Sears, Adam's Mark Hotel, Treats Food Court, and more than 200 specialty stores.

The Mall at Millennia
I-4 at Conroy Road (Exit 78), Orlando
An upmarket mall with an array of designer stores including Chanel, Gucci and Louis Vuitton along with major stores such as Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales and Macy's.

The Mercado
8445 International Drive, Orlando
Opens at 10am daily, bars open until 2am
This festive world marketplace features free live entertainment nightly and a collection of unique shops and boutiques, fine restaurants, an international food court and attractions such as “Guinness World Records Experience” and “Titanic-The Exhibition”.

Pointe*Orlando
Address: 9101 International Drive, Orlando
Opening times: 10am to 10pm Sunday to Thursay, 10am to 11pm Friday and Saturday
Nightclubs are open until 2am
Spreading over an area of 450,000 square feet, this multilevel upscale shopping mall not only features branded stores but also offers a 21-screen Muvico Cinema complete with a state-of-the-art IMAX 3-D theater. The mall features stores like FAO Schwarz, Armani Exchange, Abercrombie & Fitch, Disney Worldport and many others. There are also many good restaurants such as Monty's Conch Harbor, Hooters, LuLu's Bait Shack, Johnny Rocket's and Adobe Gila's.

Church Street Exchange & Market
W. Church Street, Orlando
Two separate areas adjacent to each other in the downtown Orlando area. A great place for the one-off gift and specialty shops. Also great entertainment, craft stalls and street performers. There are also some great restaurants and bars as well as a food court. The Exchange is part of the Church Street Station entertainment complex which is a grand three story conversion of the old railway station with an old locomotive sitting outside.

Orlando Fashion Square Mall
3201 East Colonial Drive, Orlando
Opening times: 10am to 9pm Monday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm Sunday
As the name suggests the mall has stores of all the top brands in the fashion world. Some of the names include Sears, Burdines, Gayfers, JC Penney, 165 specialty shops plus the Veranda Cafe Food Court.

Osceola Square Mall
3831 West Vine Street, Kissimmee
Opening times: 10am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, 12 noon to 6pm Sunday
One of the only enclosed malls in Kissimmee, it is situated ten miles away from Disney entrance on Highway 192. Some of the shops include Byrons, Ross, Eckerd Drug, Morrison's Cafeteria, Food Court, and 12 Cobb Theaters.