Disney Village

Downtown Disney is always the first and last stop of my trips to Orlando. The first because I can quickly soak up the Disney "atmos" and the last because that's where I buy all those souvenirs and get to say goodbye to Disney for another few months. Besides, entry is free and it is very conveniently located. The Disney Village (as it used to be called, also Disney Village Marketplace) has been on the same spot for over 15 years, in different guises. First it was just a handful of shops next to the lake, then the whole area got a massive makeover with the addition of Pleasure Island and now it has grown to twice the size with the new West Side that ...

Disney Village has grown aand grown over the last few years and now warrants a full day's visit to see it all. It is basically an entertainment complex made up of shops, restaurants etc. The whole place is set around a lake and is particularly pretty at night. Disney Village is home to the World of Disney shop. This is basically the biggest Disney shop in the world, and believe me it is quite possible to get lost in here. It is amazing just wandering around the different rooms (each is theme based) but everything in here is SO expensive. The rest of the shops are mainly Disney based (Winnie the Pooh store, Disney at Home etc) but there are aalso ...

**** Updated ***** 6th June These guys are a welcome addition to the Disney family. We were in Orlando last year and we saw that there was a circus there called Cirque Du Soleil. I had heard of them from a cousin who said they were great, but the price (£50.00) put us off. We went home without seeing them. In February this year, Cirque Du Soleil came to Manchester and set up their Big Top (or Grand Chapiteau as they called it) not 5 minutes from our house. This time I decided we would go to see them regardless. Within minutes of returning home, I was on the phone demanding that my parents drop everything and go to see it ...