Downtown Disney Map
An entertainment mecca, the 120-acre Downtown Disney® Area (once known as Disney Village Marketplace) at Walt Disney World® Resort offers visitors the opportunity to dine, shop and dance, as well as enjoy fun-filled shows and activities from sunup until well after sundown. The adjacent Downtown Disney® Resort area features such hotels and resorts as Best Western Resort, Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa, Doubletree Guest Suites, Regal Sun Resort, Hilton Orlando Resort, Holiday Inn and Royal Plaza. Complimentary bus transportation to and from Downtown Disney is available for guests to Walt Disney World® Resort. A water taxi at the Downtown Disney® Marketplace dock is available for guests of Disney's Old Key West Resort, Disney's Port Orleans Resort and Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.
At Downtown Disney® Marketplace, you’ll find amusing venues for the kids such as Pooh Corner and the LEGO Imagination Center. Downtown Disney® Marketplace also features such restaurants as the Rainforest Cafe and Fulton's Crab House, as well as a marina and boat rental.
Downtown Disney® West Side provides outstanding eateries like Wolfgang Puck Café, Planet Hollywood and Bongos Cuban Cafe. Experience the DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Theme Park and the Cirque du Soleil show, La Nouba, a groundbreaking spectacle that combines theatrical effects, daring aerobatics, dance, circus acts, comedy and live music.
Last but certainly not least is Downtown Disney®Pleasure Island – a nightclub haven for partygoers looking to dance the night away. Downtown Disney® Pleasure Island features a variety of lively nightclubs, including BET SoundStage Club, Adventurers Club, Comedy Warehouse, Rock 'n' Roll Beach Club, Mannequins Dance Palace, Motion and 8TRAX. Note: All Downtown Disney® Pleasure Island clubs are nonsmoking. Separate admission is required for Downtown Disney® Pleasure Island.
With a multitude of things to see and do, Downtown Disney offers the perfect complement to your Disney World vacation getaway!
DOWNTOWN DISNEY® TRIVIA: Downtown Disney Marketplace was named the "Best Place to Buy Souvenirs" for 2007 by the Orlando Sentinel.
DOWNTOWN DISNEY® STORES
Arribas Brothers The Art of Disney
Basin
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
Curl by Sammy Duvall
Disney Tails
DisneyQuest Emporium
Disney's Candy Cauldron
Disney's Days of Christmas Disney's Pin Traders Disney's Wonderful World of Memories
Goofy's Candy Co.
Hoypoloi
LEGO Imagination Center Magic Masters
Magnetron Magnetz
Mickey's Groove
Mickey's Mart - Everything Ten Dollars and Under
Mickey's Pantry Once Upon a Toy
Orlando Harley-Davidson Store
Planet Hollywood on Location Pooh Corner
Pop Gallery
Sosa Family Cigars
Starabilias
Summer Sands
Sunglass Icon Team Mickey's Athletic Club
Virgin Megastore
World of Disney
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