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Reviewed 27 September 2024 via mobile

The Downtown Disney District is conveniently located next to both of the parks, making it easy to drop in for a meal or some shopping. As an Orlando local, I avoid Disney Springs at all costs. But this was cute! Tons of restaurants and shops.

Date of experience: September 2024
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Reviewed 20 September 2024

We parked in the Disney parking lot. We were killing time before we could check into our hotel (not a Disney property). There's not much to see at Downtown Disney and the lines were long at the restaurants so we walked off property to go to Denny's. When we finally left, our parking bill was $38! The attendant told us it would have cheaper if we purchased something! Wish I knew that in advance.

Date of experience: September 2024
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Reviewed 6 September 2024

A Caveat: we are ex-WDW CM and still reside in the area where we frequent WDW. On a recent trip to DL in Anaheim we visited DD and were severely disappointed. By comparison to Disney Springs, this is a joke and a waste of time. There are minimal choices as to activities or restaurants. Shopping is negligible. Prices are worse than WDW with far less options to being about 1/20th the size of DS. I guess Disney had some land set aside between DL and CA so they filled it as best as possible. Why anyone would go here is beyond us and after going to DS on a regular basis it solicits a "that's it?" response

Date of experience: August 2024
Thank Stanley S
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Reviewed 10 May 2024 via mobile

This area is between Disney hotels and adjacent to both Disney parks. If you are staying at the Disney hotels you must go through here. You can catch the monorail to Tomorrowland at Disneyland from here. There are the usual Disney and Legos stores. Splitsville, Wetzel’s Pretzels and Earl of Sandwich are also familiar from Florida. But there are also some unique restaurants here as well, Black Tap Craft Burgers, Paseo and Jazz Kitchen Coastal Grill to name a few. It is quite small compared to Florida, and gets very crowded at night, just like Disney World.

Date of experience: May 2024
Thank lilirishstar
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Reviewed 24 March 2024

Spent the day at Disneyland, "escaped" to Downtown Disney for lunch at Naples Restaurant and dinner at Black Tap, plus enjoyed the shops, and whimsy of the whole area. Especially appreciated the much smaller crowds than in the park!

Date of experience: March 2024
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