Ever go on a shopping spree in a Walt Disney World theme park and then wish someone at the park could just hold all your stuff while you go ride your favorite attractions?
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Before the closure and reopening, you could purchase items at Disney gift shops around the park and either have those items sent to the front of the park for you to pick up at the end of the day, or have the items sent to your Disney hotel room. Since the reopening, however, that special feature has not been available. But, now, a store in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is giving guests a taste of the old system, with some modifications.
Currently, if you buy items at a Disney gift shop in the parks, you cannot have them sent to your Disney hotel room or held at the front of the park for you to pick up later. You can, however, still ship the items to your home for an additional shipping fee.
The Lion King Merchandise
But, now, one gift shop in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is also giving the guests the ability to have their merchandise held at the park while they go enjoy the rest of their day. To take advantage of this new system, you’ll want to head over to Windtraders, the gift shop located in Pandora — The World of Avatar by the exit to Avatar Flight of Passage.
Windtraders
At one particular register in the store, you can ask about the process for them to hold your packages.
Windtraders Register
You’ll receive an Article Storage slip, which you’ll need to fill out with all of the required information. This spot can hold merchandise you’ve purchased from any Disney gift shop. They cannot, however, hold onto any of your own personal items. Also, they can only store your items until 5:00PM, so you’ll need to make sure you return to Windtraders by 5:00PM to pick up your merchandise.
Windtraders Holding Disney Merchandise — Trial
This system is currently being testing out at this location. We’ll be on the lookout for any more news about this offering, and whether we spot any other stores around Disney World giving guests this same option. Check back for more updates and all the latest Disney news!
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It would be nice if Droid depot did this too
I really hope they figure out something or go back to allowing guests to send purchased items to their resort rooms. Holding items at the stores would be wonderful and better than nothing at all. I know I would greatly appreciate it! Having to carry things around will definitely stop me from buying so many things.
It all worked perfectly fine before, now they are going ten steps backwards I dont get it. This new limited way seems very archaic and you have to go out of your way to take your stuff to this one (way too busy) of a location. I dont know what they are doing anymore.
Curious how this mistake will effect mdse sales. If I can’t have things sent to my room I just won’t buy.
How is this any different then them holding your items at package pickup? They are saving labor by not having the items moved to the front of the store. This is not a concern for any kind of safety or cross contamination. I don’t care that they stopped the package pickup, but this half way attempt makes no sense. Just open the package pickup location back up.