Hey,
Going to Orlando, Florida March 3rd-21st and was going to do shopping and whatnot. Had questions.
1. What are the best Disney outlet stores around the area?
2. What are the best sports stores for merchandise-type stuff (staying at Orange Lake Resort and know of MVP but that's it)?
3. What are the best Guess outlet stores?
4. I'm going to the Jays game March 8th at Wide World of Sports (braves home). Do they typically sell away teams stuff or will it just be Braves stuff?
5. Any good restaurant ideas? Esp steakhouses? My favourite breakfast there is Golden Corral and TGI Fridays for supper but were there 18 days, wanted some other ideas lol.
Any help to any question is appreciated. Thanks.
I've lived in Orlando over 20 years and I don't think I can answer any of your questions.
1. I'm almost certain there's no Disney outlet stores. You might be able to find merchandise scattered around various stores, but I don't think there are any dedicated Disney stores. At least not outside the park.
2. All the sports merchandise stores are pretty much the same (little to no hockey). I don't particularly care about other sports, so this isn't really something I can answer.
3. Dunno
4. I haven't been down there in many years, but based on everything I don't think they'd sell away team merch. I'd be a little surprised if they sell a whole lot of Braves gear actually.
If you decide to go to one of the parks, that's what you're doing that day. They're huge and designed not entirely unlike Vegas casinos. Huge and no clocks.
There's sort of two worlds in Orlando, the tourist/park experience and the resident experience and there's not a lot of overlap between them. The tourist stuff is designed with them in mind and priced accordingly. They're not setup for repeat business which a business targeted more towards locals would be. There's also some geographic distance between them, so that plays a factor as well.
If you're going to parks, then you'll pretty much be all in on those. If you're going for the resident experience, then I'm afraid we don't have a whole lot special to offer.
I would suggest patronizing as many Solar Bear games as possible however.
if you ask someone where the subway is, they'll point you towards our many sandwhich shops. Orlando doesn't have a subway system for various reasons and the commuter/high speed trains haven't been built yet (still waiting the okay from Disney). A car rental is pretty much mandatory since you intend to go somewhere without mouse ears. If you were going straight from the airport to the Disney or Universal compound, it wouldn't be as completely neccessary, but Orlando isn't really built for any other form of travel.
