Shopping

[littletrev]

Last year we went to Florida and it was meant to be a one off holiday, and surprise surprise we are going back next year. I plan on doing a lot more shopping next time, last time we spent most of our time in the parks.
I am open to suggestions about where me and my DD(16) can do some serious shopping. We have paid to increase our luggage allowance with our travel company and DD is already saving her money.

Thanks in advance.

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[loadsapixiedust]

We like Premium Outlets and Walmart best, but it depends whether you are after bargains or designer labels.

[Brightonboy]

Premium Outlets/ Mall at Millenia are both very good P O is the best place for Labels. There are also quite a few other cheaper stores that you can get good deals at.

Have a great holiday and get plenty of clothes.


Tony

[Blues30]

Ive just come back and I spent most of my money at the premium outlets. Fantastic shopping there! Also, Go to Ralph and DKNY at the Prime outlets (formely the beltz) These are just before you get to the actual mall on the left hand side. I got DKNY jeans for $19!

I wish we had upgraded luggage. We had to do the old trick of putting the case half on and half off the scales. Luckily the check in clerk didn't know what we were doing :D

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[Walmart-lover]

You sound like my type of people!! :D :D
Not many people understand how much I love shopping over there!

* Walmart - not just one of them - there are lots around! :D
* Orlando Premium Outlets
* Lake Buena Vista
* DTD
* Altamonte Mall
* West Oaks Mall
* K Mart

Have fun!!

[sharonb]

We normally go to the Premium Outlet Mall and also the Mall of Millenia, we spent over $800 in Bloomingdales in Mall of Millenia, they do fantastic designer stuff for my 13 year DD, DKNY etc the stuff is far nicer than you get in the outlet malls, you also get a 11% discount on everything in store including all the sale stuff just go to Customer Services and say you want the tourist discount.

Sharon

[Cheryl Lynn]

I really like Mall at Millenia and always pay a visit to Florida Mall.

[stace]

Yes we also got this discount in Maceys. Just make sure you take your driving licence or passport for id. Maceys also has some great designer clothing. If you are looking for designer watches though, I waited until we were going home and got it from the duty free at sanford it cost £475 over here and it worked out at $470 over there which is around £240 saving around half.

I tried the premium outlets etc and didnt really like them, it depends what you want I suppose. The florida mall is also great and you can get some good bargains from the disney store there.

[Beckyv]

I really like premium oulets and the florida mall, but wallmart is always great too!

Love going to abercrombie and fitch in the florida mall, i like it cos you cant get much abercrombie and fitch where i live so no one has any of the stuff!

[ukdiva]

Florida Mall and Premium Outlets for me too, i love the Guess store at Premium and i love Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch at Florida Mall. They also have a Old Navy outlet at Prime Outlet Mall [formerly Belz].

[jfk]

We absolutely loved the Premium Outlet Mall. The three main sport stores (Addidas, Reebok and Nike) are all present and correct and there's a Levi's store as well. Add in a fair few designer stores and you're looking at a second mortgage...

There's also a cracking toy shop where we picked up all of our christmas presents at massively reduced prices from the UK.

We had the 40kg pp allowance and we needed every ounce. :p:

We found the Florida Mall to be a great place to shop but you need to look a bit harder for the bargains.

[Chelle27]

Another vote here for premium outlet!

Edited to say

Just noticed our countdowns are exactly the same! Are you going with TCD from Manchester by any chance??

[Jools99]

Another vote for Mall @ Millenia.:D :D :D



Jools

[geordie39]

my wife and daughter shopped me senseless this year :confused: i prefered premium outlets to mall at millenia they were cheaper :wink

[littletrev]

Hi Chelle
Yes we are going with TCD first time travelling with them. We're staying at the Holiday Inn International where are you staying?

[LargerBaloo]

Whenever we go, we hit the shops....no debating which is better of Premium and Prime (Belz) etc.......We hit Belz (I mean Prime), Premium Outlets, The Pointe, Mercardo, Florida Mall, Mall at Millenia and all the outlets in between...

Also when there in February we tried some of the Malls further afield but basically they had the same shops (with the same displays evem) as the florida mall.

Also the average holiday for us will involve many visits to Walmart.

[Sue]

We had only ever been to Premium Outlets before, but this time went everywhere. Premium is great and you can get bargains but some of its stuff is factory seconds or old discontinued stock, good quality nevertheless.
The Florida Mall and Mall at Millenia (our fave as it is more airy and less claustrophobic than Florida Mall) have all the designer names Gucci, Cartier, Saks Fifth Avenue etc and IMHO not much discounting but cheaper than the UK.
Depends on your budget I suppose.