When we moved to Orlando back in 2015 there were a few more stores open, a couple restaurants in the food court, and the arcade was still there. But you could tell it was on the decline. All those are gone now. Dillard's is still open but its a "Clearance center", you can only access it from the outside, and what you'll find inside is pretty sad. We were there back in May 2024 to catch a movie (Just before this video was posted). The escalator was offline and so was the elevator. There was a security guard directing people to go back outside, go around to the top level of the parking structure, and access the second floor from there. I see they got rid of even that courtesy, guess you're on your own to figure it out now. At the time I thought to myself "That's just brilliant. Lets drive the final nail in the coffin by making it difficult to access one of the last draws of income to this place. No wonder it's a dying mall." JC Penney vanished a couple years ago, and watch where you drive if you plan on keeping your suspension. That parking lot has seen better days.

Lived here my entire life. This mall is my childhood and teen years. So many good times. By comparison Florida Mall on other side of town is always hustling and bustling

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So sad that malls are dead. I spent a lot of time at the Fashion Square Mall when I was attending Naval Nuclear Power School in 1981.

back when I first moved to Orlando this mall was quite busy but over time it just died off which is strange because there is alot going on in the area but the mall itself is just dead hell I never even think of going in there

I almost always go to the theatre here because it’s cheap.

great place for "abandoned mall" photos, rarely anyone comes here anymore

It was a treat to come here from Daytona, when this first opened up, because it was a closer two-story mall (how exciting 😅😂). Parisian was an anchor store, possibly Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom too. First time I came across Dippin Dots was here.

There are three Dillard's because they were different stores. Dillard's West - original one Dillard's South -Gayfers Dillard's East - Belk Lindsey (and possibly a Burdine's at one time) Books-A-Million was Walgreen's and it had the same "back entrance" into the mall itself. Applebee's was never there. Piccadilly Cafeteria was at the food court, as was a Cinnabon.

check out the oviedo or sanford mall, literally 2 people visiting at any given time

Lived here for awhile. This mall used to be bustling back in the early 2000’s. Went a few years ago to watch Willy’s Wonderland at the movie theater, and not a single person inside, aside from me and the single theater employee. It felt like a liminal space dream. Absolutely surreal.

I saw the first Pokemon movie at Fashion Square and I think that was the only time we ever went as Florida Mall was closer to us.

I took a look at the list of stores. There aren’t many left. Abercrombie & Fitch, Aeropostale, American Eagle, Bath & Body Works, Hollister, Spencer’s and Yankee Candle are all gone. Sears closed years ago, as did Burlington. It’s really sad to see what it’s become.

That’s my mall and it’s now even more abandoned. Some of those stores are gone including bath. And body and the record old time stores are gone as well.

The movie theater is still operational. Went to see Dune 2 here recently, was a strange experience in a place so empty. And yes, we had to take the elevator.

This is wierd lol I used to go there and still live here in Orlando

As someone who grew up in the area and visited Fashion Square often when I was younger, it's very sad to see the liveliness and social life that once flooded the mall slowly fade away as the years go by. To me personally, the decline of activity at the mall feels symbolic of growing older and losing that relentless excitement for life I once had as a kid.

Oviedo Mall (or Oviedo Marketplace as it used to be called) is surviving believe or not places like The District, O2b Kids, B. Dalton, Dillard's & Duckies still get a lot of business...its really more of a place for locals instead of tourists

News update: Champs Sports is gone too

I am from Orlando too, I think that mall might be declining cause Millenia and Florida Mall.

Pinball heaven

This place literally makes me sick because it doesn't know what it wants to be and I hate it lol.

I used to live at lake forest apartment right down the road from the volusia mall now I moved I walked to it all the time

It’s weird that mall is in a great area near downtown what happened?? Yeah it’s so damn not in there haha. The neon movie signs are so cool!

Damn indoor every mall is dead in central Florida. Altamonte and the Florida mall are doing just fine

That was my mall I went to as a kid in the early 90s and then spent a lot of time in the late 90s and early 2000s at the arcade and food court. Had a lot of good memories in the old theater outside and the China Jade. I got Bruce Campbell's autograph upstairs and got my first laptop before I went to college at a Dell kiosk. I think what killed it was when Florida Mall had their expansion and then later Millenia Mall was built. It became too outdated and all the big tenants left

It used to be nearly impossible to find a Tabel in the food court and there was a chick- fil-a, it also used to be Sox clean and open

Dicks was Toys ur Us? right?

Do you remember when fashion square movie had bowling alley

Back in the 2000s this was the place to be for like 8months then it died in 2008 because of recession..an "Antimall" artegon took its place for occupy wall street types and artist..lost money..doing that...then sold out..then this guy parked all his cars here for a tax ride off..Its a dead zone. It needs to be converted into a mall themed zombie paintball play arena

I would rather go here than Fashion Square. The last time I was there, they still had a decent food court and many of the stores I shop at. I think they still had Hot Topic and Spencer’s. It’s been at least 4 years since I was there, though. I think it was right when COVID started.

I was there a couple weeks ago and there were only two other people and their dog in the whole mall. It’s a ghost town! Oviedo Mall is actually doing quite well and has opened more stores. Even without Macy’s and Sears, it’s still a much better mall and has a huge food court!

Kinda sad I use to go there alot when I was little and grew up with that mall when it was full and filled with stores now I only go there for cheap movie theater

That's crazy. I remember going there like 10 years ago, man time flies...

Back in the day (mid to late 80’s) Altamonte Mall and the Winter Park Mall were the places to go.

That whole area is a whole lotta nothing now :/ I'm an Orlando resident, I used to go to Fashion Square all the time It's a ghost town now. I only go there every once in awhile to relive that very fleeting nostalgia. I don't go in that area much anymore. I used to shop at Sam Ash all the time and go to the dollar cinema but those are gone too, the former having been gone for years at this point.

I visited this mall during the holidays like Christmas and it was always so busy or when I came in shopping with my parents when they still had JCPenney for school uniforms. Unfortunately, the store shut down in 2020. This mall was filled with nostalgia used to be lively but now it’s a ghost town. I feel like it’s still open for the movie theatre but I rather got somewhere I feel settled. Sad to see this😢

WOW crazy thing I was in there a year ago filming this exact same thing and security made me leave and threaten to trespass me

Was in this mall not to long ago, put Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on my phone and vibed out to the nothingness lol.

Even Champs shoe store is gone since you filmed this. Very, slow, death. You should put the name in the title. Also, Florida Mall is thriving due mostly to tourist traffic.

In 1996 that mall was so busy, it was hard to find a parking spot. NOW, it's almost abandoned. I know there are more people in the world now, where is everyone going?? SO Sad.

Dang, that's so depressing. My bestfriend and I used to go to that mall on Friday nights before the movies... WOW. Back then it was packed. Man....

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Surprised to say a mall near Orlando to not be jumping.

I moved to Orlando in 2014 and Fashion Square mall was one of the first malls I visited. Still filled with life, an arcade and bowling alley, the comic bookstore and many other spots I visited. Now it's just sad to see that most malls are like this in the area. The only malls I visit often is the Florida mall and Oviedo for the FGC tournaments held in Versus and the arcade

For a couple years there was Toby Keith I Love this bar that was there and that closed because of the pandemic.

It's not even that old, yet it's a dinosaur.

Bro I live right by this mall, even worked at the hollister there back in the day. Yes it is quite a desolate mall

Hi I go to the Florida mall and it’s always packed so why are these other malls ghost towns especially with how many tourists come here I just don’t understand

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