The Complete History Of Louisville's Disney Store

[@derekemerson4322]

I'm from Louisville and the moment I saw your video, my mind instantly thought of plush mountain and the displays at the top of the store. You were spot on.

[@brooklyn8328]

Oh my gosh this was my Disney store!!!!! I used to go all the time before it closed!

[@Imalegendthanosgotforkedup]

Same!

[@yourmajestybee3088]

It’s so weird to see someone do a whole video about a store I used to go to I miss it so much I’m so glad to see this video!!

[@DaveysWonderfulWorld]

Hooray another great history video from Nathan spies R.I.P Louisville Disney store

[@chellyberry4434]

Please do the history of kentucky kingdom hehe! This was my disney store as well. I miss it so much. I have so many memories in it/of it.

[@LavenderLydia]

YES! I loved it as a kid. The Woody Woodpecker roller coaster was my favorite.

[@dovestarproductions9632]

My grandma lives in Louisville,and when I was young I visit this store. So this video is making me nostalgic.

[@nicholesanders6274]

I used to go to the Louisville Disney Store A LOT whenever my mom, Mike, and I went to Oxmoor Center in Louisville to do some shopping. I also went there with my Dad whenever I went to Louisville with him. I sure do miss that.

[@TripleB780]

Damn. My local Disney stores went through those same and similar fates. We had several Disney stories in the Cincinnati area (where I live) including Northgate, Springdale, and Kenwood. The one that I remember going to quite often before it closed was the one in Springdale. It was in Tri-County Mall, and my parents would take me to that store, which I bought some plushies from there, including figurines. The one in Tri-County Mall was the one that I remember going to that introduced me to the world of Disney. I was told that the ones at both Tri-County Mall and Northgate Mall opened in the 90s, but in different years. Unfortunately, they both closed in 2008. The one in Northgate closed in January of that year, and became a dance studio years later (which is still open today). The one in Tri-County closed in July of that year, which was devastating because the mall was doing fine before it went downhill, and it became a jewelry store called Glitter, which closed and the mall is now closed for good, unfortunately. The one in Kenwood had its interesting relationship with Disney. The original Disney Store at Kenwood Towne Center opened back in 1991, but I’m not sure when it closed. However, they opened a new location in that mall in 2011 until they closed in 2021, and I went to that store, a lot. I bought several kinds of merchandise there, not just plushies. The only Disney store that’s currently open in my area is the one in Monroe, but it’s called Disney Outlet, and that opened in 2009 along with the rest of Cincinnati Premium Outlets, if I recall.

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

There was a Disney Store at the mall I grew up going to in South Florida. It opened in either 1995 or 1996. It had it’s “plush mountain” in the center of the store. The entrance had the classic Mickey head from the cartoon openings, made of terrazzo. It felt like they took a piece of the theme park and grafted it into the mall. It was a good way to get your Disney fix without having to drive 3 hours [to Disney World]. I found out that this one too closed in 2020. It had been 18 years since I moved away from the area by that point.

[@glamrockfoxy6667]

Yes memories

[@ultranm8fanproductionsllc.817]

We had a Disney Store in my town, Saugus Massachusetts. It was located inside the Square One Mall, and I have many vivid memories of the place! It indeed was a 1990’s style location, and I wish that we would still have it today. 😔 😞 When the location closed its doors, it was replaced with what I think is a women’s clothing store. Such a shame that such magical retailer stores (i.e. the Disney Store, Toys “R” Us) get replaced by generic clothing stores and stuff we already have in a town or city.

[@froggyl7472]

Bro summoned the entirety of Louisville in the comments

[@KatelynJewel]

I used to go to the Disney Store as a kid, and it was the part I always looked forward to whenever my parents and I went to the mall. It was a big part of my early childhood and I agree that the plush mountain was the most exciting part along with the TV behind them that played Disney promos and clips. When walking into the mall, that entrance always hyped me for going inside, and I forgot about how it had a unique smell until you mentioned it. Now remembering that part makes me a bit sad since I'll never get to experience that smell ever again. I lost my Disney Store when I was 11, and right after Christmas. I was upset because one of my favorite childhood stores was gone and it was the best part of that mall. These days, the same mall has more stores that appeal to me such as the Lego Store, Build-A-Bear, Hot Topic, Box Lunch, Spencer's and Claire's; but the Disney Store is something that I'll always miss about going there. I'm glad Target has its own Disney Stores now, but I agree that they're just not the same since they lack the statues, plush mountain and everything. They're basically just Disney sections in the toy aisle.

[@Stitch_150]

I think it would be cool if you did a history video on the oxmoor center and maybe other Louisville malls

[@ashcashgamer5770]

It's pretty sad to see a lot of Disney Stores shut down in shopping malls although there is still one that is active that I found, the one in the Ontario Mills Mall in Southern California. I actually kind of miss the ones in Moreno Valley and Tyler now. :(

[@havenm6181]

It must be so nice to have found all these pictures of your local Disney store. I've had the hardest time finding any information of mine.

[@trevorsvirtualadventures4604]

Hey man, want to say thank you for for using my pictures and video I really do appreciate it and thank you for adding this on to your history of the Disney store

[@rachaelwilliams4936]

This store ment a lot to me growing up in Louisville because as someone who always wanted to go to Disney World but whos family couldn't afford it, this was like our own little Disney World.

[@Santiago-dx1ny]

I been the Disney store at the mall in El Paso, but later the store got shut down and replace with clothes store.

[@marsmoscato16]

This was my hometown location too - it just pains me to see a store so staunch in its aesthetic ways be steamrolled by the minimalist wave. It breaks my heart - now everything feels bland

[@maxtheblackbear8072]

As someone who loves Mickey Mouse and Disney, I wish the Disney Stores remained. It's a place where you can experience Disney magic, without visiting the parks. I'm glad I visited my local Disney Store in 2020. I bought a Sorcerer Mickey and Christmas Mickey plush there. Just recently, I visited NY's Disney Store. It was so incredible and big. I bought 4 items there.

[@Jansyn-r1f]

R.I.P. Louisville Disney Store (1992-2020) :(

[@Justinc_99]

The Disney Store I went to a lot as a kid was at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, NY. The only purchases I made from that Disney Store was a Little Einsteins rocket plush and a Winnie the Pooh plush. Ah the memories 😢

[@Vincebae00]

I don't go to Louisville much (hate driving in the city lol) but I went to this Disney store not long before it closed down with my best friend. As soon as we entered they gave us both a couple stickers and let us roam around looking at the different toys. I didn't buy anything there which I regret, but it was a great experience. I didn't even know it had closed down until a few months ago when I revisited the Oxmoor Center with my bf and saw that it wasn't there anymore. I was pretty sad because they had a Stitch plush I was interested in getting, and I like buying in-store more than online personally. :(

[@CECandCartoonian]

This very well documented and I like this video so much! I use to have a lot of memories with The Disney Store as well.

[@arachat]

if you want more louisville topics i would love to hear a history of the mid city mall! i've tried to research it casually over the years but can never find much and am never quite dedicated enough to go dig into microfilm. thanks for the nostalgia trip - the animatronics were still on when i was a kid and i loved it, even if i wasn't really a disney kid otherwise

[@Vividesia]

YES I agree! I would also love a history of the Oxmoor mall (which I guess is sort of covered in here). I remember playing on the pirate ship playground that was in there in the early 2000s, but I can’t find photos of it on the internet anywhere.

[@Romiedahomie415]

OMG, childhood activated that original Disney intro highlight of my childhood

[@tigerlord9302]

7:28. They were definitely not limited to Pink & Green. The later Piperail design had statues extensively, though I agree with it rivaling Plush Mountain. Heck the characters are what I miss most, and for whatever reason I didn’t have a Pink & Green, so my stores were straight to Piperail. As for the front display, I saw other videos of different characters moving like Donald in a rocking chair. And at one point both had animatronics, at least in some cases.

[@brickinterviewertv]

im a hour from there and this just randomly poped up wow

[@Seraphina-b3h]

I didn’t even realize it permanently closed a few years ago. 😭 Even though it closed when I was 12. I’m glad me and my younger siblings got to experience it for a little while.

[@alexsreviews4164]

Man, I have a Lotta memories I went to my local Disney store, but sadly my local Disney store have been closed. I’m really sad about it

[@Seraphina-b3h]

6:53 Some of those stuffed animals, I remember owning at some point!

[@emily91303]

Cried and howled a lot when it shut down entirely in September 2020, although Fabletics still remained open for a year.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

The one in Mall of America was closed and was replaced by a Warber Parker store (In which they sell glasses)

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

used to love going into this store as a kid i vividly remember begging my mom to get me the spiderman web shooters too the only disney store we had in louisville closed down a couple years ago so im a bit nostalgic right now

[@AwesomeDrawer2017]

I remember I went to a mall and it had a Disney store that closed, but there were still remains of the old Disney store, mainly the tv in the back

[@noahbanana7526]

RIP the disney stores. I loved you.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Disney shouldn't be saying nothing about rent being high. Have u seen the cost of tickets, hotels, and not to say WDW and their cruises smh.

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

Corporate communism I tell ya 🤦‍♀️ (not actually communism BTW just making a joke)

[@Dizfan]

I use To Love going to The Disney Store as a kid & as many times the store near me would change their new look. Nothing beats how it was in the 90s. I so wish it would come back in it's original Form...but somebody named "Bob" changed all that.

[@therealcloudski]

Great video keep up the great work

[@LilPinkCoupe]

I LOVED the Oxmoor Mall Disney Store!! It was my favorite mall store, and it was the closest I ever came to experiencing the parks! I can even remember when the Warner Brothers Studio Store was right across from it in the late 90s - Oxmoor Mall was a great place to go if you loved animated films! I also loved Plush Mountain (sometimes I call it "Mount Plushmore" too!). In fact, I think that the very first time I was brought to the Oxmoor Mall Disney Store when I was very young, I was utterly enthralled by Plush Mountain, and I stood there gazing at it, slipped off my shoes, climbed in and snuggled in with all the plushies - until I was yanked back out again at the urging of a distraught cast member! At 2 or 3 years old, it didn't occur to me that I could not do with a store display of plush what I did all the time with my stuffed animals at home😅 My favorite Disney Store items were definitely the plushies, especially the mini bean bags! I still have a bunch of them - my favorite childhood bean bag plushies were/are Flower the skunk, Dumbo, and Piglet from Winnie the Pooh. I loved Disney Tsum Tsums, too, when those were released years later! And, I can totally believe that the 429 store cast members were like a family to one another - I remember them being some of the nicest people working at Oxmoor. I'm glad to hear that they got to have so much fun together, with all the different exclusive events. In the 2010s, I even sort-of became friends with the assistant manager (at least, I *think* that was his role)...he was always the first one to greet customers and offer assistance, always had a smile on his face, and when I felt self-conscious about browsing/buying plushies as a young adult, he would smile at me encouragingly and say, "I see you found some new friends!" In another Disney Store-related KZbin video, someone revealed that Disney Store cast members are told something like, "each guest deserves at least 30 - 40 seconds of magic" (can't remember the exact amount of time), and well, the assistant manager at the Oxmoor Disney Store offered that, and more.💖 I hope he's been doing okay since the store closed in late 2020, given that the closure occurred on such short notice (I'd been afraid of that). Anyway, this is a terrific video - thank you so much for the nostalgia trip! 😃

[@TooningIn2008]

Was the Louisville Disney store the last one to maintain the 90s theming and decore?

[@amiecarney1220]

This was wonderful! Thank you for making this

[@racheljackson4428]

3 HOURS?! UNBELIEVABLE!

[@Fscm_friends9]

I had memories go to my Disney store getting the tsum tsum and the mickey mouse clubhouse toys I still have it today 😢

[@Garfieldboy]

For some reason the smashed Donald statue made me really sad😢

[@raymondramos2883]

I have a idea do you Toys “R” Us history videos in different locations like he did with Chuck E. Cheese’s start with Houston, Texas and then other locations each week

[@DRIPPYAHHCAT]

Man my local Disney store, aka in a mall 30 mins where I live, shut down man, that was sad. DAMN YOU SOUTH LAKE MALL

[@Cyclopsminion]

The Disney store in Glendale Galleria what is not a thing anymore and also another location like somewhere I forgot what the name was used to be a Disney store now it’s a Funko store.

[@DilanCommunications]

Long live Disney Stores!

[@McQueenStan]

Wish I got that McQueen portrait in time lmao

[@Seraphina-b3h]

This was the one I used to go to. I still have some merchandise from it

[@Elad-un8fb]

What is the next complete history of episode?

[@diecastcountdown9651]

The Disney Store survived the remodel at Del Amo Mall but closed unexpectedly a year ago.

[@KAZI829]

I miss my Tucson Mall location it opened 1991 and it closed in 2020 😔

[@kaisato6744]

I also remember there used to be a Disney Store in my area at the Mission valley mall! I remember going to the mall last time but the Disney store was not there anymore sadly

[@toregaming1931]

I miss mount plus more but I had no Olaf. My Disney store was in the 90s so I had Simba, Pluto, goofy Mickey’s Pluto buzz and woody and much more mine was in Wisconsin

[@spongegenerator]

Here’s an idea The complete history of Louisville’s Toys “R” Us

[@kizumi_corp]

I mean, why not?

[@francaruoni3492]

He ready did bruh kzbin.info/www/bejne/n17GZ4WdacqFm8Usi=_J3-UcQVxTqr2bMe

[@lauralujan1135]

@@francaruoni3492 dude he’s talking about the store not the mascot

[@francaruoni3492]

@@lauralujan1135 oh ok im i didn't know 🦒

[@spongegenerator]

@@lauralujan1135 This doesn’t have anything to do with Geoffrey it’s about the history of Louisville Toys “R” Us

[@spunchbop47428]

I remember the one in Westminister Mall (California, not Colorado)

[@kizumi_corp]

The great Arrival.

[@dinkyrobb9993]

I miss Disney store

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Same but at least we have those pop ups in target may not be the same but they have good stuff

[@wolgatorres7781]

This is so much bad to be high off favorite store for Disney and I still have some stuff that I bought there😰

[@gabby0823]

please do a video on the disney store in chicago ridge mall in oak lawn IL!

[@midnightgirlofthelunarmoon1164]

I remember the Disney store. I had some good times back then before they started closing down. Mostly, I play with the princess wands with a mirror where the princesses told their iconic stories. It's still a sad shame that I never got a Disney imagination key to this day.

[@haydenlaisdell8926]

Awesome video.

[@aidanmurrayfellin6064]

can u plsssss make a history of chuck e cheese in Canada video

[@OfficialMrBurns]

Plz do the history of the Brandon Disney store

[@ineversleep7187]

So we all in Louisville rn…. Not me I’m in mount Washington LMAO

[@CalebMun2012]

wait my disney store is still open!! its in the houston premium outlet!!

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

I like your Keroppi profile pic!

[@Nerdy_Chuck_E]

The video format looks different. Was this made with CapCut?

[@NathanSpies]

It was made with both iMovie and CapCut

[@CartoonCF]

Man, I miss the Disney store

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Loved the vid!!

[@pikachu12307]

Does anyone know what ended up happening to the statues?

[@NathanSpies]

Destroyed & trashed

[@noahbanana7526]

@@NathanSpies NOOOOOO WHY GOD WHYYYYY

[@gracekim1998]

Yay Disney store history 😊

[@ezy360]

Thank you for this

[@Skettlex2]

People who live in Louisville

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Can u do radio disney next or what happened to their music label.

[@Mhampton1995]

I’m from Louisville,ky

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Can you do the I love Lucy store in Universal Studios.

[@kizumi_corp]

Maybe try to a full history of something like SHOWBIZ! I’m pretty sure it will be fun to record! (Also if you want to, you can give me a shoutout if you accept this idea suggestion! Can’t wait for the cec vid!)

[@CharlieNieves-s2l]

You know I kinda want a nickelodeon or cartoon network store happening now

[@lisazahradnicek6674]

I miss the Disney store because that’s my local Disney store

[@YBA_Basketball]

Mr munch history video next

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Missed this type of Disney store. #DisneyDiva

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

All the ones that are still open aren’t in malls (example: Branson Mo)

[@Lunar57]

Xd

[@danniexoxo-carpenter]

They could still save the statues tbh

[@ThewrldsHearoSpooderMan]

The Disney store is was my favourite store to go to at the mall so sad that its gone the store was so much better than the target Disney sections target is less magical and like the plush selection is crap there's basically nothing but basic Disney parks/shop Disney merch and they sell non disney parks merch their heck I still see toys from the trash lightyear movie

[@Logan_Liftz]

This was mine!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

March 31st is birthday

[@KingThomas122]

Idea and it’s not related to Burger King the complete history of Florida’s monkey joe’s

[@CaydenCrawford18]

Second!

[@robertliptak2391]

😂😂

[@KingThomas122]

First

[@karlgt3656]

Vavavavavava

[@sesealeman]

R.I.P. Louisville Disney Store (1992-2020) 😢

[@Lunar57]

Xd