Time has run out for shoppers hoping to experience a classic Disney retail location one last time. The Disney Store at Disneyland Paris Resort closed permanently on Sunday, marking the end of decades of nostalgic shopping experiences for European Disney Parks fans.
January 4 Marks Point of No Return
The Walt Disney Company confirmed months ago that the Disney Store inside Disney Village would be closing in January 2026. As of January 4, the Disneyland Paris Resort mobile app lists the merchandise location as “under refurbishment.” However, the Disney Store as guests knew it will never reopen.
The shuttered Disney Store represented one of the last surviving examples of the nostalgic retail designs that dominated Disney shopping destinations in the 1990s and early 2000s. Large-scale character statues and maximalist decor created an immersive shopping environment that many Disney fans remember from childhood trips to suburban malls.
A New Store: Disney Wonders
Disneyland Paris Resort plans to transform the empty Disney Store space into “Disney Wonders,” described as a “modern franchise-based shop.” Concept art released by the resort shows a completely redesigned interior bearing little resemblance to the vintage store it’s replacing.
🔧 Another page of Disney Village history turns today with the permanent closure of the Disney Store, a time capsule of 90’s and early 2000’s visual design. The space will become ‘Disney Wonders’, a modern franchise-based shop set to open late summer 2026.
🔧 Another page of Disney Village history turns today with the permanent closure of the Disney Store, a time capsule of 90’s and early 2000’s visual design. The space will become “Disney Wonders”, a modern franchise-based shop set to open late summer 2026. pic.twitter.com/IolqEQ1EXC
— DLP Report (@DLPReport) January 4, 2026
Disney Wonders is scheduled to open in summer 2026 at the earliest. Disneyland Paris Resort hasn’t provided a specific opening date.
Disney Village Transformation Continues
The Disney Store closure aligns with broader changes affecting the entire Disney Village shopping and entertainment district. McDonald’s—another location sporting 1990s theming—is in its final days, as a modern replacement takes shape nearby. The original fast food restaurant will close when its contemporary successor opens in early 2026.
New retail locations have already debuted at Disney Village in recent months, including the LEGO Store, Disney Glamour, and Disney Style. These modern shops reflect Disneyland Paris Resort’s push to update aging facilities.
Disney Adventure World
Beyond Disney Village, Walt Disney Studios Park is undergoing its own dramatic transformation. The entire theme park will be rebranded as Disney Adventure World on March 29, 2026. The World of Frozen will open the same day, with Walt Disney Imagineers promising additional lands in the future, including one based on The Lion King (1994).
What do you think about Disneyland Paris Resort’s plans for the Disney Wonders store? Share your opinion with Disney Dining in the comments!
Globally, I have never seen, or experienced any retail store with worse marketing. An average high school student could stand in the doorway of any Disney store paying the slightest attention to the demographics of shoppers, both window shopping and physically walking into the store, readily predicting their demise. Just what complete Liberal, woke morons does Disney hire? There is no excuse from them, it’s been a slow and painfull end to what should have been a no-brainer success story.
I hate minimalism. It’s bland lifeless and has no place in a theme park. Corporations are clueless and have zero imagination. It’s that whole new trumpian make everything dull as can be mentality
TDS much?
I am gutted. I love the Disney store. Plus I am visiting the resort in march and I won’ be able to shop there now. And new one isn’t open til summer.
So basically they’re going to close the store, slap a new sign on it, and reopen it?
Guys, I’m assuming not a single one of you has been inside the Disney Store at Disneyland Paris. I have, many, many times. This story is pretty far off the mark, it’s nowhere near a throwback to 90s/early 2000s Disney as the store has been gradually updated over the years. Looking at the new concept art for “Disney Wonders”, all I can see that’s different is the shop logo outside and the funky lighting. The rest of the store is basically how it is already.