Disney Shopping just got easier!

Today I found out about an exciting new app that Disney is going to be rolling out shortly. Simply named “Shop Disney Parks” the app will allow users to purchase virtually any item from a Disney operated store at Walt Disney World right from their smartphones. It will also allow park guests to find the availability of the merchandise in question and where it can be found. The rumors from the sites I went to suggested that eventually it will work with the My Disney Experience app, but that for now the two will remain separate. Although I can’t confirm anything, one site even mentioned that this linking would then allow for the automatic application of discounts that guests may be entitled to have (example: Annual Pass discounts).

As someone who has personally experienced the twinge and then full on pangs of regret for not buying an item while at the parks and wishing for a way to turn back time, I know this app will be a saving grace for many.

Own your own WORKING Cogsworth!

cogsworth(photo courtesy Disney Parks blog)

Slated to arrive this September is an item I’ve actually wanted for YEARS now. A Cogsworth to go with my Lumiere. You see, many years ago I swear I had seen a Lumiere available to purchase online but after taking a day or two to decide where I would put him and if I truly needed him, he disappeared.In vain I asked around if anyone else had seen him, but the responses were lackluster and it seemed as though my spotting of Lumiere had been akin to spotting a ghost that never existed.

Fast forward to 2013 when Disney Parks released what I swear is a second go around of Lumiere, I snatched him up without a thought. Whether or not my initial beliefs that it had been released before were true or not, I didn’t care. He was mine! However, after taking him home I immediately started wishing that his other movie companions would soon become a reality as well. I found myself hoping for a fine china set complete with Mrs. Potts or perhaps a working Cogsworth to set on my bookshelves.

Well! It seems my wishes have come half true as the Disney Parks Blog just announced Cogsworth will be available for purchase this fall! According to their reveal, he is set to be the companion piece to Lumiere so I can only assume he’ll be similar in size. But the part I’m most excited about? He’s actually going to be a working clock!