As reported in early June here at Doctor Disney, the Yankee Trader was rumored to have been closing for a lengthy refurbishment to make way for a Haunted Mansion gift shop. Well, rumors confirmed as the Disney Parks Blog announced that an official Haunted Mansion Gift Shop is heading our way this fall!
With talk of Haunted Mansion-themed resort rooms and all the brand new merchandise coming out, this seems only fitting.
And it gets Doctor Disney overly excited as we prepare to head into his favorite season…Halloween!
Check out what Steven Miller of DPB had to say:
I’ve enjoyed hearing from guests who are just as excited as me for the new Haunted Mansion products coming this fall to Disney Parks. As it turns out, Madame Leota and the 999 happy haunts from the Haunted Mansion attraction have also received your sympathetic vibrations. This fall, they are gathering to open a new merchandise destination in Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom Park in Florida.
The new merchandise shop will be located in the current Yankee Trader shop, which will have its last day of operation on July 27, 2014. Inspired by Madame Leota, the new location will carry select items from the upcoming Haunted Mansion Authentic program including apparel, home goods, souvenirs, and more.
Final arrangements are still being made, so I invite you to keep watching the Disney Parks Blog in the coming months. I can’t wait to share additional details about this new destination for all things Haunted Mansion.
Can…not…wait!!!
Does this mean that Yankee Trader is no more? Or is this going to be an expansion?
Yankee Trader is being changed entirely.
That’s exciting and scary at the same time. I hope they don’t do away with all of the pins at the trading post.
I have ALWAYS thought that a shop for the Haunted Mansion was needed. I remember when the Yankee Trader was hosted by Smuckers and had so many home and kitchen items, as well as the entire collection of Smuckers jellies, jams and preserves. But it has not been the same for the last few years. I truly believe the Haunted Mansion shop will be a welcomed edition to Liberty Square.