Where to find swords at WDW?

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Where to find swords at WDW?
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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 5:13pm

As I type this, my ds is saying "not pirate swords". Let me digress.

Dd and I ate at CRT back in May. I didn't include the boys because last year, my ds didn't eat anything. Well, $22 is too much to spend on a kid who isn't going to eat, and isn't interested in meeting princesses!

However, this year, dd got a wand. We told ds about the boys getting swords. He definitely was interested. So, I just booked our trip for next Feb. (25th to 3/4). I was asking where he'd like to eat this trip. He said "definitely at the castle". I said "not for $22 when you're not going to eat!". I told him the only reason he wanted to was to get the sword. I said we'd could buy one somewhere else. He reminded me that we went all over the MK looking for exactly what he wanted, only to come up empty-handed.

So, do you know where to find just regular swords anywhere at WDW? He won't forget, so I'm planning far in advance! BTW, he has approximately 10 swords now. He collects them, and other than hot wheels cars, he plays with this toy the most. I'm not sure what those other piles of toys are for!

M'Shel

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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 5:59pm

hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha


My *very* first thought was "I'm pretty sure they had swords at the exit of Pirates of the Caribbien".

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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 6:53pm

I was going to say Pirates too lol! I know they have cutlasses there because DH bought one for his pirate costume for MNNSHP lasy year.

I really don't recall if they had other kinds there though.

Carole

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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 8:28pm

We saw one or two kinds at the Norway gift shop that you get dumped into after exiting Maelstrom in Epcot. Viking swords, I guess? They had foam ones, and another kind, I think. And those cool Viking helmets with the horns (braids optional -- I'm guessing the op's DS would skip 'em ;-)

The Peter Pan swords (different kinds) were also sold at the POR gift shop in July (since PotC2 was so new and hot). 2-yo DS and I had a pretty good sword fight there. :-) I don't know exactly what cutlasses are (I could ask my older DS, who's in fencing camp this week!), but they seemed to have a couple varieties. The ones we were dueling wiht just seemed to be (shrug) swords. More like sabers, I guess (but OP, I know how it is when they get to be very knowledgeable and specific w/ their hobbies/collecting!! Good luck to you!!).

Chris

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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 9:34pm

We just returned and honestly it seemed every gift shop after all the rides had one type of sword or another. The Pirate of Caribbean ride gift shop had several....ds had a tough time deciding between a sword there or the "life-saver" (as he calls it, LOL) outside the Star Wars ride....


Have you checked your local Disney store...they probably have something as well since the movie just came out recently...

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Fri, 08-11-2006 - 9:42am

I mentioned the Lego store to ds. He and dh did that while Meredith did BBB. He said "oh yeah, I remember those". He said it's like one he already has, showed it to me, and it's the foam shield and sword that we got from the Disney store; can't remember the prince's name in Sleeping Beauty, but it's his.

This is our mission every year: to find a new sword. Ds has a fantastic memory. He is also very particular. And he loves to shop (unlike dd who hates to). She actually complains about him wanting to shop all of the time! We have found that it's best if we find the sword on the first day, or otherwise he will drive us crazy!

You know, we missed the UK this year. We were almost all the way around the world (starting in Mexico) when it was time for us to head over to Le Cellier for our ADRs. We thought that we'd have time another day, but we never made it back. I'm pretty certain we checked out Norway, since we have to look at every gift shop.

Thanks for all of the options!

M'Shel

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