While we may have seen a sneak peek inside the Village Shops in Tokyo Disneyland’s New Fantasyland expansion, nothing really matches taking a stroll inside for yourself. But since travel isn’t much of an option for most right now, you can instead live vicariously through us and admire the incredible detail of this lovely set of stores within Belle’s Village. We extensively covered all three shops to look at the little details within, so be sure to watch for some deep cut callbacks to Beauty and the Beast! You can find the tour right here from our YouTube channel.
Any particular details within the store that you just loved? I think some of my favorites included the puppets of townspeople as well as Gaston and LeFou within Little Town Traders, and the books at the registers of La Belle Librairie with the “Beauty and the Beast” fairy tale in the original French.
If video tours aren’t your thing, you can also check out our sneak peek from last weekend, featuring gorgeous press shots from the Oriental Land Company! If you’re interested in the merchandise on sale, you can also take a look at the full Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast and “New Dreams, More Fun!” New Fantasyland grand opening lines right here on WDWNT!
Wow. Japan & the Imagineers do it again…overseas, at least.
I’ll bet WDW Imagineers were wishing this is how the shop in New Fantasyland at MK would have turned out, especially now when things like social distancing are starting to look like the new normal. Space everywhere! Not a small shop with tables crammed with merch all over the place.