Now downtown Disney isn't one of the 4 kingdoms, and if you say it is Shame on You. It is simply a place where you can go and collect all your memories and put them into place. Downtown Disney contains shops, Legoland, hidden Mickeys, parades, and Rainforest Cafe. (You can read more about Rainforest Cafe in my other review.) When you go collect your souvenirs from the World of Disney Store, which has the Princess room, Adventure Room, and the Biddidi Biddidi Boutique, try saying that five times fast...anyways BBB is where all the little girls go to feel like a princess: Mainly Cinderella. They have crowns, makeup, outfits, etc. The World of Disney Store is a great place to collect your Disney souvenirs and trust me, you will be bringing home more in you suitcases than what you came with.

For Dining experiences, this and Epcot are one of a kind. Like Animal Kingdom, Rainforest Cafe' is also held in Downtown Disney. So read about that in my other review. Also Animal Kingdom can be read about in my other review. So back to the dining, you have Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant which is GREAT! Especially if you like shepherds pie. YUM! There are other places like Planet Hollywood, which is a must to eat at! You have the house of blues, Captain Jack restaurant, and a bunch more!

Though you haven't seen anything if you (adults ) haven't been to Pleasure Island. It is filled with a lot of fun. Just look at the most fun for adults section at the top and pull down to see more info.

Though do me a favor please and go to Downtown Disney, you never know what magic it will bring.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Downtown Disney. Needless to say they have some great Disney souvenir shops. We got most of our gifts for family there. Though $10 for hot chocolate is pretty steep. My favorite shop was Basin. Nothing like a shop with soaps, shampoos, lotions, etc.

The smell in there is just fantastic. The Team Mickey Sports shop is a good one too. Lots of Disney stuff and some regular sports stuff, too. Lastly, the setting is wonderful. Water, hotels, restaurants, etc., I really had a nice afternoon.

The memorabilia store is very interesting. It contains photos and memorabilia signed by famous folk such as John F. Kennedy, Paul McCartney, and other sports, musical, or political heroes. While we couldn’t afford to take anything home—items can be as low as $1,000 and up to $40,000 or more—it was great fun to look and see these items. Our ten-year-old loved it.

The Virgin Megastore is worth the time and a great place to simply browse if you love music.

Pleasure Island celebrates New Years Eve every night. We stopped by Pleasure Island at the end of our Disney Day. We watched the last showing of "Fantasmic" at MGM and arrived at Pleasure Island about 11:30—plenty of time to find a place to watch the fireworks at midnight. These capped off our Disney day experience just perfectly and sent us home to a restful sleep.

This is a fun late-evening option for anyone. If you are so inclined, you could stay for the party atmosphere. It felt as if about half the people stayed and went clubbing and the other half including us left immediately after the fireworks.

While Pleasure Island is an adult atmosphere and alcoholic beverages are sold, we did not see anything that we were concerned that our young children would see. In fact, the alcohol issue was much bigger at Sea World than at this more bar-like atmosphere.

My wife and I returned to Pleasure Island on Saturday night to experience the club atmosphere and catch the midnight fireworks. The Saturday night fireworks were much more elaborate than the week-night ones and would be a great free substitution for the Magic Kingdom fireworks and you could avoid standing in those painfully long after-fireworks lines.

Pleasure Island/Downtown Disney is a great area to visit and I highly recommend it.