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The Disney Store

4.3 (27 reviews)
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Arlene E.

As I was exploring Grafton Street, I happened to come across my favorite store in the world -- The Disney Store! Regardless of the city or even country, if there is a Disney store I will be there. There is a difference with big city Disney Stores, and the "regular" Disney Stores. Regular Disney Stores carry the cookie cutter Disney merchandise which can be purchased at any Disney Store or even online. The big city ones tend to carry more city-specific exclusives. The selection may not be the greatest, but it makes these Disney Stores a little more special. Plus, I am sort of a souvenir junkie. Anything with the words "Disney Store *insert random city*," and I am sold. Unfortunately during my visit to the Disney Store, I did not purchase anything Dublin souvenir worthy. Is this not the big city Disney store? I really wanted to purchase something, but the merchandise was not impressive. Not even a Mickey plush with the words Disney Store Dublin! I was also disappointed they did away with the vinylmations. I have one from France, San Francisco and Las Vegas, so one from Dublin would have been nice. They are small, unique, and easy to display. Two story Disney Store, and I walk out with nothing. How is that possible?! They also had life size statues of Princess Anna with Sven, Hulk, and Storm Troopers -- which were great for photos. At least I have a photo to prove my visit I guess. :P

The Disney Store with Jack Sparrow in the window.
Liam L.

The store is typical Disney; it has that polished, everything-in-place, designed look. It reminds me of a Vegas casino, with dark ceilings and crazy carpet that's too busy to look at. Don't look up, don't look down, look straight ahead. Everything about a casino is designed to draw your attention to the slot machines. Bells, whistles & flashing lights everywhere. The Disney store is no different: Everything about the Disney store is psychologically designed to get you to focus on the merchandise. Disney's goal is no longer wholesome entertainment, it is to drive the brand by pushing the retail aspect. If you can get past the overzealous pimping of cute characters, there is just something unsettling about the store. It's like that edgy feeling you get after drinking too much coffee. The mood is weird. On a busy afternoon there us just too much energy. Kids come in here and they get whipped up into a frenzy of want and desire. "Mom! Mom! Buy me this!!" can be heard about every 30 seconds. The Disney brand becomes a psychological sugar rush for kids. Children come in and they HAVE TO HAVE everything they see. Sadly the merchandise is not the quality you would expect if you grew up with Disney. In the 60s and 70s Disney merchandise was well made. The sweatshirts were good cotton and the toys were durable. Plus, the marketing was done in a tasteful way. Disney has lost that family-and-wholesome sheen. It is now about pushing cheap plastic crap made in China. The brand has lost the moral backbone that previously supported it. No more Annette Funicello singing M-I-C-K-E-Y... The Mouse is now focused on selling flimsy toys that your kid is probably going to get bored with by the end of the week. Having been a fan of Disney and frequent patron of Disneyland in Anaheim, I was excited about the opening of this store. They had a lifesize Jack Sparrow manikin in the front window. We went in to buy a Pirates of the Caribbean t-shirt. We were sorely disappointed that there were no t-shirts in an adult size. In fact there are no adult sizes of anything in this store. I think Disney has forgotten who pays for the movie tickets... it sure isn't my little princess.

Jenny F.

I adore the Disney store - well actually I just adore anything Disney. When I walk in the door of the shop it's like a magical feeling comes over me and I get butterflies in my stomach and have to hold myself back from running around the shop twirling and singing and jumping into the piles of soft toys ! Now that I have that off my chest this really is a great shop. It's not as expensive as you may think and they do very good sales. Even if you aren't buying anything it's a great place to browse and they have a little screening area upstairs that shows Disney movies and they have a magic princess mirror that you wave a wand at (Deep breaths) and a princess magically appears !!!!! My only small gripe is the saccharine sweet staff who sound like they are reading from a script all of the time. I understand this is their training but I just don't think it works for the Irish market - I just laugh every time one of them talks to me with a big fake smile - I keep looking around to see if we're being filmed for the Mickey Mouse Club

Here is a happy selection of Star Wars mugs :D
Galadrielle H.

Amazing place to go just for the craic or to buy yourself a treat. Because yes we are all kids #whynot 1* For the store 1* For the staff 1* For the products 1* For the experience 1* For the after feeling experience I am so happy to say that the 5* are so deserved. Bo worries, I will gives more details asap :D

Dublin exclusive merchandise July 2017
Alison V.

They were already closed by the time I found the store, but as you can see from my photos, they have a nice selection of Dublin exclusive items!

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Pride & Joy

Pride & Joy

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Clongriffin

Pride and Joy is of a type of shop that was once very common in Ireland that is now passing (at…read moreleast in Dublin, at any rate). Located on the first floor of the Donaghmede Shopping Centre, Pride and Joy in one those toy shops that specialise in cheap unfashionable toys that would probably be sneered at by the children of today, but would be considered to have great kitsch value by nostalgic twenteens. You know the type of shitty toys that you got as kid: plastic bow and arrows, toy guns that light up and make a noise, non-brand name dolls that would be looked down upon by the recipient for not being a Baby-Born. Very un-PC, guns for little boys and dollies for little girls, isn't it? That's what makes this shop so charming: the absolute sense of being stuck in a time warp the moment you enter the store. The most modern item I saw in the window was a micro-scooter (at least 10 years since those were en vouge), which next to a display of Power Rangers (surely they haven't been made in years). Absolutely worth a visit.

Pride and Joy toy shop has really changed over the past year,for the better.They are now stocking…read morethe full range of Lego.They are stocking all the best brands of toys like Thomas the tank,WWE wrestlers,sylvanian families and so on. I love bringing the kids here as they still stock a big range of pocket money toys and have a great range of arts and crafts.They also do all the trading cards,puffles and club penguin.So it does'nt cost to much when we visit. Staff are great Well done

Nimble Fingers - Nimble!

Nimble Fingers

(3 reviews)

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Stillorgan

When I first took my son to this place he was speechless... granted he was a year and a half old…read moreand couldn't say a whole lot anyway but what few words he had he didn't say! Now I know you are gong to say "Of course Q, its a toy shop, what do you expect?" and its a fair point, but this place is different - all of the toys have an educational slant and for once his doesn't mean the place is the equivalent of a stalk of broccoli to a child, the stock is well chosen and fun, and appealing to the ankle biters! They also have a whole range of art and craft supplies for those rainy days; stickers, card, glitter, glue, glittery glue etc etc etc. I know you'll really want to know so I'll tell you, after my son had recovered his power of speech we decided on a cow as a suitable memento from our visit, he was still clutching it as he went to bed this eve!

What a cool little shop! i love just going in here and having a look at everything and wishing i…read morewas a kid just so that i can justify buying everything in the shop. This place has the types of toys that you want your kids to play with, no play stations and Wiis or other electronic stuff it has total back to basics kind of things. these are the kind of toys that the kid who plays with the box instead of what was in the box needs, they don't need fancy pants complicated stuff they need a trip to nimble fingers.its like the shop is teeming with innocence. The art supplies in the shop are top quality too, anything you need in the way of arts and crafts can be found in here. I also love how this is a family run independent store, its not a greedy chain looking for a fast buck, it seems that the shop people in here genuinely care about what they do

Smyths Toys & Computer Games - Massive animatronic dinosaurs upstairs!

Smyths Toys & Computer Games

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North Inner City

When I don't know what I'll buy my nephew I go to Smyths and I find something. Yes its a bit of a…read morewarehouse and I really have no idea why it looks like they alphabetised by they haven't... that just makes it more confusing. Essentially because there's so much stuff there you have to accept that you'll go for a wander to find the thing you need. Currently lego is right by the door, then its boys stuff, girls stuff, baby stuff and bigger things like bikes down the end (also computer games down the end if you want to by a treat for yourself while you're there!). On my latest visit I felt a bit bewildered on entering, but I still came out with the right toys that were needed... and also a jigsw for me that it could be argued that I did not need. Anyway I'm not sure if its the lack of little people that I need to buy toys for but I usually find myself pleasantly surprised with the prices at smyths. As a special bonus this particular store opens really late at Christmas - until 11pm I think, so if you need to buy toys but can't cope with children around its a godsend!

As a youth in the west of Ireland, Smyths was my El Dorado. Smyths toy stores were dotted around…read morethe country. (From a kid's perspective) the buildings were towering goliaths filled from floor to ceiling with toys, books, games and bikes. I thought every adult had to be an idiot for not wanting to work here. I now cannot think of a worse place to work. Screaming toddlers runing around in danger of scraping knees and bumping foreheads while mothers argue with their mothers about who's buying their little precious a Ben 10 wristwatch. That being said, Smyths is still one of the best toy shops in the country. They have an enormous amount of stock and their customer service is great. Not only that, they also have a 'software zone' which is pretty good for computer games and consoles. I do sometimes go into the Smyths back home for a bit of a nostalgic time wasting. Just not at Christmas. NEVER at Christmas.

The Disney Store - toys - Updated May 2026

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