Holiday Shopping in Orlando
Well, we’re finally welcoming November. Not sure where this year went, but we are in the final stretch of 2013. 😉
It’s time to start planning your holiday shopping! If you are in the Orlando area, most shops in the Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores center will be open on Thanksgiving and great deals abound. They just announced their holiday hours. Be sure to check out the press release below.
If you haven’t already, be sure to follow malls and retailers on their social channels to get special “friends and family deals” which are constantly posted and may not be offered elsewhere; a great way to spread a holiday budget.
Press Release
ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 1, 2013) — Holiday shopping is hassle-free at Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores, where consumers can find factory-direct premium quality merchandise at savings up to 75% off (and sometimes more), easy store front parking and a head start on gift-buying with most of the center’s retailers open on Thanksgiving Day, 10a-6pm, and select stores open for Black Friday Midnight Madness, November 29, Midnight-9:30pm.
Many stores offer additional savings from 20-40% off to “Friends & Family” starting two weeks prior to Black Friday. Savvy discount shoppers can learn about these discounts, as well as specific stores and their hours through the holiday season, by following the center on Facebook and Twitter, as well as visiting www.lbvfs.com.
Holiday Hours* at Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores are:
Thanksgiving Eve Day, Wednesday, November 27, 10am-9pm
Most stores will be open Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 10am-6pm
Select stores will be open for Black Friday Midnight Madness, November 29, Midnight-9:30pm
Black Friday, November 29, 7am-9:30pm
Saturday, November 30, 9am-9:30pm
Sunday, December 1, 10am-7pm
Regular Holiday Hours: December 1 – December 23 – Monday-Saturday, 10am-9pm; Sunday 10am-7pm
Christmas Eve, December 24, Tuesday – 10am-6pm
Christmas Day, December 25, Wednesday – Closed
December 26-28, Thursday-Saturday – 10am-9:30pm – Extended Hours
December 29, Sunday – 10am-7pm
December 30, Monday – 10am-9:30pm – Extended Hours
New Year’s Eve, December 31, Tuesday – 10am-7pm
New Year’s Day, January 1, 2014, Wednesday – 10am-9pm
*All stores are open unless otherwise noted.
Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores offers 400 designer names within 50 spacious village-style outlet shops and convenient store front parking, along with a number of one-of-a-kind retailers that can’t be found anywhere else in Central Florida and stores with unique merchandise priced at the deepest discounts. Shoppers can find “new” and “outlet exclusive merchandise” at the area’s only Old Navy outlet store. Rawlings Factory Store, featuring sporting goods, is one of only four in the world. The spacious Eddie Bauer Outlet is the only main clearance store for the retailer in the area. VF Outlet is one of only two in Orlando and offers illustrious brands loved by all, including Vanity Fair, Lee, Wrangler, Riders Reef, Majestic, Jansport and more. Big Dogs is the only Big Dogs store in Florida. Premium Swiss chocolatier Lindt’s only outlet store is at the center.
Real deals on designer-name merchandise abound throughout the center. Pack up and take home fabulous finds in luggage purchased at Samsonite and Travelpro. Avanti Sunglass Boutique offers a full line of sunglasses including Gucci, Dior, Prada and more, all at discount prices. The Character “Disney” Outlet features hundreds of items for less.
Other well-known outlet stores include the newly-opened U.S. Polo Assn. and remodeled Tommy Hilfiger and OshKosh B’Gosh, as well as Aeropostale, Calvin Klein, Carters, Converse, Crocs, dressbarn, Easy Spirit Shoes, Ecko Unltd also featuring Ecko Red, Famous Footwear Outlet, Fossil, Gap, G By Guess, Izod, Justice, Jones New York, Kasper, LOFT OUTLET-a brand of Ann Taylor, Inc., Levi’s® Outlet Store, Nike Factory Store, Nine West, Perfume Outlet, Rack Room Shoes, Reebok, SAS Shoes, Timberland Factory Store, Under Armour, Van Heusen, Watches & Silver, Wilsons Leather and many more.
At Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores, guests can find a food court, World of Coffee Internet Café and Frankie Farrell’s Irish Pub and Grille Restaurant. Stay on site at the Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa featuring 496 two, three & four bedroom, fully-furnished rooms. On top of the Resort lobby building is a 9,000 square foot spa – Reflections Spa & Salon.
Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores (www.lbvfs.com) is located just one mile from Walt Disney World at 15657 South Apopka Vineland Road (SR 535), Orlando, FL 32821 and two miles south of I-4, Exit 68.