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The Flora Market 🌸

Inspired by local architecture in the South Lake Eola area of Orlando lies Flora Market this market two buildings on opposite sites of a courtyard which houses local businesses in the Orlando area the aim to create unique shopping environments that invite guests to spend time perusing the market. Local businesses were chosen to amplify the connection to Orlando and embrace the third space concept encouraging locals to come and enjoy the park after their day or on a stroll in the park. This is further enhanced by monthly events hosted by the market tenants and pop up events that occur around the year.

The market plaza is anchored by a large planter with a tree inside providing shade and seats for guests to relax under. This plaza is utilized throughout the year when additional booths are set up to celebrate holidays and seasons with limited time pop-up events.

Longterm Tenants include:

♥️ The New Romantics: A book store that sells romance books of all genres alongside stickers and mementos that are relevant in the female gaze such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Caroenter, Chappell Roan, etc. Disney will be cosponsoring a monthly book club in the park that guests can sign up for and meet with new friends in the park talking about the books they just read.

💿 Park Avenue CDs: A music store that is known in the area for being a one stop shop for all your vinyl and CD needs. Hollywood Records will be partnering with Park Avenue CDs and have Disney Channel throwback listening parties in the park every second Thursday of the monthat 7 PM.

🕯️Maffrey’s: An eccentric home decor and more store! They’re known for carrying seasonal items to liven up the room as well as locally sourced candles and cocktail kits ready for mixing.

🐝 Golden Bee Fleurs: Rounding out the longterm tenants is the market’s very own florist! Here experts craft speciality bouquets alongside framed pressed flower bouquets. Every first and second Tuesday of the month a bouquet class is held in the park showcasing local and seasonal blooms, while every third and fourth Wednesday of the month flower pressing classes are held.

Pop-up Events

🍬 Sweethearts Market at Mickey Mouse Park: Guests will find local candy, novelty stationery and baked good companies alongside a pop-up location for Golden Bee Fleur during Valentines Day and its corresponding weekend.

🍯 Spring Blooms at Flora Market: Guests will find various farmers bringing in locally made honey, jams, jellies as well as ethically sourced fruits and vegetable baskets in celebration of Spring occurring every weekend of April.

🎄Holiday Night Market at Mickey Mouse Park: Guests will be able to find countless local vendors who set up shop not just in Flora Market but throughout the entire Mickey Mouse Park for the largest pop up event the park hosts every year. Additional food and beverage locations are open to to encourage guests to mill around and explore the park while enjoying the holiday magic and shopping.

Sunshine Cafe 🍊

To preserve the simplicity of Mickey Mouse Park, it was decided that there would be no ritzy sit-down restaurants, however, even with the presence of the rotating shops, the park would be lacking if it left guests without a permanent fixture to grab some grub at, so it instead features a more casual, simplified restaurant to fit in with the park’s goals. The Sunshine Café is the culinary center of Mickey Mouse Park, designed to provide a simple, down to earth location that forgoes the often elaborate style of the major theme parks’ dining experience in exchange for a chill environment which serves simple snacks throughout the day.

The exterior of the eatery is designed in the style of a 1950s American coffee shop, humble and meant to fit in with typical city architecture, but with more whimsy and creativity than the average minimalistic chain restaurant of today. The building, painted in a light shade of maroon, stands at a modest size, with wood trims on the side of the rectangular building leading into a curved roof, of which the front of is adorned with the café’s logo, as depicted by a neon sign. Each wall of the building is decorated with rounded windows, except for the west most side, which leads out into an open dining area, which looks out into the lake, with each outdoors table having a colorfully patterned umbrella attached to it, providing some shade for customers.

Once guests enter inside, they’ll be greeted to a very open interior, with plenty of space to navigate around tables, with mostly minimal furniture such as small houseplants dotted around, along with a few couches for guests to recline in. The whole aesthetic of the interior is designed to capture the typical feel of a local coffee shop, with the only nod to Disney’s branding being through the concept art for the different Disney parks that’s hung up on the walls. The restaurant is usually scored with a jazzy soundtrack that plays over speakers, however there is a stage in the corner where live musicians play a few times throughout the day.

The café has a relatively simple menu, offering up coffee and tea, as well as some treats, such as a small pastry selection in the morning, ice cream later in the day, or a few of Disney’s typical theme park offerings. The full menu can be found below:

the marketplace

The Flora Market 🌸

Longterm Tenants include:

Pop-up Events

Sunshine Cafe 🍊

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