SUPER WALMART: So, when you're relaxing in the princess room after early morning hours at Epcot, you've been thrown all over the place on rides, you've been on a hang glider over California and you've had a swim because it's sizzling hot - there is nothing that you want to hear your DH say more than "do you want to go to Walmart"?
With much excitement (from me - not from the kids, or even DH!), we jumped into our giant car and were on our way. I was looking forward to checking out the makeup/hair product section, and we needed some birthday cards for DH. Plus - if any of you have ever been to the
www.peopleofwalmart.com website, you will understand why I wanted to see it for myself!!
Now - this was not just any Walmart, it was SUPER Walmart!! The buidling is HUGE, the car park goes for miles, and as you walk through the doors there is a section where you can grab one of those zoomy sit on
scooter things that you see all over WDW. Sit while you shop!!
The place opens up in front of you and you can barely see the back wall - before you even enter the main shopping part, there are a whole bunch of separate "shops" at the front. All part of Walmart, and all ready to make this a one-stop experience. Walmart insurance office, Walmart hair salon, Walmart pharmacy, Walmart 1 hour photos and Walmart glasses. All of this PLUS a Subway, so you can eat lunch and not stop shopping!!
There is a giant grocery section, a clothing section, garden, tyres, fruit & veg, deli, meat, heaps of Disney stuff - everything!! We had a wander in the groceries - there is a cereal AISLE, they had a really big English food section which DH was impressed with, and their prices are amazing - $2 for a GIANT container of milk.
We headed to the back of the store, where, just past the suitcases and X-Boxes, they have the gun section.....yep - machine guns, pistols - what do you need? Lots of ammo too, so you never need to worry about running out!! This place is open 24 hours a day - so you can pop in and grab some baby formula and an M-16!!! (
Yes - I was horrified, I have a big love for America, but there are some things that happen there that make no sense to me. Also, we had seen what turned out to be a fatal car accident on the way to Walmart and it had shaken us up, so I was in a bit of a 'life is precious' mood.....stepping down from my high horse now).
DH took the kids to the Subway while I spent some time in my happy place - the makeup section!!! I can't believe the prices that we have to pay here!! I am not a makeup snob - I like bargain things as well as the glamorous stuff that you find at Sephora, there were things like Maybelline Great Lash mascara - a staple for me at about $17 from Big W - at Walmart it was $4.44!!! I threw lots of things into a basket and along with some birthday cards for DH and a couple of groceries, we had spent a grand total of $60!! Woohooo!!!
The lady at the check-out (one of about 50 check-outs) told us that the Brazilian tourists come and buy suitcases full of makeup and baby clothes, I can see why, the prices were fantastic!
So, we shopped, fed the kids and still came out with money in our pockets! Walmart is an experience that I am really glad I got to have, it is the absolute definition of the phrase "everything under one roof"! Loved it - again, if you have a car - it's a must do!!