Overview
- Public Disney Careers listings show the company is hiring merchandise and inventory roles for a new Character Warehouse at Tampa Premium Outlets, which signals operations planning is under way.
- Disney has not issued a formal announcement naming the store’s exact suite or an opening date, so specific launch details remain unconfirmed.
- The Tampa site would restore a third Florida outlet after the Sawgrass Mills location closed earlier this year and complement the two existing Orlando-area stores.
- Character Warehouse outlets sell official Walt Disney World overstock and retired items at steep markdowns, creating a shifting ‘treasure hunt’ inventory where stock varies by shipment from the parks.
- Disney now enforces final-sale outlet terms to deter resale, and the new store is likely to draw high demand and long lines while giving West Coast Florida shoppers a closer option for discounted park merchandise.