I went to the Amazing Party Store last night for the first time since I was in the area and I wanted to see what they have.
This store is in such a terrible spot. It is not on a normal street. You have to enter from a specific street in order to find it due to all the fences around that general area. From the front of the store you can see the highway and the back of the Cineplex movie theatre. I don't know why any business would want to have their store there.
At the entrance there are a few tents. There are discounted costumes and a couple of decorations there. Then you can enter the actual store. Most of the items suck. They are terrible quality and the prices reflect that. All the Halloween makeup is crap. They do not sell quality makeup. They have some cool licensed masks. The packaged costumes suck - including their licensed ones.The change rooms suck. I only went there to try on a pair of high heels. I saw other reviewers post that you can only try on 2 costumes at a time.
If you want to buy stuff for Halloween, go to Spirit Halloween. That store is so clean and organized. You can try on 3 costumes at a time and you don't have to hand in slips. That's such non-sense! Simply bring the costumes to the change room. Spirit also sells better quality decor and animatronics.
Back to Amazing... I did find a nice big decoration that I liked. I bought it so my trip wouldn't be a total waste. I will never go back to that store again. It's no worth it all. Dollarama has better stuff. That's sad. If you want to purchase any kind of party items, I recommend Party Rock Ave on Avenue Road. It's a smaller store, but they have many great items.
I also find it laughable that they have somebody watching the cameras to catch shoplifters. I get it, but I heard an announcement in the store last night saying "Make sure security is watching the cameras at all times!!!" It was said twice in a row. It was sooooo tacky. They have nothing worth stealing!!! It was truly pathetic.