Wonderland of the Americas

Ok… i’ve been coming to this mall since it was Wonderland Mall. Then it became Crossroads Mall. Now its Wonderland of the Americas Mall. Call me a sentimental fool… but…I guess I’m kinda loyal that way. Anyway… let’s start with some of the reasons why. First off… Steinmart. I love this store. Lots of boutique & name brand items. Then there’s Burlington Coat Factory which has everything you can imagine. It recently downsized to two floors from thtee.
(remember when this was Rhoads Department store?) There is a nice little food court & a greeeeat little coffee shop. There is a Hobby Lobby for crafters, Ross Dress for Less, & Target. All good solid stores to shop in. Some inside the mall… some outside the mall on the mall property.
There is even a Bijou movie theatre. (Free movies on Thurs check for schedule first) The mall sometimes has free concerts, car shows, & arts & jewelry vendors in the mall ocassionally. Over the years they opted to open Career Point College & some medical & healthcare practitioners (dentist, doctors).
One thing i could recommend is for the mall to consider upgrading to have more upscale stores again in the mall. Shoppers want boutique stores & upscale stores to come to.
The way i see it there are more pluses to this mall than negatives. Guess i root for the underdog. Like i said… loyal. Also lots of folks walk this mall in the morning so if you want a clean, safe place to exercise come here.
There is VIA bus service directly to this mall.

This mall is so weird and sad. I’m sure the lower-​end discount stores are what keep this place in business because the general conglomeration of businesses is just bizarre. They have the school in one end so there are frequently very low-​key «fashion shows» in the middle of the space. The «Little Shops» have the most random vendors you could think of — you can get your palm read, shop for a quinceañera dress, get a $ 5 Chinese massage, and shop for comic memorabilia all in one go. Whatever floats your boat. Personally I can’t stand it here, it just depresses me and the shop selection is just poor. Nothing wonderful about this wonderland at all.

Has a few stores. Most of the places look closed down. Some stores have good clothing selection but I think there’s better options elsewhere.

This is probably the saddest mall in town. You can’t help but feel bad for it. It’s easy to see how nice it could be with a little bit of investment.
It has a few large, anchor type stores, but not much else. The outside perimeter has a Target Super center, a Burlington Coat Factory, a Stein Mart, a Ross Dress for Less, the Santikos Bijou theater and a western-​wear/​boot store. The type of anchor stores a mall has is very indicative of what the inside of the mall will be like. I will point out that with the exception of the western-​wear shop and the movie theater, the anchors tend to skew, lower end. The inside of the mall has a flea market like section on the second floor. I see this is the mall owners last grasp at trying to stay open. It also has a beauty school, a small food court and lots of medical offices. It’s kind of incongruous. I can’t imagine getting my teeth cleaned at the mall.

Monster con was fun expect would have been nice if the booths were already set up at 10 and not just setting up… if I had known that was the case I would have gone later in the day

I don’t think this mall is THAT bad. No it’s not the prime place to people watch or try and score chicks or stand around looking cool, or what ever it is that other people judge as making a mall good. Yes, it is in «decline» but it’s always clean and there always seems to be some event going on. Yes, there are several empty units but the last few times I have gone it wasn’t a ghost town or anything. Burlington Coat Factory is AWESOME. The employees are meh, but I always find stuff I like in there. Hobby Lobby has an entrance within the mall, which I also like. AND there is a Quiznos inside the food court which is also bitchin’. It’s a little strange that they have a doctor’s office in one of the units on the first floor so there are a lot of sickly people waiting outside it whenever I walk by. There is also on the 2^nd floor a little boutique that a very nice lady runs. I think I’d go there more often if there were more small shops ran by local folks in there. I think there is a marketplace with local wares but I didn’t peruse it, it seemed a little jumbled. The one downside is that Target doesn’t have a mall entrance (I found that out the hard way.) Overall, it ain’t so bad. I’d hate to see the whole place get shut down so I’ll keep taking my business there.

I’ve been trying to figure out why do they call it a mall? The only thing to like is Burlington Coat Factory.

Probably one of the lamest malls in San Antonio. Which is a damn shame considering its kick ass location off I10 and 410. There is nothing here, just an eerily empty mall with closed doors everywhere. This is a mall for old people and very young kids (the arcade). I don’t know anyone who shops at Stein Mart or Burlington Coat Factory. The only redeemable thing about Crossroads is the Bijou Theater.
How the hell does this place stay open with no stores and no customers?

Crossroads Mall is like a dying star, with all but the last few glimmers of light gone. That said, it does have a few things going for it:
1. It’s home to Bijou Theater, a unique cinema that plays indie and foreign films. If you avoid the food and just kick back to watch a movie, you can have a pretty enjoyable experience there.
2. If you are a fan of Hobby Lobby, Burlington Coat Factory or Radio Shack, this is your place. If you are not, you probably belong elsewhere.
3. Balcones Heights Jazz Festival! This is the one time of year Crossroads is hoppin’. The music is stellar and the place is packed. With the musicians playing in front of a gleaming, shiny pool, the scent of BBQ lingering in the summer air, and the sun slowly setting, you can almost imagine what Crossroads was like back in its glory days.
4. The arcade by the food court actually looks like a pretty popular place to hang out, especially if you are of the 8 to 20 year old male persuasion.
That’s about it for Crossroad’s appeal. Occasionally I wonder in (during the well-​lit day hours, mind you) and find at least a few things to occupy myself. Oh, one more feature of Crossroads: you can always find parking. Score!

I swear this mall has been dying before San Antonio’s very eyes since at least the ‘90s…