DHS 20th anniversary official events revealed

[brkgnews]

WDW Celebrations (full disclosure: I'm on the core team) is reporting that it has learned from management that the park will open early on 5/1. There will be a special rope-drop commemorative ceremony, and special sessions with Imagineers who helped create the park. Also some other goodies, including merch and special offerings at restaurants. Full details here...
http://www.wdwcelebrations.com/

 

[NX2I85]

Thanks for sharing. I suppose this is what passes as sweet news these days.

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Awesome.

Are they hard ticketing the Imagineering sessions AND are Studio 20 registrants going to have passes (like the 25th's Marty Sklar discussion)?

 

[NemoRocks78]

Sweet

 

[jedimaster1227]

Are they hard ticketing the Imagineering sessions AND are Studio 20 registrants going to have passes (like the 25th's Marty Sklar discussion)?

The WDI Panel sessions are open to the public, meaning seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. As for seating tickets for S20 registrants, that has yet to be determined/announced.

 

[brkgnews]

Awesome.

Are they hard ticketing the Imagineering sessions AND are Studio 20 registrants going to have passes (like the 25th's Marty Sklar discussion)?

I personally don't have those details just yet... some of the core team members who were directly involved in the discussions with management can probably answer.

I'm just the graphics goon of the operation


EDIT: yeah... what Adam said.

 

[Matpez]

Awesome.

Are they hard ticketing the Imagineering sessions AND are Studio 20 registrants going to have passes (like the 25th's Marty Sklar discussion)?

Either way, our schedule has now been updated to add these events and be sure all of our attendees should be able to attend without issue.
And... Anniversary Cupcakes!

 

[Lee]

Hmmm...now that the deal has been sweetened somewhat, I may have to pop in that day.

 

[loweyan]

Plus I will say, the Disney operations staff were drooling when they talked about the cupcakes

But the premiere theatre holds 1000, and it is first come first served for the day. We have worked with them about hard ticketing for S20 attendees and we are hopefully that they will be able to help us out.

 

[Spyne]

Really great to hear there will be things happening on the official front with Disney. Even though I won't be there for it, I'll definitely be following everything online.

 

[brkgnews]

Hmmm...now that the deal has been sweetened somewhat, I may have to pop in that day.

I'm reminded of Jim Gaffigan's discussions of cake in the conference room.

 

[InnovationsWDW]

Hi everyone, Jose from WDWCelebrations popping in. I have to say this just made that weekend a lot more entertaining. The cupcakes was the dealbreaker

 

[Tinkrbell]

I work at Epcot that day, but not till the afternoon. I think I may be getting up early to be there.

 

[EpcotServo]

I will be there on May 1st, you betta' believe it!

Other than the Imagineer session, I won't be sticking around for the meets...so I'm just gonna' crash your guys' party when I see you....
:lol:

 

[mickeysaver]

:sohappy: I am super happy to see this news! :sohappy:

I adjusted my ADR's so that I am free to stay at DHS for as long as I feel like it without feeling pressured to leave to go see Remy at Chefs. I was happy to find that I could rebook my ADR at Chefs and HBD at my choice of times to make these changes workable in my itinerary without missing out on things that I wanted to do.

I guess I will be registering with the unofficial celebrations gathering now, since it makes total sense to me to be at DHS all day on May 1st. :sohappy:

 

[steener618]

What? They could'nt do Sorcery in the Sky just for the heck of it? :lookaroun

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

VERY, VERY nice offerings they are putting on. Wish it was a bigger deal but we all know how that goes...*coughEPCOT23AnimalKingdom10cough*

What? They could'nt do Sorcery in the Sky just for the heck of it? :lookaroun

That would be epic. Are they even doing Fantasmic that night?:lookaroun

 

[JWG]

The WDI Panel sessions are open to the public, meaning seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. As for seating tickets for S20 registrants, that has yet to be determined/announced.

Good to hear from you! I personally, not speaking for others, miss your updates and info.

 

[JWG]

VERY, VERY nice offerings they are putting on. Wish it was a bigger deal but we all know how that goes...*coughEPCOT23AnimalKingdom10cough*

Epcot 23? I was there in 2005 and completely missed this event!

 

[wdwmagic]

That would be epic. Are they even doing Fantasmic that night?:lookaroun

No Fantasmic that day, and a 7pm close.