Disneyland/D23 questions

[Figments Friend]

I attended my first D23 Expo last year....Mike, you might recall all the posts I did on the topic back at that time.
I did a LOT of reading and research before attending as over the years I had heard horror stories from other attendees and needed to get the facts.

I was very thankful I invested the large amount of time I did in researching, because if I went in un-informed and unprepared it would have likely turned into a dissapointing experience.
Because of my research, I was prepared and managed to avoid some real pit falls.
There were still stressful moments....and moments of utter confusion and stupidity ( Event entrance organization I am looking at you....)....but I achieved my main goal and came away quite happy.
It was exhausting and exhilitarting at the same time.
Well worth experiencing if you are a Parks fan, or just Disney fan in general even if for just once.

I highly recommend you take a look at the main thread here on WDWMagic from last years Expo to re-read some of those posts and view the multiple photos.
It will help guide you on the right path.
Just search ' D23 Expo 2015' in the News & Rumours section and start reading.
You will learn lots of tips, and get first hand accounts of both the awesomeness and ugliness that takes place.



For now, here are my basic tips -

Know your priorities.
Decide in advance what it is you really want to do and see and concentrate on those.
Accept well in advance that you will not get to do and see everything you wish to.
Choose two main targets and let whatever comes your way between or after them be a bonus.


Acquire 'StagePass' tickets if available for the panels you wish to see. These are free and are like FP.
Once you have entered the Convention Center, get in line right away for StagePass to score some for a lesser panel you wish to experience.
Popular panel passes 'sell out' fast ( although free ) .


The FULL official Expo schedule is not released until a week or two before the event, and ONLY via the free Expo app. The Expo website does NOT list the full and entire list of happenings.
You have been forewarned!
I learned this on my own last year and nearly missed a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The night before i left, i downloaded the app on a loaned iPad and looked over the schedule only to notice several things added that were missing on the website list.
I dont own a cell phone or other 'tech', so normally I would not have seen the app schedule differences.
I would have been extremely disappointed if I had learned I had missed that one happening due to lack of a full and proper listing on the website!


Friday morning is the craziest day for entering the venue.
Lines are the longest on this day as you have all the local collectors wanting to get in as early as possible to snatch up the coveted Limited Edition Expo Exclusive merchandise.
Not my thing, but eBay resellers in the fan community make their entrance ticket money back ten fold doing this.
People start lining up in the wee hours of the early morn, and last year they allowed overnight sleeping inside the venue.
There is a frenzied push to enter that morning.

Unless you insist on aquiring certain Limited Edition collectibles, or want to try to get into one of the main major panels that start in the morning, save yourself the headache (and possible sunburn ) and dont bother to line up in the morning.
Hold back and enter around 11am.
By that time the bulk of the lines to enter will be gone and you can waltz right in like Walt!
Spoken from personal experience.
Last year I arrived about 8:30 and it was a madhouse.
Stood in the hot sun for a few hours, took a hour or two just for the line I was in to enter after the ACC opened.
Saturday I held back and arrived around 11....no lines to get in! Bliss!



Bring your own snacks and smuggle in a beverage or two.
A WDW Resort Mug is a godsend. Fill it with ice, put it out of sight when you enter, and enjoy.
Food sold inside the Expo is expensive and just your typical fast food.
Lines are also very long and slow.
Outside the expo a collection of interesting alternative food options exists, including a fleet of food trucks that set up shop.
They are worth exploring if your tummy is grumbling.



Regarding Disneyland tickets -

'Discounted' tickets are sold through a official link from the Expo website once you purchase a Expo ticket.
They are also sold at the Expo via a official Disneyland counter.
I looked at them last year but they didn't seem to me to be much of a 'discount' when compared to regular all-day Park admission rates.
The Expo sold 'discounted' Disneyland tickets are only valid at the Theme Parks after 4pm, and for the price they were asking it seemed a bit much for a few hours.
Your mileage may vary.

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Hope this helps!


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[Mike S]

If I buy a two day ticket do I get to pick which days I go? Also is the schedule usually the same like the live action and parks being on the same day like last year?

 

[Figments Friend]

I honestly don't remember there being a two day option.
I recall the one day ticket option, and the full three.
Lots of folks attend for only Fri / Sat so there must be an option.


The schedule shifts year to year.
No guarantees for sure on day placements for anything from what I have observed watching from the sidelines over the years.
Typically the major panels such as live action, studio animation, Parks & Resorts, Legends ceremony, etc are 'front loaded' into the first half of the day they are scheduled ( morning, or early afternoon )
Last year a couple changed positions, I think it was the Legends and Live Action films panels.
They swapped days and times from the previous year if I am remembering right.

Basically, there are no definite guarantees.
The good news however is that they usually announce well in advance when the major panels like the above are happening.
Unlike the bulk of the Expo Schedule, the main panels everyone usually knows about long before the Expo takes place.

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[Mike S]

I attended my first D23 Expo last year....Mike, you might recall all the posts I did on the topic back at that time.
I did a LOT of reading and research before attending as over the years I had heard horror stories from other attendees and needed to get the facts.

I was very thankful I invested the large amount of time I did in researching, because if I went in un-informed and unprepared it would have likely turned into a dissapointing experience.
Because of my research, I was prepared and managed to avoid some real pit falls.
There were still stressful moments....and moments of utter confusion and stupidity ( Event entrance organization I am looking at you....)....but I achieved my main goal and came away quite happy.
It was exhausting and exhilitarting at the same time.
Well worth experiencing if you are a Parks fan, or just Disney fan in general even if for just once.

I highly recommend you take a look at the main thread here on WDWMagic from last years Expo to re-read some of those posts and view the multiple photos.
It will help guide you on the right path.
Just search ' D23 Expo 2015' in the News & Rumours section and start reading.
You will learn lots of tips, and get first hand accounts of both the awesomeness and ugliness that takes place.



For now, here are my basic tips -

Know your priorities.
Decide in advance what it is you really want to do and see and concentrate on those.
Accept well in advance that you will not get to do and see everything you wish to.
Choose two main targets and let whatever comes your way between or after them be a bonus.


Acquire 'StagePass' tickets if available for the panels you wish to see. These are free and are like FP.
Once you have entered the Convention Center, get in line right away for StagePass to score some for a lesser panel you wish to experience.
Popular panel passes 'sell out' fast ( although free ) .


The FULL official Expo schedule is not released until a week or two before the event, and ONLY via the free Expo app. The Expo website does NOT list the full and entire list of happenings.
You have been forewarned!
I learned this on my own last year and nearly missed a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The night before i left, i downloaded the app on a loaned iPad and looked over the schedule only to notice several things added that were missing on the website list.
I dont own a cell phone or other 'tech', so normally I would not have seen the app schedule differences.
I would have been extremely disappointed if I had learned I had missed that one happening due to lack of a full and proper listing on the website!


Friday morning is the craziest day for entering the venue.
Lines are the longest on this day as you have all the local collectors wanting to get in as early as possible to snatch up the coveted Limited Edition Expo Exclusive merchandise.
Not my thing, but eBay resellers in the fan community make their entrance ticket money back ten fold doing this.
People start lining up in the wee hours of the early morn, and last year they allowed overnight sleeping inside the venue.
There is a frenzied push to enter that morning.

Unless you insist on aquiring certain Limited Edition collectibles, or want to try to get into one of the main major panels that start in the morning, save yourself the headache (and possible sunburn ) and dont bother to line up in the morning.
Hold back and enter around 11am.
By that time the bulk of the lines to enter will be gone and you can waltz right in like Walt!
Spoken from personal experience.
Last year I arrived about 8:30 and it was a madhouse.
Stood in the hot sun for a few hours, took a hour or two just for the line I was in to enter after the ACC opened.
Saturday I held back and arrived around 11....no lines to get in! Bliss!



Bring your own snacks and smuggle in a beverage or two.
A WDW Resort Mug is a godsend. Fill it with ice, put it out of sight when you enter, and enjoy.
Food sold inside the Expo is expensive and just your typical fast food.
Lines are also very long and slow.
Outside the expo a collection of interesting alternative food options exists, including a fleet of food trucks that set up shop.
They are worth exploring if your tummy is grumbling.



Regarding Disneyland tickets -

'Discounted' tickets are sold through a official link from the Expo website once you purchase a Expo ticket.
They are also sold at the Expo via a official Disneyland counter.
I looked at them last year but they didn't seem to me to be much of a 'discount' when compared to regular all-day Park admission rates.
The Expo sold 'discounted' Disneyland tickets are only valid at the Theme Parks after 4pm, and for the price they were asking it seemed a bit much for a few hours.
Your mileage may vary.

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Hope this helps!


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I honestly don't remember there being a two day option.
I recall the one day ticket option, and the full three.
Lots of folks attend for only Fri / Sat so there must be an option.


The schedule shifts year to year.
No guarantees for sure on day placements for anything from what I have observed watching from the sidelines over the years.
Typically the major panels such as live action, studio animation, Parks & Resorts, Legends ceremony, etc are 'front loaded' into the first half of the day they are scheduled ( morning, or early afternoon )
Last year a couple changed positions, I think it was the Legends and Live Action films panels.
They swapped days and times from the previous year if I am remembering right.

Basically, there are no definite guarantees.
The good news however is that they usually announce well in advance when the major panels like the above are happening.
Unlike the bulk of the Expo Schedule, the main panels everyone usually knows about long before the Expo takes place.

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As I've said I'm mostly interested in seeing the parks and animation panels. If scheduling prevents me from going to animation but I could still go to live action that would be fine too. After those I'll be ok just walking around.

What are some examples of the smaller panels? Also, the thing you're happy that you caught and didn't miss... It had to do with Tony Baxter didn't it?

 

[Stevek]

Went to the first 2, decided to never go again after the second one. The fact that it took 2 hours or so just to get in...I didn't pay to waste my day just trying to get into the convention center. And people are smelly.

 

[TP2000]

The hectic crowds at the Expo shouldn't be a problem, but they are. And it's not good. It's why I avoid the Expo entirely except for the WDI pavilion.

The issue stems from all these corporate Burbank types who have no idea how to handle crowds. And yet right across the street is Disneyland where all these 10 dollar an hour CM's handle 75,000 people a day, seven days a week, gracefully and efficiently. The Burbank types don't have that skill set, and it shows. Painfully.

This last Expo across from the WDI area was an obscure and inconsequential division of Disney called "Maker Studios". Looking on Google, Maker Studios was bought by Disney and makes short videos for cell phones that have no actual business case and will never make a profit. But they include the word "Millenial" in their business plan, so it works for at least another two or three years. http://www.makerstudios.com/about

Anyway, there was this Maker Studios boss in the stereotypical West Los Angeles Middle Aged White Hipster Circa 2012-2015 uniform and she was completely losing her mind over a line for another booth getting too close to her Maker Studios booth. Like going completely bonkers, with a few expletives, and just throwing a tantrum. A 40 year old woman in knee-high boots throwing a tantrum in public is never attractive, but this one set a new standard. She was a lot like this lady...



Whoever Maker Studios is and whatever it is they do, their entire executive team combined has a tiny sliver of the amount of class that the average crowd control CM working the fireworks show on Main Street USA has. But Disney doesn't let the Disneyland managers run the Expo, and they obviously don't let professional event planners and managers of any sort plan and run the Expo. Instead, it's a sea of Burbank fiefdoms all throwing West LA attitude-tantrums and just sort of acting messy and sloppy while crowds merge and long lines blur.

No one working the D23 Expo appears to be in charge. No one working D23 Expo appears to know what to do, or how to act. Everyone working D23 Expo is wearing a color-coded lanyard and pretending.

I only go for the WDI pavilion, and then take a stroll to marvel at the Burbank cluelessness on the show floor.

 

[216bruce]

The hectic crowds at the Expo shouldn't be a problem, but they are. And it's not good. It's why I avoid the Expo entirely except for the WDI pavilion.

The issue stems from all these corporate Burbank types who have no idea how to handle crowds. And yet right across the street is Disneyland where all these 10 dollar an hour kids handle 75,000 people a day, seven days a week, gracefully and efficiently. The Burbank types don't have that skill set, and it shows. Painfully.

This last Expo across from the WDI area was an obscure and inconsequential division of Disney called "Maker Studios". Looking on Google, Maker Studios was bought by Disney and makes short videos for cell phones that have no actual business case and will never make a profit. But they include the word "Millenial" in their business plan, so it works for at least another two or three years. http://www.makerstudios.com/about

Anyway, there was this Maker Studios boss in the stereotypical West Los Angeles Middle Aged White Hipster Circa 2012-2015 uniform and she was completely losing her mind over a line for another booth getting too close to her Maker Studios booth. Like going completely bonkers, with a few expletives, and just throwing a tantrum. A 40 year old woman in knee-high boots throwing a tantrum in public is never attractive, but this one set a new standard. She was a lot like this lady...



Whoever Maker Studios is and whatever it is they do, their entire executive team combined has a tiny sliver of the amount of class that the average crowd control CM working the fireworks show on Main Street USA has. But Disney doesn't let the Disneyland managers run the Expo, and they obviously don't let professional event planners and managers of any sort plan and run the Expo. Instead, it's a sea of Burbank fiefdoms all throwing West LA attitude-tantrums and just sort of acting messy and sloppy while crowds merge and long lines blur.

No one working the D23 Expo appears to be in charge. No one working D23 Expo appears to know what to do, or how to act. Everyone working D23 Expo is wearing a color-coded lanyard and pretending.

I only go for the WDI pavilion, and then take a stroll to marvel at the Burbank cluelessness on the show floor.

I can't say I disagree at all. It's kind of like the volunteers and staff realize that the position they are in is unwinnable, so they just try to stay positive and smile. I'm actually grateful that I'll be on a DCL next summer when this is going on so there's no temptation. Last years experience was so negative that I'm just coming out of a Disney sabbatical now.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

The hectic crowds at the Expo shouldn't be a problem, but they are. And it's not good. It's why I avoid the Expo entirely except for the WDI pavilion.

The issue stems from all these corporate Burbank types who have no idea how to handle crowds. And yet right across the street is Disneyland where all these 10 dollar an hour kids handle 75,000 people a day, seven days a week, gracefully and efficiently. The Burbank types don't have that skill set, and it shows. Painfully.

This last Expo across from the WDI area was an obscure and inconsequential division of Disney called "Maker Studios". Looking on Google, Maker Studios was bought by Disney and makes short videos for cell phones that have no actual business case and will never make a profit. But they include the word "Millenial" in their business plan, so it works for at least another two or three years. http://www.makerstudios.com/about

Anyway, there was this Maker Studios boss in the stereotypical West Los Angeles Middle Aged White Hipster Circa 2012-2015 uniform and she was completely losing her mind over a line for another booth getting too close to her Maker Studios booth. Like going completely bonkers, with a few expletives, and just throwing a tantrum. A 40 year old woman in knee-high boots throwing a tantrum in public is never attractive, but this one set a new standard. She was a lot like this lady...



Whoever Maker Studios is and whatever it is they do, their entire executive team combined has a tiny sliver of the amount of class that the average crowd control CM working the fireworks show on Main Street USA has. But Disney doesn't let the Disneyland managers run the Expo, and they obviously don't let professional event planners and managers of any sort plan and run the Expo. Instead, it's a sea of Burbank fiefdoms all throwing West LA attitude-tantrums and just sort of acting messy and sloppy while crowds merge and long lines blur.

No one working the D23 Expo appears to be in charge. No one working D23 Expo appears to know what to do, or how to act. Everyone working D23 Expo is wearing a color-coded lanyard and pretending.

I only go for the WDI pavilion, and then take a stroll to marvel at the Burbank cluelessness on the show floor.

The parks offer to run Expo operations every time, and every time D23 turns them down. Unreal.

 

[TP2000]

The parks offer to run Expo operations every time, and every time D23 turns them down. Unreal.

Wow. They've had four of these Expos over the last seven years, and they still don't ask for help?!?

Either the Burbank bosses are too insulated from reality to know how messy D23 Expo is, or they are too stupid to know any better. What's scary is that it's probably a combination of those two things.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Wow. They've had four of these Expos over the last seven years, and they still don't ask for help?!?

Either the Burbank bosses are too insulated from reality to know how messy D23 Expo is, or they are too stupid to know any better. What's scary is that it's probably a combination of those two things.

The D23 division is a hot mess and has been since day 1. Constant turnover, no sense of purpose. When you ask people to pay to be part of a Disney fan club, and then give them Radio Disney content...you're out of touch with your core demo.

 

[Figments Friend]

As I've said I'm mostly interested in seeing the parks and animation panels. If scheduling prevents me from going to animation but I could still go to live action that would be fine too. After those I'll be ok just walking around.

What are some examples of the smaller panels? Also, the thing you're happy that you caught and didn't miss... It had to do with Tony Baxter didn't it?

I felt very lucky to get into the Parks & Resorts panel last year without having to line up the night before, or even that morning.
I had asumed I didn't stand a snowballs chance in a Southern Californian August of getting in without having to wait in a long line for three or four hours, but guess what...?
I took a chance on a whim and only waited one hour to enter.
One hour..if even that.
It was a nice unexpected surprise after reading the tales from others about their long waits.
'Beginnings luck'....or just the fact the room it was held in was twice the size of previous years...?
Perhaps both.

I had been told that to get into Parks, Live Action, or Legends, one would need to 'camp out' for hours.
When I was doing my research this kept coming up...'get there early'!....'waited for five hours'.....'I lined up at 5am'...etc.
Because of this, and after the insanity of the morning entrance procedure and massive lines, I made no attempt to try for three of the four major panels.

I passed on the Legends Ceremony as I figured it would be insane with George Lucas previously announced to appear. I wanted to go for Glenn Keane and Danny Elfman, but figured all the 'Star Wars' fans would be all lined up hours in advance to see George.
Also did not attempt to try for the Live Action panel with all the 'celebrity appearances' rumors.
I'm a huge animation fan, but passed on the Animation panel as I knew it would be Pixar heavy and I'm not a fan of that aspect.
I DID try for Parks as besides animation it was a major interest.
I also knew something major was going to be announced and I wanted to be in the audience to experience the reactions from the crowd.
That was great, exspecially the extremely lukewarm response to the topic of 'Frozen Ever After' ( I kid not...the room went dead! )

So the morale is - try for the major panels if you really want to get in, even if just a hour or an hour and a half ahead of showtime and you just might make it!



Now , about the scheduling differences between the official Expo website, and the Expo app -

The differences I spoke of was the smaller panels and autograph signing sessions.
The 'smaller' panels are a eccentric mix of various topics, and offer a more intimate setting compared to the huge halls the 'majors' take place in.
Some examples of the ones from last year I can remember off the top of my head were a Jungle Cruise anniversary panel, a Charlie Ridgeway slideshow of Disneyland nostalgia, a chat with Marty Sklar ( primarily tied into his then recent book release ), a 20th Anniversary panel celebrating 'A Goofy Movie', and a panel about the history of scoring music for Disney cartoons and feature films through the years.
There were many more.
Most of these were listed on the website, a couple were added last minute.
I chose the '60 Years of Disneyland' panel with various Imagineers past and present.

The various signings and 'celebrity' appearances however are another matter.
Most were only listed on the app version of the Expo schedule.
Only the app had the full list of all appearances at the various merch locations, booths, stages, autograph spots, and meet & greet areas on the main Show Floor.
The website had the major panels and major events taking place.

So if wanted the basics, and the main panel offerings, the website had it listed.
BUT....if you wanted to know if Marty was doing a book signing, or Disney artists were appearing to do some sketches, tv actors, music talent, or your favorite Imagineer / Mentor were appearing, you were out of luck if you only looked on the website list - only the app listed all of these AND the items listed on the website.

Lesson learned - use the website until the app is launched, but plan your ultimate strategy only using the Expo app schedule list.
If I remember right, the app is available two weeks before the event.
I actually still have it on that iPad.....free 'souvenir'..!

In my case, I nearly missed having the opportunity to meet Tony Baxter because of this.
For weeks leading up to the Expo, I was looking to see if he was appearing at any of the panels ( he attends every year and usually does appear at a panel ).
I took a couple of guesses at where he might show up panel wise based on his interests, but I didn't know for sure until I had the opportunity to download the Expo app on that borrowed iPad.
Tony's name came up right where I had guessed where he would be ( 60 Years of Disneyland ) and ALSO found out he was doing a signing appearance with others related to the 'Figment' comic release.
This was learned the night before I flew out to CA.
Eek.
Talk about a sigh of relief....the main reason I was going to the Expo in the first place was primarily for that chance!

I was pretty miffed that the website list i had been studying for weeks ahead was only the major events...and NOT the general Show Floor appearance / entertainment list or 'smaller' panels.

It was a happy ending however....
Saw Tony at the panel, met him the next day, and the added bonus is Tom Morris being at the signing to.
Not every day you get to stand around with those two and talk about my favorite Attraction ever ( the 'Original' Journey Into Imagination ) that they both worked on and talk about its possible future.

So yeah, you guessed right Mike!
It was all about Tony!



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[Figments Friend]

The parks offer to run Expo operations every time, and every time D23 turns them down. Unreal.

Wow indeed.

I thought there were CM volunteers involved in some aspects of the Expo?
Perhaps that is only running the official Disneyland ticket booth and select entertainment appearances..?

Last year, Sunday morning entry was a far more enjoyable experience then Friday ( brutally bad ).
Saturday I missed the entry line insanity as I decided to wait and enter later that morning.
Sunday I needed to be there early however, so off I went to stand in those long lines again.
This time though....it was different.
Better.

There were CMs going up and down the lines playing games with people waiting and handing out small prizes such as trading pins.
They were dressed differently then the Expo staff and had DLR nametags.
There was none of this cheerfulness in the entry lines the previous day(s) .

Those CMs made a big difference by just those simple attempts to have some fun and engage with people sweating in line waiting to enter.
I remember thinking at the time that the Expo folks must have gotten the message that people were ticked off and tried to ease the issue by calling in some recruits from the Park.
The difference between the Friday experience and Sunday was like night and day.
They were even holding signs up telling you where the end of the line was to clarify what had been a major issue previous days.

I remember there being a bit of press that weekend about the negative experiences people were having just getting into the place.
Even made the local tv news if I am remembering right.

Nothing like 'bad press' to help make a few positive changes.


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[Curious Constance]

Whatever happens at the Expo @Mike S the important thing is that you track down Bob Iger for me, give him a smooch right on the lips, and whisper this message from me, "Connie poo is ready for her Bobby Boo."

It's super important you say it just like that.

Okay????

 

[Mike S]

Whatever happens at the Expo @Mike S the important thing is that you track down Bob Iger for me, give him a smooch right on the lips, and whisper this message from me, "Connie poo is ready for her Bobby Boo."

It's super important you say it just like that.

Okay????

If I run into him I'll probably slap him across the face saying "WHY DO YOU HATE EPCOT?!?!?!"

The more likely scenario however is that I would only daydream that and awkwardly shake his hand.

 

[Californian Elitist]

If I run into him I'll probably slap him across the face saying "WHY DO YOU HATE EPCOT?!?!?!"

The more likely scenario however is that I would only daydream that and awkwardly shake his hand.

I would never shake that man's hand. Someone like Tony Baxter is much more worthy of a hand shake from me.

 

[216bruce]

The D23 division is a hot mess and has been since day 1. Constant turnover, no sense of purpose. When you ask people to pay to be part of a Disney fan club, and then give them Radio Disney content...you're out of touch with your core demo.

I was a charter member of D23 and quit it with the expiration of last years membership. There used to be cool trips (Marceline and Palm Springs), awesome little videocasts on The Archives and stuff for "Disney Geeks". It felt 'real' and from the heart. Plenty of stuff for Disney history and Walt nerds and the magazine started out as much, much more than the glossy press release and ad it ended up being. The final straw was the mess of the Expos, especially last years. I'm a very well organized person, patient, willing to give the benefit of the doubt and polite to a fault, but unless you have one singular goal (meeting or seeing one person or panel/presentation per day) you just leave disappointed and disillusioned about how little the company itself actually cares about its hard-core fans and the mad grab by those fans for spots in line, free stuff, seats, etc. In a word it was 'ugly'. So, for me, Disney is 'just another company' now. I really don't defend them much anymore, I spend MUCH less on parks and merch than I have for the past twenty years or so. Apart from DCL and ABD (which just cancelled my trip and honked me off) I don't have much of a desire to be a part of the 'Magic' anymore. Actually considering selling my DVC too. There's a line from I think "Fever Pitch" about Jimmy Fallon's character 'loving' the Red Sox with all his heart and soul. The line is "Yeah, but have the Red Sox ever loved you back?" I realized at the Expo last year that I was that character and needed to reassess my relationship with this decades long "thing" I had for Disney. So, thanks D23! There is a life outside of Disney.

 

[Phroobar]

I think most Disney fans take this stuff way to seriously. D23 is just a big advertisement for upcoming items and nothing more. You actually pay for the right to see their advertisement. Now a days, going to a convention like this is expensive, exhausting and a waste of time. You can see all of it on line from any fan site. There is no reason to go anymore. I feel the same way about San Diego Comic Con and any Star Wars Celebration. It's too much effort paid out for something I can see on screen. The only thing that is any fun at those shows is the cos-players and taking pictures with them.

 

[yookeroo]

Whatever happens at the Expo @Mike S the important thing is that you track down Bob Iger for me, give him a smooch right on the lips, and whisper this message from me, "Connie poo is ready for her Bobby Boo."

It's super important you say it just like that.

Okay????

To really seal the deal, there probably should be some tongue action.

 

[Phroobar]

 

[ForeverAnna]

How can he look that serious standing next to Winnie the Pooh.