LIVE UPDATES: D23 Expo - WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS Presentation 6:30pm EDT

wdwmagic

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This thread is to cover the main event of D23 Expo, the Walt Disney parks and Resorts presentation. If any new projects are to be announced, this is where it will take place.

Presented by Tom Staggs at 3:30pm local time, 6:30pm EDT.

NOTE: There is no live video stream of the event available.

This thread will just cover the Parks and Resorts element of D23.


UPDATES will appear here from 6:30pm EDT

6:30pm EDT - Scheduled start time
6:32pm EDT - Still not started - running a little late
6:32pm EDT - 10 minute delay announced
6:35pm EDT - New start time of 6:40pm EDT
6:41pm EDT - Presentation now beginning
6:45pm EDT - This is a long 10 minutes. Still waiting to start
6:49pm EDT - We are underway!
6:51pm EDT - Parks video montage now playing
6:52pm EDT - Mickey Mouse on stage!
6:53pm EDT - Mickey Mouse is rocking the drums on stage
6:55pm EDT - Articulating head Mickey now introducing Tom Staggs
6:55pm EDT - Mickey having live onstage conversation with Tom Staggs
6:57pm EDT - Mickey now leaving the stage and Tom is addressing the audience
6:58pm EDT - Tom is talking about the various projects underway around the world
7:04pm EDT - Tom now talking about Fantasyland
7:05pm EDT - Bruce Vaughn from WDI now on stage
7:06pm EDT - Bruce is talking about the creative process that goes into a project like Fantasyland
7:07pm EDT - Video of Fantasyland digital model
7:09pm EDT - "Taking meet and greets to a whole new level"
7:09pm EDT - Lumiere coming to life in the Beauty and the Beast area
7:11pm EDT - Snow White Coaster - "our best family coaster"
7:14pm EDT - Now showing a partial CGI ride through of the Snow White coaster
7:15pm EDT - Bruce Vaughn now leaving the stage
7:16pm EDT - Tom Staggs now talking Hawaii DVC
7:26pm EDT - Videos including Seven Dwarfs ride through now at http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Fantasyland/Video.htm
7:35pm EDT - Shanghai Disneyland castle will have a ride passing through the castle as a finale
7:38pm EDT - Take a detailed look at Shanghai DL castle http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/08/enchanted-storybook-castle-at-shanghai-disneyland/
7:40pm EDT - Now talking DCA expansion and Cars Land with Kathy Magnum
7:51pm EDT - Disneyland Resort President now on stage talking about the changes at Disneyland
7:55pm EDT - Personalized experiences at Disneyland announced with Fantasy Faire
7:57pm EDT - Presentation now over - no new announcements for additions to WDW
 
wm49rs

wm49rs

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wdwmagic said:
This thread is to cover the main event of D23 Expo, the Walt Disney parks and Resorts presentation. If any new projects are to be announced, this is where it will take place.

Presented by Tom Staggs at 3:30pm local time, 6:30pm EDT.

NOTE: There is no live video stream of the event available.
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Are there any live streams for the D23 Expo available?
 
Captain Chaos

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wm49rs said:
That's a little disappointing. Too many D23 members are able to make this trip. It would have been nice for Disney to set something up along those lines.
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Then no one would go and keep attendance low...

Looking fowrd to the announcements (even though I don't think we will be given any surprises)...
 
Kamikaze

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dxer07002 said:
Then no one would go and keep attendance low...

Looking fowrd to the announcements (even though I don't think we will be given any surprises)...
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It doesn't really work like that. Disney can make it worth the trip even if the conferences were televised. Does BlizzCon, E3, etc not sell out because you can get the feeds at home? Of course not. BlizzCon (in the same building as D23, using more room, and with higher ticket prices) sold out in SECONDS. Literally. And they sell thousands more $40 watch at home feeds. No reason Disney couldn't do the same, other than that they don't know how to market and promote the D23 Expo.
 
Captain Chaos

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Kamikaze said:
It doesn't really work like that. Disney can make it worth the trip even if the conferences were televised. Does BlizzCon, E3, etc not sell out because you can get the feeds at home? Of course not. BlizzCon (in the same building as D23, using more room, and with higher ticket prices) sold out in SECONDS. Literally. And they sell thousands more $40 watch at home feeds. No reason Disney couldn't do the same, other than that they don't know how to market and promote the D23 Expo.
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Maybe you are right... I know I don't desire to attend these conventions... Actually, I'm shocked Disney hasn't tried to cash in on the paid home feeds...
 
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Admiral01

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wdwmagic said:
UPDATES will appear here from 6:30pm EDT
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Are you going to be staying up past 11:30 PM BST to see what happens? I thought 6:30 PM EST was a long time to wait on a Friday for some excitement...but you have to wait all the way until nearly midnight! Good think it is a Friday.
 
Fractal514

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dxer07002 said:
Then no one would go and keep attendance low...

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Bull.

Blizzcon is webcast live and it still sells out. Somehow, the thought of being at D23 and watching on the internet just don't equal. If you can and want to go, you will, if you can't, at least you could catch it on the web.
 

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