D23 has launched the total schedule for Destination D23, which is from September 8 to 10, 2023 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
Destination D23 Schedule
Friday, September 8, 2023
7 a.m. – 8 p.m. : Guest Services / International Credential Pick-Up Open
East Registration
Shopping Check-In Open
*Please don’t arrive greater than 60 minutes earlier than your scheduled procuring time.
Porte Cochere
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. : Gift Pick-Up Open
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 2
Mickey’s of Glendale Shopping Open
Ballroom of the Americas, 2nd Floor
The Walt Disney Company Store
Grand Republic Ballroom D, 2nd Floor
Ink & Paint Marketplace
Grand Republic Ballroom B, 2nd Floor
Please notice: Reservations required to entry the procuring places on Friday, September 8!
8 a.m. – 8 p.m.: Mickey’s of Glendale RSP Pick-Up
West Registration
The Walt Disney Company Store RSP Pick-Up
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 2
9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.: The Plausible Impossible 60 Years of Disney
Audio-Animatronics® Technology
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 3
Saturday, September 9, 2023
7 a.m.: Queue for each General Seating and Preferred Seating Opens
(Please don’t arrive earlier than this time – no official queue shall be accessible till 7 a.m. and unofficial queues is not going to be honored.)
Disney’s Contemporary Resort Convention Center, 1st Floor Lobby
7 a.m. – 8 p.m.: Guest Services / International Credential Pick-Up Open
East Registration
7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: The Plausible Impossible 60 Years of Disney
Audio-Animatronics® Technology
(closed throughout displays)
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 3
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Mickey’s of Glendale Shopping Open
Ballroom of the Americas, 2nd Floor
The Walt Disney Company Store
Grand Republic Ballroom D, 2nd Floor
Ink & Paint Marketplace
Grand Republic Ballroom B, 2nd Floor
8:15 a.m.: Doors Open – Preferred Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom H
8:30 a.m.: Doors Open – General Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom G
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Morning displays, together with:
Welcome!
A Celebration of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Join Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro and particular friends for an entertaining presentation seeking to the way forward for Disney parks, that includes updates from world wide and a few enjoyable surprises alongside the way in which.
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Morning Break
D23 Updates with Michael Vargo
The Early ’Ears – Ub, Oswald, and Mickey
Join Walt Disney Archives Director Becky Cline on a journey again to the roaring ’20s and the “Early ’Ears of Disney” throughout this retrospective dialog, that includes iconic characters like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse, and the Legends behind them, like Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney.
100 Years of Classic Characters: Unforgettable Stories
Actress and trend icon Ashley Eckstein catches up with fellow voice actors behind fan-favorite Disney characters, together with Bret Iwan (Mickey Mouse), Kaitlyn Robrock (Minnie Mouse), and Disney Legend Bill Farmer (Pluto, Goofy), for a rousing tribute to the characters which have impressed us for a century.
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.: Doors Open – Preferred Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom H
Doors Open – General Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom G
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Afternoon displays, together with:
National Geographic Live – Secrets of the Whales
Dive deep into the groundbreaking science of whale households—and their startlingly human parallels—by way of the awe-inspiring work of celebrated National Geographic Explorer and photographer Brian Skerry.
Disney Cruise Line: 25 Years of Innovative Design at Sea
Get an inside look into designing and building Disney Cruise Ships from the Disney Imagineers at the moment engaged on its latest fleet. Learn of the intricacies that go into designing distinctive areas and the complexities of ship design.
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Afternoon Break
Marvel: Beyond Earth’s Mightiest – Celebrating 60 Years of The Avengers
Celebrate 60 years of Earth’s Mightiest Super Hero workforce, the Avengers! Since their debut in 1963’s The Avengers #1, this all-star roster of beloved characters has been uniting to battle the foes that no single hero might face up to. Now, be a part of Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski to hint the comics historical past of the Avengers throughout six a long time—and BEYOND! Surprising tales and tantalizing teases await on this can’t-miss panel about how the Avengers rose to turn into a popular culture phenomenon! Avengers, assemble!
100 Years of Innovation: Magic in Every Medium
At its core, The Walt Disney Company lives by its skill to “keep moving forward,” as curiosity leads us down new paths. Imagineers Daniel Joseph and Karin Hanson reconcile a century of improvements by which Disney tales have been delivered to life by way of magic, connecting how they’ve been impressed by the improvements of yesterday, to the thrilling methods they innovate by way of storytelling at this time.
EPCOT: Always in a State of Becoming
A glance into the design and concepts behind the transformation of EPCOT and its new neighborhoods, points of interest, and experiences. Explore the legacy of the park and uncover extra concerning the collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and Walt Disney World Resort all through this formidable course of. Highlights embrace particulars uncovered by the Marty Sklar Archives and the inspirations which have guided the evolution of Disney’s first park and not using a fortress.
5 p.m. Dinner Break
Sunday, September 10, 2023
7 a.m.: Queue for each General Seating and Preferred Seating Opens
(Please don’t arrive earlier than this time – no official queue shall be accessible till 7 a.m. and unofficial queues is not going to be honored.)
Disney’s Contemporary Resort Convention Center, 1st Floor Lobby
7 a.m. – 8 p.m.: Guest Services / International Credential Pick-Up Open
East Registration
7 a.m. – 5 p.m.: The Plausible Impossible 60 Years of Disney
Audio-Animatronics® Technology
(closed throughout displays)
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 3
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Mickey’s of Glendale Shopping Open
Ballroom of the Americas, 2nd Floor
The Walt Disney Company Store
Grand Republic Ballroom D, 2nd Floor
Ink & Paint Marketplace
Grand Republic Ballroom B, 2nd Floor
8:15 a.m.: Doors Open – Preferred Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom H
8:30 a.m.: Doors Open – General Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom G
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Morning displays, together with:
Walt Disney Studios Showcase
A sneak peek at thrilling upcoming tasks from The Walt Disney Studios.
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Morning Break
100 Years of Walt Disney Animation Studios
Becky Bresee and Wayne Unten, heads of animation on Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming characteristic Wish, sit down with legendary animator Mark Henn to revisit a few of their favourite filmmaking recollections.
Disney Global Ambassador Showdown
Join Disney Parks Ambassadors from each Disney vacation spot world wide, as we study extra about every of their home resorts and interact them in a pleasant competitors to see whose resort is the “best of the best!”
Weird Disney: Centennial Edition
Get bizarre with the Walt Disney Archives and expertise 100 years of “weird Disney” moments within the centennial version of a Destination D23 fan favourite!
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.: Doors Open – Preferred Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom H
Doors Open – General Seating Admission
Fantasia Ballroom G
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Afternoon displays, together with:
The Road to 1923: Walt Goes West
Disney Legend Don Hahn gives new and engaging insights into Walt Disney’s fabled journey that might lead him to affix his brother Roy in California, the place the 2 would set up the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio—the start of what’s now The Walt Disney Company.
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Disney You Didn’t Know
Join Disney archivists and authors Kevin M. Kern and Steven Vagnini for a journey down the rabbit gap as they uncover astonishing Disney discoveries, connections, and little-known information that may change every thing—nicely, at the least some issues—you thought you knew concerning the Disney universe!
100 Years of Creativity: A Playful Look at Disney Imagination
Join Imagineers Diego Parras and Jason Grandt for a decade-by-decade take a look at among the extra attention-grabbing and lighthearted moments of Disney creativity from the final 100 years.
See Ya Real Soon: A FAN-Tastic Finale
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Dinner Break
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: DISNEY+ HALLOWSTREAM COSTUME BASH
Kick off the scariest season in type and enter the world of Hallowstream with Disney+, the streaming home of your favourite Halloween tales. With phantomized photo-ops, chilling treats, and spellbinding surprises, friends will discover all their hearts’ wishes on this lavish lair of scares. Don’t neglect to don your favourite costume in an effort to dance the night time away!
Attendees in costume should adhere to the next tips:
- Costumes might not be obstructive, offensive, objectionable, or violent.
- Guests could put on costume masks. However, costume masks should not impede imaginative and prescient and should be detachable. Costume masks should be eliminated at safety screening.
- Costumes mustn’t drag on the bottom.
- Costumes mustn’t include sharp objects, pointed objects, or supplies that will unintentionally strike one other visitor.
- Costumes mustn’t include any weapons that resemble, can be utilized as, or might simply be mistaken for, an precise weapon. Costume swords should be anchored to your costume in such a means that they’ll’t be drawn. No firearms, projectiles, or arrows (simulated or in any other case) shall be allowed.
- Guests who don’t adhere to those tips could also be refused entry into the occasion until his or her costume could be modified to satisfy the above requirements. The appropriateness of the visitor costume shall be decided by Disney at its sole discretion.
EXHIBITS
- 60 Years of Disney’s Audio-Animatronics® Technology Exhibit: The Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney Imagineering be a part of inventive forces for a particular exhibition at Destination D23 to have a good time the historical past of Audio-Animatronics expertise. This unique exhibit will showcase the evolution of the artwork and its associated expertise by way of a various showcase of uncommon figural belongings, images, and classic ephemera and documentation all within the identify of celebrating key moments from Walt’s earliest inspirations and improvement to modern-day marvels.
SHOPPING EXPERIENCES
- Mickey’s of Glendale: The Walt Disney Imagineering campus retailer returns with a pop-up store on the occasion that includes a choice of unique Destination D23 and Walt Disney Imagineering merchandise accessible for buy. Trading pins for this occasion shall be supplied to attendees by way of a random choice course of (RSP) alternative.**
- The Walt Disney Company Store: For the primary time, D23 Gold Members on the East Coast could have entry to a pop-up model of the official Walt Disney Company Store, that includes each employee- and D23 Member-exclusive merchandise! Please notice that limited-edition buying and selling pins for this occasion shall be supplied to attendees completely by way of a RSP alternative.**
- Ink & Paint Marketplace: Attendees can even have the chance to buy at this market of unique Disney companions for thrilling merchandise from round The Walt Disney Company!**
*Please be suggested: All schedules, occasions, and merchandise are topic to alter with out discover. For the enjoyment of all attendees, entry out and in of the Fantasia Ballroom could also be restricted throughout displays.
**For the comfort of our occasion friends, you can be supplied the chance to order a procuring window for Mickey’s of Glendale, The Walt Disney Company Store, and Ink & Paint Marketplace, on Friday, September 8, 2023. Details shall be shared through electronic mail very quickly.
DETAILS
All friends will obtain entry to the next D23 unique experiences:
- Guaranteed seats in any respect Destination D23 panels and displays on Saturday, September 9, and Sunday, September 10, 2023
- Reserved procuring alternatives on Friday, September 8, 2023
- D23 Member-exclusive Mickey’s of Glendale pop-up store
- D23 Member-exclusive The Walt Disney Company Store pop-up store
- D23 Member-exclusive Ink & Paint Marketplace
- A particular exhibit from the Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney Imagineering
- Commemorative items, together with a pin, lanyard, credential, and present bag created completely for the occasion
- Destination D23 Livestream – For these unable to attend in individual, choose displays at Destination D23 introduced by Lug shall be livestreamed on D23.com for audiences to take pleasure in irrespective of the place they’re on the earth. Stay tuned to D23.com for the livestream schedule and particulars nearer to the occasion!
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