D23: The Mega Post
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Hello Everyone!
Last week was filled with SO many magical Disney adventures!!! One of which was my first time to D23! For those who have never heard of D23 or just assumed it was a cult event for Disney crazies, then you're right! KIDDING....sorta. With that said, this 3 day event is the Official Disney Fan Club convention held in Anaheim, CA. This is where Disney announces huge park news, new upcoming Disney films, tons of exclusive merch, and it's an excuse to dress like a Disney princess. Also, if you really want a history lesson, the name D23 refers to D for Disney and 23 for 1923—the year Walt Disney founded the company. (Yes, I looked this up)
My ears are 3D printed Cogsworth and Lumiere by Aloha Ears Design (@alohaearsdesign)
The convention was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday but I only went on Friday because I had a flight that afternoon. :( Also, Mark and I had just come off of 2 huge days at Disneyland and we were exhausted. The doors to D23 opened at 10am and we got there around 8:30am which was considered late because the line looped around about 60 times and it took us about 10 mins to walk to the end of the line. Because we bought our tickets in advance, we split up and Mark went to will call while I stayed in line. Luckily, after 1.5 hrs of waiting in line the doors opened and the line started moving quickly.
Once we were through security, we received adorable reusable D23 bags and the madness began! Mark is all about the exclusive merch so we rushed straight for the MOG (Mickeys of Glendale store), which was over a 2 hr wait. I feel if you only have one day (or in my case, half a day) at D23 and you really want to shop, you're not really going to have time to do anything else because the lines are just so long! Because of the never ending line, we jumped out and went walking around the convention instead, which was way more enjoyable!
When it comes to Disney Parks news, we got an ear full! So many exciting announcements were made about upcoming rides, restaurants, transportation, and hotels. And of course the not so exciting news of operation "marvel takes over everything" and ride closings such as The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios (Which we say goodbye to August 13th so make sure you go ride it before then!)
However, we must keep our spirits high because Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is coming in 2019! One of the things I was looking forward to most at D23 was seeing the first look at this awesome new land! This diorama represents the new 14 acre experience that is coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland. I definitely got chills and I'm pretty sure Mark had to pry me away.
Below is a grid of some highlights from D23. Feel free to click on the pictures to make them bigger. There were so many amazing costumes and awesome booths to look at! I must say I fangirl-ed so hard at the live action princess/villain dresses. I'm also forever loving how much Disney is bringing vinyls back! There were so many exclusive vinyls I had never seen before!
If I had my time to go over I would have not booked a flight for the middle of D23! There was so much to do and see that it was impossible to complete everything in half a day!
A huge thank you to Mark ( @markevn) for all the photos of me and for letting me use the fisheye photos. (a true boyfriend) haha
Hope you all enjoyed my review/ramblings of D23! Sorry I crammed everything into one post.
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Hope you all have a Magical Day!
-Abigail <3
