A Day at D23 2019 Expo

Hi friends! I had the best time at D23 Expo this summer!! This was my third one since moving to California and it's so fun and exciting to be at! It's held at the Anaheim Convention center that is right next to the Disneyland Resort. This is the only official Disney expo convention that is held for Disney fans around the world and is held every other year. 

My Outfit

I quickly came up with my Disneybound costume for this year's expo and of course it was my favorite girl, Rapunzel! 

Dress: H&M (similar)
Ears: unknown shop
Pascal stuffed plush: Disney (Amazon)
Rapunzel purse: Danielle Nicole (Amazon)

Lines, Lines, Lines

Be prepared to stand in many and I do mean many lines at the convention!!! Lines can take up to an hour for stores and LONG hours for the large panels. I would get to the convention early in the morning for admission. 

Reservations

You can now make reservations online on the D23 expo website with your badge code for panels, meet and greets, and other experiences! I used this advantage for the Disney + panel and luckily got it! It is a cut throat competition the day the reservations are released so act fast when they go up!

Shops

The 4 shops are so cool and have a bunch of exclusive Merch. However, you have to wait in line to go into the store. For Mickey of Glendale that has exclusive D23 film and parks Merch by imagineers, that line was an hour. For Dream Store that has the exclusive D23 Merch that says D23 was about a 30 minute wait, but it varies. I didn't stand in the other two lines for the Disney Store that had toys and Hollywood Studio that sold various items, but those two lines looked long as well!

Panels

DIsney+ Panel

Disney+ is Disney's brand new streaming service to compete with other streaming services like Netflix and Hulu and it will show new content and originals from Disney! New series and movies, all the animated classics, all Pixar films, Disney Channel shows and DCOMs, National Geographic films, and documentaries! I am beyond excited for Disney + to come out this November and they are apparently releasing something new to the streaming service (actually new content and originally made content) every week for a couple of years! SO MUCH IS GOING ON IN DISNEY+!!!
​Disney+ will be $7 a month on its own and can be purchased with Hulu and ESPN+!

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These are all of the Disney Channel series and DCOMs coming to Disney+! 


EVERYTHING I'M EXCITED THAT'S NEW COMING TO DISNEY+: 
-Lizzie McGuire reboot
-Monsters at Work
-High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
-Lady and the Tramp
​-Marvel's What If...?
-Star Wars The Mandalorian 
-Obi-Wan Kenobi's show
-Phineas and Ferb: Candice Against the Universe 
-Encore! (WITH KRISTEN BELL)
-Disney Imagineering show
-Diary of a Female President (WITH GINA RODRIGUEZ)
-The World According to Jeff Goldblum

HEY NOW HEY NOW THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF!!! LIZZIE MCGUIRE IS GETTING A NEW SHOW ON DISNEY+!!! I literally cried when Hilary Duff walked on stage for this announcement and I really hope it's going to be amazing! It's about Lizzie turning 30 and having a nice life in New York and still having her 13 year old cartoon character in her head 

Exhibits

Marvel

Marvel Studios was a big deal, as usual, at D23!! There were lots of announcements for Marvel at Disney + streaming service and they definitely showcased those series and movies. There was one large area for Marvel that showed costumes from Avengers films an they were so cool! They also held small panels with Marvel Studios creators. 

Star Wars 

Of course there was an area for Star Wars at D23 and they showed a lot of the storm troopers uniforms and t

Epcot Update

Epcot in Walt Disney World is getting new areas in their park and new branding of Epcot. This means, they are adding new attractions like Moana and Mary Poppins!

Mickey and Minnie are finally getting their own parks attractions! It's called Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and this is a new attraction in Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios and in Toontown in Disneyland!! I'm very excited to see this happen!

DIsneyland's NEw PArade Magic Happens 

Disneyland is getting a new daytime parade called Magic Happens and it features brand new Moana and Coco floats!!! Super excited to see this float come to life next spring!

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Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you can make it to D23 in 2021 because it's really worth it. See you in two years, D23, I love you 3,000.

​xo