D23 Expo

The World is a Carousel of Projects

Take a walk through this years Park and Resorts Pavilion at the 2011 D23 Expo as we look at all the new projects coming to the Disney Parks in the next few years. Video include interviews with Imagineers about the New Fantasyland in Florida, Cars Land and Buena Vista Street Coverage, and much more.  

Cars Land Ready to Become a “Radiator Springs Reality”

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Time to hit the road for the D23 Expo and an exciting, high-octane look at one of the largest projects ever created for the Disney Parks! In this presentation, John Lasseter and Roger Gould from Pixar and Kathy Mangum, Kevin Rafferty, & Jennifer Mok from Walt Disney Imagineering take us on a in-depth exploration of … Read more

A Good Look at Buena Vista Street

While not related to Walt Disney World, one of the great panels presented by Disney Parks and Resorts at the D23 Expo was “A Good Look at Buena Vista Street”. In case you aren’t up on your Disneyland Resort news, Buena Vista Street is going to be the new entry area for Disney California Adventure … Read more

The Great Destini Amazes at the 2011 D23 Expo!

While living characters in the Disney Parks is not necessarily a new thing, The Great Destini is an amazing, autonomous audio-animatronic living character that was first tested at Innoventions at Disneyland a few months ago. Destini was brought out again for the D23 Expo last weekend and we got a pretty good look at him. … Read more

D23 Expo Will Return in 2013!

With the 2011 D23 Expo wrapping up right now, guests of this year’s event were notified via PA announcements that the next D23 Expo will be in 2013, keeping with the every two year schedule. Of course, WDWNT will be there to bring you all the announcements, news, and fun. However, our coverage of this … Read more

D23 Expo: Walt Disney Studios Presentation Summary

For those that couldn’t attend the Walt Disney Studios presentation during the 2011 D23 Expo, here is a summary of the movies that were discussed.  Leading the presentation were Rich Ross (Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios), Sean Bailey (President, Production, The Walt Disney Studios), John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios), and Kevin Feige (Producer and President, Marvel Studios).

  • DisneyToon Studios’ Planes – It was announced that actor Jon Cryer (TV’s “Two and a Half Men”) will voice the main character in DisneyToon Studios’ Planes. Jon joined John Lasseter on stage for the announcement and to introduce the teaser trailer of the film.

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D23 Expo: Pixar Events Highlight Video

Today, Disney released a short video showing just a few of the highlights of the various Pixar events going on at the D23 Expo.  Scenes include the US Postal Service unveiling of the Pixar stamps, an extremely quick look at the Prep 4 Landing panel and merchandise, and a look at Cars 2 merchandise with … Read more

D23 Expo: Day 1 Photo Wrap-Up

We are starting to see the flood of photo’s from the D23 Expo, so we thought we would share some of the photo highlights from Day 1…

Tow Mater out early to welcome D23 Expo attendees

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Audio from “Voices of the Parks” Panel

One of the great panels of the D23 Expo thus far has been the “Voices of the Park” presentation from last night. While you wait for some more in-depth reports from the Expo, enjoy this uncut audio of the entire presentation. Download the “Voices of the Parks”

D23 Voices of the Parks Panel

One of the great panels of the D23 Expo thus far has been the “Voices of the Park” presentation from last night. While you wait for some more in-depth reports from the Expo, enjoy this uncut audio of the entire presentation. Download the “Voices of the Parks”

D23 Expo – Parks and Resorts Presentation: Fantasyland Videos

From Jennifer Fickley-Baker on the Disney Parks Blog: Ever wonder how Disney develops new attractions and experiences for its theme parks and resorts? Today, Tom Staggs, chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, and Bruce Vaughn, chief creative officer, Walt Disney Imagineering, took us on a behind-the-scenes look at the creative design process for the Magic … Read more

A taste of the D23 Expo

While Tom and our crew are out in Anahiem covering everything Expo for you we hope you are enjoying our new Expo Central Site. We figured we would take a moment to share with you this video from Disney for a quick look inside the Expo. Stay tuned for a full report from Tom and … Read more

The Ultimate Expo Coverage Site: D23 Expo Central

With the inaugural expo in 2009, Disney’s D23 Expo was established as the premier event for Disney fans, and is even called “The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.”  For the 2011 D23 Expo, being held August 19th through 21st at the Anaheim Convention Center, WDWNT is bringing coverage of the event to all new heights. For … Read more

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