D23 Expo 2015: Walt Disney Archives Presents Disneyland The Exhibit

Date of Visit: August 13, 2015

At first the Walt Disney Archives exhibit experience was annoying because the press was doing their preview at the same time as the Sorcerers and one guy kept getting in the way blocking the displays with their tripod for at least five minutes. However, once we got past the first little area it opened up and was easy to enjoy. It also helped that around then it was announced John Lasseter was there and a bunch of people rushed out of the exhibit to see him.

The Walt Disney Archives exhibit is always a favorite of ours at the D23 Expo and this year it was, too. We love Disneyland and it was fun to see the stuff, especially from past attractions, but I also kind of missed that this year there wasn't movie prop stuff with the focus being entirely on Disneyland.

Destination:
D23 Expo
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA

D23 Expo 2015: Disney Legends Awards

Date of Visit: August 14, 2015

As usual D23 Expo ended up confusing trying to figure out where to go, but we did manage to figure out how to get into the hall and to the reserved seats for Sorcerers with plenty of time to spare considering they started about 10-15 minutes late. We're still glad we've never wasted time doing any presentations before as even with Sorcerer we could barely see anything. However, Sorcerer was definitely worth it to be able to just show up a 15-20 minutes before and have a seat to experience at least the Disney Legends Awards (and Mik's excited for the video game one on Sunday, too).

The whole reason Mik was interested in at least giving a presentation a chance was we knew George Lucas was going to be there to be inducted in as a Disney Legend. Turned out to be even more amazing with other past Disney Legends in attendance. Mik also really loved the little performances between presenting the new Disney Legends.

My favorite was Richard Sherman came out and did a new song called "A Kiss Goodnight."

Mik's absolute favorite part ended up being the surprise at the end with Johnny Depp ending up also being one of the Disney Legends this year. Mik liked it because he was funny.

Destination:
D23 Expo
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA

D23 Expo 2015: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts "60 Years of Innovation" Pavilion

Date of Visit: August 13, 2015

The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Pavilion is always one of our favorites. This time it was slightly disappointing in that the "60 Years of Innovation" theme made it seem like it would have some relation to Disneyland's Diamond Celebration. However, it was disappointing in a good way because instead it was all about Shanghai Disneyland and that park sure has some awesome stuff in the works.

Also, a plus is the pavilion was a good open design, so easy to maneuver around. Of course, everyone was mostly focused on shopping today and there were very few fellow Sorcerers going through it while we were so hard to really tell how well it is. Based on past experience, though, this is one area that has never seemed crowded at least in comparison to how the stores get, which really wasn't any better as a Sorcerer other than we got that out of the way today and can really enjoy the other stuff the Expo offers the rest of the weekend.

Disneyland Shanghai - Gardens of Imagination

 

  

Disneyland Shanghai - Tomorrowland

 

Disneyland Shanghai -  Fantasyland

Disneyland Shanghai - Treasure Cove

 

Disneyland Shanghai -  Adventureland

 Disneyland Shanghai - Mickey Avenue

Destination:
D23 Expo
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA