D23

Six by 6 | Six impressions I left Anaheim with after the D23 Expo


photo(4)I meant to get this up sooner, but travel, jury duty (ugh) and life in general delayed me a few days. In any event, the D23 Expo came and went last weekend, as the Disney “fan fair”/big marketing experience in Anaheim showcased everything from company's movie and television slate to upcoming changes to its theme parks.

1. Overall, this was an extremely well-run event. Not surprisingly, Disney knows something about hosting thousands of people in a fairly confined area, and doing it in a way that those people leave worn out but with smiles on their faces. That doesn’t mean there weren’t issues – I’m still waiting for someone to give me back the hour or so I spent waiting for the Princess and the Frog presentation to start – but looking at the entire weekend, Disney handled the crowds really well. This was a combination of pre-planning (most of the employees who were handling the crowds seemed to have come over from Disneyland, where I’m sure they’re used to moving large masses of people around) and on-the-spot learning (getting out of Sunday's big arena presentation on the animation slate was much easier than leaving Friday's live-action film presentation, and I'm pretty sure Sunday's crowd was bigger).

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D23 | Saturday pictures and report


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As I've mentioned in previous posts, my wife and I are in Anaheim for Disney's inaugural D23 Expo. Our Saturday started a little later than our Friday, as we thought we should take advantage of the opportunity to sleep in on at least one of our days out of town, and the first presentation we wanted to see wasn't until 11. So we made it to the Anaheim Convention Center a little later than we did on Friday.

From what I could tell, Saturday was a whole lot busier than Friday, as the weekend attendees (and more kids, as Geoff Boucher noted) came out. The leisurely pace of Friday was replaced with longer lines and thicker crowds. I should add that it's still a long way from the chaos of Comic-Con, but there was a noticeable difference between the two days.

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D23 | Day one pictures + more


Mark Waid

Mark Waid

So the movie panel I talked about in an earlier post was a big highlight of the day, but another one was getting to meet Mark Waid, who I haven't ever met in person, at the BOOM! booth at D23 today.

Or, actually, one of the BOOM! booths at the show, since they have two. I'll explain after the break ...

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D23 | Day one's big movie panel


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My wife and I flew down to Anaheim, Calif. last night to attend Disney's first-ever D23 Expo, a fan convention focused on anything related to the House of Mouse. The event kicked off on Thursday with a presentation by Bob Iger, Disney CEO, which we unfortunately missed, but you can read about what he said about the Marvel deal over on CBR.

We picked up our badges -- or, actually, wristbands -- last night, and headed over to the Anaheim Convention Center this morning for our first full day.

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