D23 2024 Overview

LA skyline on freeway from Hollywood to Anaheim



23 miles to D23


Right by Disneyland!

VIP backstage entrance






Jim was the VIP panel presenter



And I was lucky to tag along with Jim to rehearsal, waiting room and the convention.











Jim’s wonderful presentation about the Walt Disney Studio: “Walt’s Dream Factory: A Chronological History of the Disney Studios”




Richard Sherman had recently passed away. This was a concert tribute to him featuring celebrities and friends. It opened with a welcome from Disney CEO Bob Iger and went into a musical number by Ashley Brown who played Mary Poppins on Broadway.

John Stamos guided the rest of the event. Perfect choice as he is one of the biggest and truest Disney fans ever.


Panel including Ashley Taylor, Tony Baxter, Kevin Feige, Don Hahn and Floyd Norman.

Critics and Historians Leonard Maltin and his daughter Jessie Maltin

They had wonderful surprise guests: Hayley Mills and Leslie Ann Warren. They sang “Let’s Get Together” from The Parent Trap. Very surreal moment.

Cool watches

Mouseketeeria

Disney Music Emporium Booth





Artists Michael Giamo and Eric Goldberg put on a wonderful and informative presentation on the restoration projects of classic Disney films they are working on. Much color correcting and cleanup is required. They’re working on 4k Blu-Ray restoration releases which is one of my all time favorite series to collect now. I own Snow White and Cinderella among some others that have recently been released in this format.

A scene they fixed of Cinderella where her neck had disappeared for a couple frames.

Another fix, this time a color correction for Merbabies.

Cinderella’s dress is NOT blue, it is silver like the moonlight. 🌙

A thank you pin from D23 to Jim. I loved this box it came in!

Some stills from Historian Stacia Martin’s panel about Disneyland records. Superdad has a very popular song at weddings “These are the Best Times”.


The Three Lives of Thomasina

Driving by the new Pixar Place Hotel (formerly Paradise Pier)



ABC

One of my treasures from the D23 event. Pluto’s corner sign.









 

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