Handbag Lady
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D23 Expo: The All Lines, No Rides Disney Experience! FINISHED at Last!
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SleepingBeautyOH
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Awesome update!
Cars Land looks super cool.. I guess this is another reason I need to make the voyage to Disneyland
The talking Lightning McQueen is.. WOW. So realistic!
Cars Land looks super cool.. I guess this is another reason I need to make the voyage to Disneyland
The talking Lightning McQueen is.. WOW. So realistic!
NeverlandClub23
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Non-members stood at the edge of the black carpet and pressed their noses against the invisible walls longingly...
That guy on the couch is so "peeping": "There's this girl who thinks this area is so exclusive and cool she's taking pictures of it."
Great update!!
I wonder where the "real" food described on the menu was 
.Talking Lightning McQueen was AMAZING! I showed it to my Dad last night and he was in awe.
lurkyloo
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I love the Rocketeer!!!!
And, I got to see the big model of Radiator Springs & the Cars ride being worked on & built when we went to Imagineering so that is really cool to see how it turned out. Love all the details in those models, they really are amazing pieces of art. That ride looks so cute & amazing.
Yay! Don't you think The Rocketeer is one of the best movies EVER? It has everything - action, suspense, comedy, romance, and a blow-out fight with mobsters and G-men teaming up against the Nazis!!!
That's cool you got to see Imagineers working on the model in their natural habitat!
Yes, yes it does!
Also, your DS has great taste! Really, every day should have a little fudge in it!
I had no idea that was a D23 exclusive area. I sat there a few times and gasp! I am NOT a D213 member.
I feel so naughty now!
Shame on you! SHAME. ON. YOU! Couldn't you tell by the variation in carpet color that you were not allowed in that area?!
Awesome update!
Cars Land looks super cool.. I guess this is another reason I need to make the voyage to Disneyland
The talking Lightning McQueen is.. WOW. So realistic!
Totally! It was funny how the Imagineer was saying he's an early prototype and still has problems - we were like, "What problems?" Apparently the area around his mouth and eyes isn't the right shade of red...
Lurkyloo: @ThatGuy So where's *your* D23 Member Card, Mister Smartypants?!!
You both got surveys?!
I never got one - only Patrick did. Considering that DFTW never sent me a post-wedding survey, I'm starting to get a persecution complex! 
Handbag Lady
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You both got surveys?!
We didn't get them either. I'm still waiting because I have a lot to say, both good and bad.
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lurkyloo
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OK, so the next area of the Parks & Resorts Pavilion had exhibits about AudioAnimatronics, including this nekkid Abe Lincoln figure!
They also had an area devoted to concept art for some of the mobile animatronic projects, like the Muppet Mobile Labs:
And there was a small stage with a demo of a next-generation animatronic character and a talking bird sidekick. I didn't really pay much attention to that because right next to it was... LUCKY!!!
I never got a chance to meet Lucky the Dinosaur when he was at DCA, so I was very excited to see they had a queue and were doing meet 'n' greets, complete with PhotoPass photogs. I was surprised how soft he was (and that they let us pet him) - I guess I thought he'd feel all rubbery, but he felt like a Nerf football. And he was so cute and friendly! I'm sure I looked like a total goon cuz I felt like I was interacting with a real animal.
While we were with Lucky, a camera crew was there filming us. They had us sign waivers, but if the footage makes me look as bad as the PhotoPass pictures they took did, I hope to gosh they never use it!
Then we found out that they rotated appearances by Lucky and the Wall*E, so we stuck around for that too. Meeting Wall*E was also exciting, since he'd never been anywehre we could see him in personDHS only had a cardboard cutout to pose with when we were there.
He is so realistic, you almost take it for granted that you're hanging out with the real Wall*E. He kept trying to make friends with people's ECVs...
The next thing you came to was a surprisingly small exhibit on DVC and the Disney Cruise Line. There was a lounge-y area done up like the new Villas at the Grand Californian and a model of the Ko Olina resort in Hawaii, but not much else.
Here are a ton of model pix, for anyone who's interested....
There will be no giant read people looming over the actual resort
I couldn't figure out where the weddings would be held, but DFTW's Marketing Director said they will definitely be doing weddings there!
They also had an area devoted to concept art for some of the mobile animatronic projects, like the Muppet Mobile Labs:
And there was a small stage with a demo of a next-generation animatronic character and a talking bird sidekick. I didn't really pay much attention to that because right next to it was... LUCKY!!!
I never got a chance to meet Lucky the Dinosaur when he was at DCA, so I was very excited to see they had a queue and were doing meet 'n' greets, complete with PhotoPass photogs. I was surprised how soft he was (and that they let us pet him) - I guess I thought he'd feel all rubbery, but he felt like a Nerf football. And he was so cute and friendly! I'm sure I looked like a total goon cuz I felt like I was interacting with a real animal.
While we were with Lucky, a camera crew was there filming us. They had us sign waivers, but if the footage makes me look as bad as the PhotoPass pictures they took did, I hope to gosh they never use it!
Then we found out that they rotated appearances by Lucky and the Wall*E, so we stuck around for that too. Meeting Wall*E was also exciting, since he'd never been anywehre we could see him in personDHS only had a cardboard cutout to pose with when we were there.
He is so realistic, you almost take it for granted that you're hanging out with the real Wall*E. He kept trying to make friends with people's ECVs...
The next thing you came to was a surprisingly small exhibit on DVC and the Disney Cruise Line. There was a lounge-y area done up like the new Villas at the Grand Californian and a model of the Ko Olina resort in Hawaii, but not much else.
Here are a ton of model pix, for anyone who's interested....
There will be no giant read people looming over the actual resort
I couldn't figure out where the weddings would be held, but DFTW's Marketing Director said they will definitely be doing weddings there!
lurkyloo
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We took a pic of Admiral Donald (Commodore Donald?) for Wazzo:
...and the model of the new ship...
The last area of the pavilion contained models of the expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Grizzly Gulch
Mystic Manor looks like it's going to be COOL!
They had a mockup of the Mystic Manor ride on display. The eager young WDI intern standing next to the model asked if anybody had any questions, and I made the mistake of asking how the ride was gonna go. Turns out it's one of those "you just had to be there" stories, because we practically fell asleep during the 20-minute schpiel along the lines of "...and then your ride vehicle enters this room and things go terribly wrong... and then you enter *this* room and things go terribly wrong... and then you enter THIS room and things go terribly wrong..."
Concept art of things going terribly wrong...
We slowly edged our way to the fringes of the crowd of people nodding off to the story of Mystic Manor and escaped the pavilion to hit the Dream Store. The area next door was a display on... technology, or something they had an ABC news van you could climb inside (we definitely missed some hilarious photo ops there!) and a float from the Electrical Parade complete with PhotoPass photographer.
Somewhere between there and the Dream Store we ran across The World's Largest Vinylmation. Either that, or DH decided to do some trick photography.
In fact, I'll just throw in all the Vinylmation shots he took at the Expo - they had a ton of prototypes on display:
Muppet Vinylmation - due out in February 2010!
...and the model of the new ship...
The last area of the pavilion contained models of the expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Grizzly Gulch
Mystic Manor looks like it's going to be COOL!
They had a mockup of the Mystic Manor ride on display. The eager young WDI intern standing next to the model asked if anybody had any questions, and I made the mistake of asking how the ride was gonna go. Turns out it's one of those "you just had to be there" stories, because we practically fell asleep during the 20-minute schpiel along the lines of "...and then your ride vehicle enters this room and things go terribly wrong... and then you enter *this* room and things go terribly wrong... and then you enter THIS room and things go terribly wrong..."
Concept art of things going terribly wrong...
We slowly edged our way to the fringes of the crowd of people nodding off to the story of Mystic Manor and escaped the pavilion to hit the Dream Store. The area next door was a display on... technology, or something they had an ABC news van you could climb inside (we definitely missed some hilarious photo ops there!) and a float from the Electrical Parade complete with PhotoPass photographer.
Somewhere between there and the Dream Store we ran across The World's Largest Vinylmation. Either that, or DH decided to do some trick photography.
In fact, I'll just throw in all the Vinylmation shots he took at the Expo - they had a ton of prototypes on display:
Muppet Vinylmation - due out in February 2010!
lurkyloo
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By this time the D23 Expo Dream Store didn't have a line to get inand thank goodness, cuz it was totally not worth standing in line for!
The Peter Pan ride vehicle that was auctioned off for $35,000
I guess I expected the Dream Store to be a little bit more interesting than, oh, say, your local Disney Store at the mall. But except for about three racks displaying just two different styles of D23 Expo-exclusive merchandise (Sorcerer Mickey look or Classic Mickey look), the rest of the merchandise was the same stuff you see everywhere: generic T-shirts, hats, pin sets, and bags; princess costumes; bad, overpriced art glicees... oh, and TONS and TONS of leftover "exclusive" D23 Vinylmation figures.
You won't find these babies anywhere else on this block in Anaheim
Minnie's Mahnolos
Good thing I waited in line for an hour to get a voucher to buy one of these...
Yup, good thing...
WHAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I've been waiting forEVER for them to make a stuffed animal of Presto, but I wasn't gonna buy $$$-worth of cheesy "inspired by" art prints to get him free in their promo offer.
Besides, SOMEone says she can get me one at Pixar...
Anyway, I did end up getting one cool thing, and that was a prize for my 100th Twitter follower, annewjerz! I was sorry to see the Dream Store didn't have anything as cool as a flashing-color bouncy eyeball, but since I know she's a pin collector, she was easy to shop for!
After escaping the Dream Store with our bank account virtually untouched, we enjoyed some quality wandering time on the show floorit was so nice to have nowhere to be and nothing to stand in line for! Here's what we saw:
(Expo-goers to be Photoshopped in later...)
'Nother Donald for Wazzo - this one was DH's favorite entry in the D23 Fan Art Contest.
Oh lordy - another variant of the Cars toys DH collects! Fortunately, he's picky...
There was one really neat booth of Vinylmation-esque Stitch big figs that had been made over by different artists. Some of them were cool, some were creepy, and some were just puzzling.
(Sorry - DH spent a LOT of time here snapping pix...)
The Peter Pan ride vehicle that was auctioned off for $35,000
I guess I expected the Dream Store to be a little bit more interesting than, oh, say, your local Disney Store at the mall. But except for about three racks displaying just two different styles of D23 Expo-exclusive merchandise (Sorcerer Mickey look or Classic Mickey look), the rest of the merchandise was the same stuff you see everywhere: generic T-shirts, hats, pin sets, and bags; princess costumes; bad, overpriced art glicees... oh, and TONS and TONS of leftover "exclusive" D23 Vinylmation figures.
You won't find these babies anywhere else on this block in Anaheim
Minnie's Mahnolos
Good thing I waited in line for an hour to get a voucher to buy one of these...
Yup, good thing...
WHAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I've been waiting forEVER for them to make a stuffed animal of Presto, but I wasn't gonna buy $$$-worth of cheesy "inspired by" art prints to get him free in their promo offer.
Besides, SOMEone says she can get me one at Pixar...
Anyway, I did end up getting one cool thing, and that was a prize for my 100th Twitter follower, annewjerz! I was sorry to see the Dream Store didn't have anything as cool as a flashing-color bouncy eyeball, but since I know she's a pin collector, she was easy to shop for!
After escaping the Dream Store with our bank account virtually untouched, we enjoyed some quality wandering time on the show floorit was so nice to have nowhere to be and nothing to stand in line for! Here's what we saw:
(Expo-goers to be Photoshopped in later...)
'Nother Donald for Wazzo - this one was DH's favorite entry in the D23 Fan Art Contest.
Oh lordy - another variant of the Cars toys DH collects! Fortunately, he's picky...
There was one really neat booth of Vinylmation-esque Stitch big figs that had been made over by different artists. Some of them were cool, some were creepy, and some were just puzzling.
(Sorry - DH spent a LOT of time here snapping pix...)
lurkyloo
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For some reason, only these were for sale... I didn't really pick up on the sales model hereI would much rather buy one of the big figs!
Across the aisle was the Pook*A*Looz booth ( I hope I got enough asterisks in the name there...). I have never heard of these things, but I guess they're sort of a stab at capturing the Ugly Doll/Anime market?
I love this guy's design!
Around the corner was the eFX Collectibles booth, featuring replicas of Kermit and Rizzo. DH says the Kermit looks off, but he'd buy Rizzo.
....And then there was a display of Disney-inspired art (again, usually not my thing, but they had some pretty cool pieces....)
... plus some weird ones...
...And then I was killed by a pillow in the Walt Disney Signature Furniture Collection display!
...And then we were compelled to take a picture of this giant green alien bean bag in the kids' room display for our pal who does the green aliens' voice. Poor guy - he prolly has a whole closet full of green-alien junk people give him!
...And then we ran across Patrick's brother and sister-in-law doing crafts in the Crayola booth...
...with A-T-G!
... Then we saw the queue for "The Disney Store: The Magic is Back!" presentation... (just kidding!)
... And then we popped into the Fan Forum seller area. We saw some neat Cheshire cats repainted in team colors....
...And this A-FRIGGIN-MAZING Amanda Visell set-up:
...And DH met Mice Age's Al Lutz! (He's the guy we invoke whenever we see "bad show" at Disneyland: Ride broken down? Call Al Lutz! Trash on the ground? Call Al Lutz! Lunch overpriced? Call Al Lutz - no wait, call Kevin Yee for that one....)
lurkyloo
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I was drawn to the Olszewski Studios booth again, like a moth to a flame or a lovebug to some people, so DH could get pictures of the complete Disneyland setup (and Magic Kingdom too) for me to put under my pillow at night and dream about.
Apparently you can contact somebody who will mechanize the teacups and Dumbo for you so they spin!
As DH was shooting and I was drooling, we heard somebody say "Shouldn't the Roots be taking those pictures for you?" It was the Haupt Family, who turned out to be longtime lurkers on Lurkyloo trip reports! In fact, they may be lurking here at this very moment! Hi Haupts!!!!
We got a picture together - a picture which also should have been taken by the Roots!
OK, one last thing we saw - they were building a Lego mosaic over the course of the Expo. Here's the first day...
...and here's the second day... (we were too busy waiting in line for the rest of the trip to get subsequent pictures).
Tomorrow: The part where I FINALLY finish recapping Friday!
Apparently you can contact somebody who will mechanize the teacups and Dumbo for you so they spin!
As DH was shooting and I was drooling, we heard somebody say "Shouldn't the Roots be taking those pictures for you?" It was the Haupt Family, who turned out to be longtime lurkers on Lurkyloo trip reports! In fact, they may be lurking here at this very moment! Hi Haupts!!!!
We got a picture together - a picture which also should have been taken by the Roots!
OK, one last thing we saw - they were building a Lego mosaic over the course of the Expo. Here's the first day...
...and here's the second day... (we were too busy waiting in line for the rest of the trip to get subsequent pictures).
Tomorrow: The part where I FINALLY finish recapping Friday!
Great update! As I was scrolling and reading your TR, I got to the pic of your BIL & SIL drawing, and didn't see me. I thought to myself "hey! I was sitting right across from those guys attempting to draw a very poor pic of Pooh". I scroll down farther and PRESTO there I am! Rockin' my vintage Kermit hair clips. Fab angle too 
I may have a bit of PRESTO fer ya this weekend. I just hope I can fit it into my luggage. Maybe I'll squeeze it into a HAT instead...
I may have a bit of PRESTO fer ya this weekend. I just hope I can fit it into my luggage. Maybe I'll squeeze it into a HAT instead...
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this whole report makes my heart smile!
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Carrie another great installment! I love all the pics and like the poster above me it makes me smile!
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We took a pic of Admiral Donald (Commodore Donald?) for Wazzo:
...and the model of the new ship...
Hooray!!! Thank you for the loverly pictures!
I love it when you go Donald (and now new ship) hunting for me! 
Disneygrl36
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I was totally mesmerized by Lucky when we got to meet him at Imagineering so I can relate. Wall-E is A-dorable.
So many neat things in this update. It was jam packed!!!!
Loved the huge Vinylmation Mickey themed as Sorcerer Mickey.
Those poke*a*loz (or whatever they are called) things are kinda cute too!!!!
Disney signature furniture line.....Wow!!!!
Can't wait to hear more.
So many neat things in this update. It was jam packed!!!!
Loved the huge Vinylmation Mickey themed as Sorcerer Mickey.
Those poke*a*loz (or whatever they are called) things are kinda cute too!!!!
Disney signature furniture line.....Wow!!!!
Can't wait to hear more.
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