**NEW PERR FOR D23 Members**

[WaltD4Me]

If Disney gets mad at jokes, then might I direct them to this website: http://www.disney.com/D23 .

You are baaaaaaaad!

I can't wait for Pete and the guys to see this...I hope they don't read the thread first....I think I might be able to hear Pete's scream here in Ohio!

 

[dmwang9]

I Googled Sidd Finch, who is quoted in the press release article and it says he is notorious FICTIONAL Cincinatti baseball player. Associated with an April Fools' Day hoax.

The moment I saw the name Sidd Finch, I knew Club D23 was a hoax. Sidd Finch was the subject of an April Fool's article a few years ago in Sports Illustrated.

 

[*NikkiBell*]

So, I checked the addy myself last night, but was too tired and excited about leaving for WDW tomorrow and STILL believed it! I am SO ticked about this! I plan on emailing this jerk myself.

 

[tickledtink33]

This link is not on a Disney website. the other site had an address like www.disney.com/23 or something like that.


And being that in 3 days it will be April 1st, I think you get the idea now. haha

I was just thinking the same thing Matt. As soon as I opened that link, the first thing I thought was this is not a Disney website.

 

[ADP]

This stinks! I saw this thread and press release and it almost made me go out and join D23. As Pete and the crew mentioned the last few weeks D23 is more about the history of Disney and lacks theme park perks and content. This press release speaks directly to a theme park perk.

I'm more of fan of Disney's theme parks. This press release could drive a lot of us Disney theme park fans to join. If it turns out ot be a hoax not only will Disney be upset, but many Disney theme park fans could be upset as well.

 

[aspen37]

I wondered when they'd do something like this. This is what I thought D23 would be in the first place.

Isn't membership to Club 33 in DL something like $20K?

Just listen closely and you will be able to hear Pete scream from his house in Orlando when it goes live.

-TGr

I've been on the fence about my D23 membership, but if this is a free addition it was well worth it. If I need to pay more for this I will not be a happy camper!

This link is not on a Disney website. the other site had an address like www.disney.com/23 or something like that.


And being that in 3 days it will be April 1st, I think you get the idea now. haha

aww you ruined the joke...

Matt's correct, clubd23.com was registered to Dan Hess from Cincy OH on 3/27. Unless Disney is outsourcing it's tech (and I'm sure some think it should) this is an April Fool's prank. Very clever though, props to you Dan Hess .

I Googled Sidd Finch, who is quoted in the press release article and it says he is notorious FICTIONAL Cincinatti baseball player. Associated with an April Fools' Day hoax.

Wow.....VERY clever Mr. Hess!!!!!!!!!!!

The press release article is well written and believable. I think some people are going to get really excited, because the club does sound pretty cool.

So how long until Disney shuts this down? Any guesses?

Oh well!

 

[aspen37]

This stinks! I saw this thread and press release and it almost made me go out and join D23. As Pete and the crew mentioned the last few weeks D23 is more about the history of Disney and lacks theme park perks and content. This press release speaks directly to a theme park perk.

I'm more of fan of Disney's theme parks. This press release could drive a lot of us Disney theme park fans to join. If it turns out ot be a hoax not only will Disney be upset, but many Disney theme park fans could be upset as well.

I would have signed up if this was true too.

 

[wishspirit]

If Disney gets mad at jokes, then might I direct them to this website: http://www.disney.com/D23 .

I guessed it was a hoax by the fact that it wasn't a Disney.com website.

Still haven't got my email by the way! What is this D23??

 

[WaltD4Me]

This stinks! I saw this thread and press release and it almost made me go out and join D23. As Pete and the crew mentioned the last few weeks D23 is more about the history of Disney and lacks theme park perks and content. This press release speaks directly to a theme park perk.

I'm more of fan of Disney's theme parks. This press release could drive a lot of us Disney theme park fans to join. If it turns out ot be a hoax not only will Disney be upset, but many Disney theme park fans could be upset as well.

I didn't really think about people joining up because of the press release. That would stink if you saw that and joined because of it. I thought the club sounded very cool, but couldn't imagine where they would put it at MGM and then I thought it would be very expensive and not something I could afford to buy a membership for.

 

[Cyrano]

If Disney gets mad at jokes, then might I direct them to this website: http://www.disney.com/D23 .

 

[WebmasterPete]

There is no way they're going to announce that there's an additional fee to join this. If there is, I'm pretty sure the people responsible for this program will have to change their names and enter the witness protection program.

If membership to this is included with the $75 fee people have paid, then it's a major addition and a big step towards making this program at least somewhat meaningful. If they're going to charge you $75 for the privilege of spending $20,000 (like Club33 in DL), then it's over, in my opinion.

Pete

 

[MAKHayes-DisneyDiva]

Too funny! I love a good hoax, as long as no one gets hurt.

 

[MenashaCorp]

If Disney gets mad at jokes, then might I direct them to this website: http://www.disney.com/D23 .

 

[WebmasterPete]

Just read the entire thread - this guy deserves a round of applause.

Pete

 

[MM32830]

Well, you could still sign up for Club 33 at Disneyland. The current wait time to become a member is 14 years. No joke. Really! Take a look at:

http://www.disneylandclub33.com/How-Do_I-Join.htm

(if you really want to believe....)



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Armand

 

[WaltD4Me]

Just read the entire thread - this guy deserves a round of applause.

Pete

I just read on another Disney board that someone suspects someone from the Podcast team of creating this prank.

Did you read at the very bottom of the press release...the prize information?
It has all the normal stuff, then it also says you will have an exclusive meet and greet with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Big Foot!

And under that part, at the VERY bottom left corner, there is a link in yellow that says "click for more information" that for some reason, takes you to another Disney discussion board. (where someone mentions suspecting the podcast team of the prank)

 

[WaltD4Me]

Further sleuthing has revealed that Dan Hess runs the Disney fan site Mouse Guest. Which also does a podcast. I listened to it last week when they had on Dave Smith and the other people running D23.

So when they mentioned our Podcast team, I thought they meant for creating the prank, but apparently they meant for outing the joke because someone posted Dan Hess's name as the site owner for ClubD23.com

I'm kinda surprised...in listening to their podcast show about D23, they all love D23, so I don't think this is at all intended as a dis of D23.

 

[Luv2Camp]

This is the part that gave it away for me:

"an exclusive meet-and-greet with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Bigfoot and the Tooth Fairy."

 

[NWOhioAngela]

Just read the entire thread - this guy deserves a round of applause.

Pete

I think so too. If Disney is smart, which they aren't on this, they will PAY ATTENTION! Look how many of us got excited about something for park fans.

 

[dmwang9]

I just read on another Disney board that someone suspects someone from the Podcast team of creating this prank.

Did you read at the very bottom of the press release...the prize information?
It has all the normal stuff, then it also says you will have an exclusive meet and greet with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Big Foot!

And under that part, at the VERY bottom left corner, there is a link in yellow that says "click for more information" that for some reason, takes you to another Disney discussion board. (where someone mentions suspecting the podcast team of the prank)

I'm the poster on the other board that the above quote mentions. Just want to clarify -- the podcast team that I'm glancing at is the Mouseguest podcast team, not the Dis Podcast team. As a PP on this thread says, the owner of the Club D23 site is one of the Mouseguest podcasters.