D23 Expo
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | March 10, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Website | Official website |
D23 (full name D23: The Official Disney Fan Club) is the official fan club for The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 2009, the organization is known mainly for its biennial exposition event, D23 Expo. The name D23 refers to D for Disney and 23 for 1923—the year Walt Disney founded the company.
Membership includes Disney twenty-three (a quarterly publication), yearly gifts, events, exclusive merchandise offers, and discount and early access to the D23 Expo fan convention.
D23 was introduced on March 10, 2009 by Robert Iger during the company's annual meeting. D23 had a booth at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 followed by the first D23 Expo on September 10–13, 2009. In March 2010, D23 announced that the expo would be biannual instead of annual with a Destination D event in the off year.
In February 2013, the Walt Disney Company Japan announced the first D23 Expo Japan on October 12–14, 2013.
In April 2013, D23 and TCM Festival teamed up for the 75th anniversary showing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and a Kirk Douglas hosted showing of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea newly restored from original camera negatives.
Events include:
The expo is biennial featuring:
The first D23 Expo was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on September 10–13, 2009. It featured pavilions from Walt Disney Imagineering, showcasing models and tests for future attractions, Corporate Responsibility, which feature a photo op, as well as projects for overseas troops and homeless shelters, Disney Consumer Products, showing the many products being sold by Disney within the next few years, a Disney Dream Store, costumes and props from the Walt Disney Archives, a Collectors Forum, where people from all over the country showcased and sold memorabilia.
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