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D23's Destination D Walt Disney World 40th Event

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The archives display
     
As part of the Destination D event there was a display of some materials from the company's archives
     
     
     
   
Seeing some of the Audioanimatronics up close was really cool
     
   
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
Day two of the event began with the park's Ambassadors
After a fake out look at park publications from Steven Clark, the Trivia Tournament began
     
Disney D-Tales
     
Disney D-Tales was a great presentation by Imagineers explaining how the show comes together
     
     
     
There were great examples given of the little details that go into Disney attractions
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
It was really neat to see some of the details you might normally miss and find out the stories behind the stories the attractions tell. There are so many Easter Eggs in every attraction, and it was fun to learn how the Imagineers incorporate them into their designs.
     
Imagineering Walt Disney World: From Yesteryear to Tomorrow
     
The next segment gave an overview of what Imagineers do
     
     
We then got a preview of Star Tours II
     
     
     
     
Then there was a presentation on the Art of Animation Resort
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
And then there was a presentation on the "new" Fantasyland
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
     
     
The details given on the Fantasyland expansion were fairly sparse and didn't give much more information than what had already been released.  Perhaps the most interesting thing was noting that there will be a lot more trees in the new section since it is not on top of the Utilidors. Finally, they made the official announcement that when the Tiki Room returns from its rehab after the fire earlier this year it will bring back a version of the original show rather than the "Under New Management" version that had been running.
     
Creating a Whole New Disney World
     
The next presentation was a panel on what it took to make the park a reality
     
     
     
Making The Magic Happen
     
Making the Magic Happen also discussed the people who made the dream come true
     
     
 
     
The final event was a musical event featuring entertainers from the park through the years
     
     
Then came the amazing Richard Sherman who played so many of the songs that have become part of our culture
     
     
     
Richard Sherman told all the stories behind the songs he wrote for Disney and for other projects
     
The stories about Mary Poppins were really amazing
"Feed the Birds" was Walt's favorite song, and Richard Sherman told an amazing story about playing the song as a tribute to Walt at Disneyland
     
The stories behind the attraction music were really interesting
   
Some of the music like the Orange Bird song and the Glorious Fourth hadn't been played in years
     
     
We got to hear the song the Sherman Brothers wrote for Horizons that was never used
     
     
     
Richard Sherman's portion of the show concluded with the arrival of Dream Finder and Figment who sang Imagination with him, moving many people in the audience to tears as they sang along.
     
     
     
     
     
     
The evening concluded with an amazing presentation by Encore, the Disney cast choir and orchestra who performed a medley of music from EPCOT Center and concluded with When You Wish Upon a Star and all of the evening's performers came out to join in.  It was a truly magical evening.
     
     



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