2024 Disney Legends Ceremony Now Streaming on Disney+: Honoring Harrison Ford, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joe Rohde, and More

Aug 13, 2024 in "D23 - Official Fan Organization"

Gallery / 3 Photos
Joe Rohde Disney Legend

Posted: Tuesday August 13, 2024 2:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Walt Disney Company has made the 2024 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony, held during this year's D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, available for streaming on Disney+. This marks the first time the prestigious event is accessible to a global audience via the streaming platform, allowing fans to watch the celebrations from home.

The ceremony, which took place at the conclusion of the D23 weekend, honored 14 new Disney Legends who have significantly contributed to the company's legacy. The 2024 honorees include Colleen Atwood, Angela Bassett, Martha Blanding, James L. Brooks, James Cameron, Jamie Lee Curtis, Miley Cyrus, Steve Ditko, Harrison Ford, Mark Henn, Frank Oz, Kelly Ripa, Joe Rohde, and John Williams.

Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the event featured special presentations, tribute videos, and surprise guest appearances. Among the highlights were a presentation to Harrison Ford by Disney CEO Bob Iger and an award given to Jamie Lee Curtis by Jodie Foster and Lindsay Lohan. Other memorable moments included Miley Cyrus being honored with a performance by Lainey Wilson and Angela Bassett receiving her award from "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler.

Joe Rohde, a legendary Disney Imagineer known for his work on Disney's Animal Kingdom and other groundbreaking projects, was among the 14 honorees. During the ceremony, Rohde was celebrated with a special video message from Dr. Jane Goodall and a live performance by the Tam Tam Drummers of Disney's Animal Kingdom, highlighting his significant contributions to Disney's theme parks.

Joe Rohde Disney Legend

The Disney Legends Awards, now in its 37th year, has recognized a total of 318 individuals since its inception in 1987. This year's honorees join a distinguished group that includes names like Julie Andrews, George Lucas, and Betty White.

Bob Iger, who welcomed attendees to the event, emphasized the significance of the Disney Legends Award, stating, "The Disney Legends Award is the highest honor our company bestows. It's presented as a celebration of talent, a recognition of achievement, and, above all, a sincere expression of our deep gratitude."

Discuss on the Forums

Get Walt Disney World News Delivered to Your Inbox

Tony the TiggerAug 21, 2024

From a friend’s post. Here’s what’s up with Shaboozey:

Sir_CliffAug 21, 2024

Yes, I'm puzzled why people are insisting he said all of this would be completed in 5 years when he clearly didn't: it's right there on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch it. Maybe Disney PR later briefed the media that all of this would be finished in 5 years, but I don't get why anyone would cling to that. None of the public statements from the company either through D'Amaro or the DisneyParks blog (to the best of my knowledge) have claimed everything announced at D23 would be completed within the next 5 years. I would trust what they are willing to actually say in front of the cameras or put in writing over what a PR person is quoted as saying given the potential for wires to get crossed along that chain. It would be odd for D'Amaro to say all the projects would only start to come to life if the plan is for them to be finished during that period. Then again, they announced a ride based on the original Lion King with artwork depicting the new Lion King, so who knows how thought through all of this was.

brb1006Aug 21, 2024

Mousesteps just uploaded the full D23 Parks Presentation for those that missed it.

BrianLoAug 21, 2024

There seems to be some poor memory of what the timelines actually looked like last decade. Galaxies Edge: "The lands were announced on August 15, 2015, and construction at both parks began on April 14, 2016. The Disneyland version opened May 31, 2019, and Disney's Hollywood Studios' version opened August 29, 2019." Really, Galaxies Edge is the most viable comp with two major attractions. We're currently a full year ahead of that timeframe. Now, I personally think Villains Land from a marketing roll out perspective is most likely a 2029 project. But 2029 is certainly not "fast" or even unrealistic.

TTA94Aug 21, 2024

Are we expecting anything to be announced or further details discussed at D23 Brazil? Will there even be a presentation?

wutisgoodAug 21, 2024

My assumption was villinans land does will not require reconfiguration of existing areas as a true expansion so they can start work sooner even if the area is more complex. I would think it was possible they would want to open villians land first for extra capacity while they take down frontierland to reconfigure it. In any case especially with with big thunder moutain retrack there has to be some clear phased opening plan. Disney wasn't really direct about what that was. I expect thatsome of this constuction may be accelerated if the Universal 3rd gate does prove sucessfull in taking marketshare away more than disney thought. I could also see timelines accelertaing or slowing base on other unnanouced projects being finalized.

SWGalaxys_EdgeAug 20, 2024

Maybe then add a "speeder chase" as depicted in the trading cards...

J4546Aug 20, 2024

i dont think so....it was gonna be a capacity and maintenance nightmare

SWGalaxys_EdgeAug 20, 2024

Maybe GE will reconsider the 3rd ride and put it into the park.

Andrew25Aug 20, 2024

Yes - but 2025's film slate is worrying... but WDW should benefit from increased travel to Orlando next year. (Even if people skip a WDW park or two, Disney's hotels should benefit).

doctornickAug 20, 2024

So I was just thinking... I know many of us are jittery about how the financial state of the company can impact decisions to cut funding or value engineer projects. And the stock price not doing well has me on edge a bit as to whether the planned parks investment will be cut. But I will say that the recent movie successes (Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, now Aliens) means that that division will be healthier in the shorter term. and with streaming collectively turning a profit last quarter, can we be optimistic that they will let investments in the parks happen rather than siphoning off that profits there to support other branches of the company? The parks alone generate enough net profit to find the $6B/year that they planned.

bwr827Aug 20, 2024

Yup — setting clear expectations for the market. “As we previously shared, we’re on a multi-year path of investing $60B to turbocharge our parks…” (not an actual quote)

doctornickAug 20, 2024

But they are increasing their Capex spend. That's kind of the entire point of the "we'll be spending $60B on the parks division in the next 10 years" announcement.

Nubs70Aug 20, 2024

Why?? Fixed CAPEX expenditures. They seem to only want to spend a fixed amount for construction per month. If you build 2 projects at once, they will take 2x as long to complete.