Disney's Destination D23 Returns in 2025 with New Disney World Venue and Double the Size

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Destination D23 2025

Posted: Monday November 25, 2024 3:05pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has revealed that Destination D23, the ultimate fan event from D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will return in 2025. The event will take place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World from August 29–31, 2025.

Destination D23 2025

This marks a major expansion for the event, which is set to more than double in size compared to previous years. D23 Gold Members will gain early access to announcements and previews during the event, which promises:

Presentations from Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney Studios.
Exclusive sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes stories, and special guest appearances.
Interactive experiences and unique shopping opportunities.

Highlights from Destination D23 2023

The last Destination D23 in 2023 delivered several major t announcements for Walt Disney World, including:

Concepts for Encanto- and Indiana Jones-themed experiences at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
A reimagined Test Track at EPCOT, inspired by the original World of Motion.
Teasers for the largest expansion plans ever for Magic Kingdom, with new lands beyond Big Thunder Mountain.

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Salted Nut Roll23 days ago

Thanks for the clarification! That's good to hear. As for the Gold Membership being cost-prohibitive. At the $100 price point it had been at for the past several years...yeah, that's a lot. Will it break the bank for a lot of people? Probably not. But when you have to budget and prioritize how you're going to spend your "fun money" each year, it becomes harder to justify spending a hundred dollars on a Gold membership. Of course, It's definitely a YMMV situation. Pretty much the only event I go to is the D23 Expo, where, once you have your ticket, there are no perks beyond a special lounge area. And I'm not a big collector or reseller, so the special merch would just be sitting around taking up space in my house. For others, it's totally worth it. It's just not for me. Now with the new lower price point, the cost is easier to swallow. I just bristle at the idea of "having to" pay an annual fee to attend an event. Brings out the contrarian in me, I guess. But hopefully that won't be the case for the Anaheim event.

BrianLo23 days ago

Maybe I’m completely out of touch, but is the gold membership really that prohibitively expensive? But beyond that, this was always a gold only event. Anaheim will likely stay general. I can’t for the life of me figure out why people would forgo it when there was line priority a number of conferences back. Now it’s only 49$ As is, they send you more stuff than the price you pay. I’m sure the Lorcana card will be worth something and for an extra 49$ you can even go up a tier and get a spirit jersey or several other things.

Streetway Again24 days ago

IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU IMAGINE!

TheMaxRebo24 days ago

If you smell what the Dreamfinder is cooking

Agent H24 days ago

lol. Sorry.

Streetway Again24 days ago

Great, now I have the picture of Dwayne Johnson pulling a “Black Adam” where he attempts to take over the 10 year $60 Billion Turbocharge for WDW in order to put him at the center of it stuck in my head. (What is this forum becoming?)

Agent H24 days ago

Well now we know who would play dreamfinder.

Agent H24 days ago

Wow that’s a big deal!

Streetway Again24 days ago

John cena is the bad guy in wrestling. To non wrestling fans, this is “hatbox ghost in mansion at dl 2015”, “Disney finally fixing the yeti”, “Figment 4.0 happening” levels of hell freezing over.

Agent H24 days ago

Not me looking up exactly what that means.

Streetway Again24 days ago

I mean, I don’t think we’re getting figment this year either, but idk, if John Cena can TURN HEEL this year, who knows? Maybe figment sold his soul to the Rock or something.