Disney Destination D23 Event: Surprising Announcements

 Unfortunately, the announcement that Bob Chapek, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, will not attend the Destination D23 lowered the fan's expectations of what would be presented at the conference

However, Josh D'Amaro, the Chairman of Disney Parks, managed to amaze its fans with some thrilling news that DVC Sales is listing here.

Here are the major announcements from D23 that may surprise you!

 The DVC News

At the start of the Destination D23 event, D' Amaro invited Bhavna Mistry on the stage. Bhavna Mistry, currently the Senior Vice President of Design & Construction, presides over many new DVC projects across the resort. She updated DVC members and interested buyers about upcoming projects at the Destination D23 event.

For instance, she presented a sneak peek of the new villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Building Nine. Furthermore, Disney is currently converting Big Pine Key into a DVC building.  Moreover, Mistry displayed the gracious, grand rooms by noticing that DVC needs new rooms at the Grand Floridian for members.

 Mistry also updated about the Disneyland Hotel Tower expansion coming to DVC. She shared several pictures, including one showing a projection display of Tinkerbell floating downward and spraying Pixie Dust along the way. 

Mistry also explained how her team was inspired by Princess Aurora and Sleeping Beauty for the DVC Disneyland Hotel expansion, so that guest feel that they are entering a fairytale when they step inside. The new tower's opening will increase the DVC inventory at Disneyland Resort. Its opening will permit more DVC members to visit Disneyland!

 The Other Grand Announcements

For instance, Disney amazed its fans by announcing jaw-dropping news about the Disneyland Resort.

We say this because Disney had previously announced the updated wearable, Magicband+. This marvelous technology will feature a center display and glow simultaneously around the park. Thus the old "Glow with the Show" technology will return in a new form in the coming days.  Disney officials also confirmed that the technology would return along with the World of Color nighttime show in 2022.

International Park News

Disney began the event by discussing the expansions at the international parks. The most relevant announcement was an expansion at Disneyland Paris.

The second highlight is the addition of a new Iron Man roller coaster at the Avengers Campus at Disneyland Paris. Disneyland diehards will have a new solid reason to visit the Paris version of Disneyland.

In the meantime, three Disney parks are constructing new themed lands in Asia. These Frozen and Zootopia-themed lands will open in next two or three years. Hong Kong Disneyland's version is near completion. Interestingly, Disney showed some of its pictures where ride tracks and the structure of mountains is readily apparent. On the other hand, Tokyo Disneyland is working on its largest project to date.

Overall, it was confirmed that Fantasy Spring at Tokyo DisneySea will open in 2023. However, this new location, the eighth "port" at the park, will cost $2.5 billion to construct. It will include Frozen, Tangled, and Peter Pan areas.

At Shanghai Disneyland, guests will find the first themed land based on Zootopia. Park officials also showed an audio-animatronic of the Yax, the Yoga Yack from the movie. 

Finally, live entertainment options on the Disney Wish were announced, which will include The Little Mermaid and Disney Seas the Adventure on the cruise ship.

Other Updates from the Disney D23 Event

D23 also announced some returning entertainment for 2022:

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