Last year, D23 debuted their Fanniversary event, a nationwide series of a special presentation that celebrated the anniversaries of various Disney movies, attractions, parks, and more. Now, D23 is bringing back the Fanniversary celebration for 2013, with tickets for this year’s events going on sale in just a few days.
This year’s D23’s Disney Fanniversary Celebration will once again celebrate various Disney milestones through never-before-seen film footage, photographs, concept art, and exclusive interviews with Disney Legends. Included in the celebration will be such beloved Disney properties as Peter Pan, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mickey Mouse himself, the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Horizons, Tokyo Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and more. Additionally, this year will also mark the anniversary of the founding of the Walt Disney Company itself in 1923.
Here are the dates and locations of this year’s Fanniversary tour:
Los Angeles
Date: Friday, March 1
Location: The Studio Theatre, The Walt Disney Studios (500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California)
Time: 5 and 8 p.m.San Diego
Date: Saturday, March 2
Location: San Diego MOPA-Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater (1649 El Prado, San Diego, California)
Time: 2 p.m.Phoenix
Date: Sunday, March 3
Location: Phoenix Center for the Arts (1202 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, Arizona)
Time: 2:30 p.m.Orlando
Date: Friday, March 8
Location: Atlantic Dance Hall, Walt Disney’s BoardWalk Resort, Walt Disney World
Time: 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.Chicago
Date: Sunday, March 10
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Time: 2 and 5 p.m.Washington, D.C.
Date: Thursday, March 21
Location: U.S. Navy Memorial (701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.)
Time: 7 p.m.Newark
Date: Saturday, March 23
Location: Newark Museum, Billy Johnson Auditorium (49 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey)
Time: 2:30 p.m.Boston
Date: Sunday, March 24
Location: Boston Theatre 1 at the Revere Hotel (200 Stuart St., Boston, Massachusetts)
Time: 2 and 5 p.m.Seattle
Date: Friday, April 5
Location: Seattle Public Library in the Microsoft Auditorium on level 1 (1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle, WA; Access to the building for the event will be through the 4th Avenue entrance.)
Time: 7 p.m.San Francisco
Date: Sunday, April 7
Location: Walt Disney Family Museum, (104 Montgomery Street, The Presidio of San Francisco, California)
Time: 2 and 5 p.m.
Tickets for the 2013 Fanniversary Celebration will go on sale to D23 members on February 5 at 10:00 AM PST, with any remaining tickets going on sale to the general public on February 12 at 10 AM PST. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the official event page here.
