Hello from the D23 Expo! Well, I should say I’m getting ready for day one of the D23 Expo. We’ll be walking over to the Anaheim Convention Center shortly before spending all day walking around the show floor, listening to different panels and enjoying all of the festivities. I’m not sure if I’ll do this for each day of the expo (Saturday will be a big news day without live updates) but for Day 1 I’ll be adding updates of our firsthand accounts throughout the day on this post.

For those looking for a more general view of the 2026 D23 Expo, I’ll warn you now that the first few updates will be heavy on the theme park side of things. That probably isn’t a surprise since this is a website that covers theme parks. Our first stop this morning will be on the show floor and getting a look at the Imagineering Pavilion. I expect the place to be packed so the quality of phone uploads to the site might not be the best but I’m sure we’ll double and triple back around throughout the day.

There are several panels that I’m looking forward to today. Melissa and I are both interested in the Beauty and the Beast panel as well as the midday offering about film scores. Different panels are my favorite part about the D23 Expo generally but it’s hard to balance how much time to spend listening to these versus walking around the show floor. First world problems, right?

The hardest choice of the day for me, personally, was deciding between The Muppets Musical History with Seth MacFarlane or going to the Entertainment Showcase at the Honda Center tonight. Barring any last second change of plans, I’m a little heartbroken to say that we plan to go to the Entertainment Showcase. We had all but decided on the Muppets Musical History but then it was noted that no Muppets will be at that panel. I’m hoping that means they’ll be at the Entertainment Showcase instead. Plus, we wanted to get a lay of the Honda Center land before the parks showcase tomorrow night.

That’s enough preamble for now. We’re thrilled to be back at D23 Expo and are looking forward to bringing you updates throughout the day and weekend. Sorry that most of the videos and photos will be from my phone instead of camera for this post. It’s a lower quality but significantly easier for this certain post. We’ll have plenty of camera photos on the way.

The next update will be from inside the Convention Center, likely with lots of photo and video from the Imagineering Pavilion!