I completely respect Dan for saying, "NO", to all the price gouging and the ridiculousness that Disney has created in recent years.
@lars72823 ай бұрын
But most of u just pay all the stuff - the parks, the merch, etc. - and Disney knows that u wont boycott them bc u need that Disney magic in your little lifes
@sssspider3 ай бұрын
@@lars7282Google “trust thermocline”. There might still be a lot of customers willing to put up with the ever-increasing prices, but the public sentiment has been turning against Disney parks for a while now even (or perhaps especially) among longtime die-hards. The fact that they haven’t collapsed yet is not evidence that things are going great for them and that they have nothing to change.
@Courier_3334 ай бұрын
Disney has always been expensive. But they used to make the disney difference. Their quality was SO good that the prices were fine They were genuinely pioneering theme parks. Now they raise the price and lower the value.
@bluegold10264 ай бұрын
Truly. I think the only exception is Disney Cruise Lines, I've heard the experience is still very good in peoples' eyes.
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
Once I get to work at Disney, not only will the value be high again, but the price will also be low. I'll make sure that it happens.
@quinnhouk53694 ай бұрын
@@annien.1727wooohooo you go dude
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
@@quinnhouk5369 I'll do my very best!
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
@@quinnhouk5369 I'll do my best!
@rebeccaperry63034 ай бұрын
For less than the price of this convention, I was able to book a 7 day trip to Hong Kong. And I finally get to experience Mystic Manor! So that's what I'll be doing instead. :)
@MkR23984 ай бұрын
Groovy
@costumeink1474 ай бұрын
Bless! 👏👏👏👏
@AzKarma20103 ай бұрын
For less than our families trip to Walt Disney World we were able to go to London for a week and stay in our own flat. This is for a family of four flights and everything and it was still $3000 less than it would be to go to Walt Disney World in the states. We are in the states.
@pumpkinpatch53 ай бұрын
@@AzKarma2010The irony. My family are in the UK, near London and we just want to go to Florida/WDW than our own overpriced capital city. 😂
@damonderby4 ай бұрын
Is sad to see someone like Dan who lives and breathes Disney be so disheartened by their corporate greed. Where will it end?
@craisins953 ай бұрын
His hysterical exasperated laughter made me so sad
@RonanBuddy4 ай бұрын
Here’s a little lesson for Disney, “Money ain’t got no soul, Money ain’t got no heart.”
@slowazzd21653 ай бұрын
That's not a lesson that's a dumb quote
@tiamystic3 ай бұрын
@@slowazzd2165it’s true tho
@annien.17273 ай бұрын
@@slowazzd2165 🙄It's ANYTHING but dumb.
@aleczanderdean10304 ай бұрын
As someone who came into the fandom in 2018 and I didn't even know that D23 started as a fan con. I thought it was just their shareholder meeting.
@rudetuesday4 ай бұрын
The budget creep of all things connected to Disney has made it difficult for new people to find a way in. When I was a kid, our public library hosted free Disney programming on film, and The Wonderful World of Disney and Mickey Mouse Club were on broadcast TV. The parks were once in a lifetime or summer vacation trips, but you could sort of realistically daydream towards them. I feel really bad for fans paywalled off from the things they love. I knew we were in big trouble when new Sesame Street episodes were headed for premium cable and streaming. A flipping PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) staple.
@FooPanda4 ай бұрын
I feel like HBO/Max is just a content vaccum that only exists to make content expensive to watch. Dr Who was Hbo exclusive for a little bit and it killed my interest in Who a little :(
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
Justice for James Dreyfus!
@eatatjoes67512 ай бұрын
I was once really interested in Disney as a kid and wanted to go to the park eventually but now - I really don’t want to see another Disney thing for as long as I live.
@RebekahLeiplein4 ай бұрын
Angry Dan is a whole vibe
@CrazyCartoonCat124 ай бұрын
Wish Bob Iger was replaced by someone who actually gives a damn about traditional animation and great story telling like Disney used to be.
@maxscarrow45474 ай бұрын
He's been ceo since 2009 so you hate zootopia, frozen and big hero six?
@CrazyCartoonCat124 ай бұрын
@@maxscarrow4547 Yes Especially Frozen
@fusetunes4 ай бұрын
i actually love frozen but i agree about traditional animation. the live action remakes just make me sad :(
@CrazyCartoonCat124 ай бұрын
@@fusetunes You and me both
@Belangerz4 ай бұрын
@@maxscarrow4547those ain’t the films you should mentioning when talking about great storytelling
@raynacarraway4404 ай бұрын
It feels like Disney's new policy seems to be: take something pre-existing that worked fine, change it for the worse, and charge more so the CEOs who already have a ton of money can get richer. Happened with Fast Passes, Disney+, and D23. I'm so tired of Disney corporate man 😖
@TheVideogirl94 ай бұрын
I strongly agree. They shut down Disney Quest in Orlando in 2017 and Radio Disney for three years before the pandemic began. This is so tragically 😢
@bluegold10264 ай бұрын
Iger is Mickey's boss, NOT the other way around as many say.
@gracekim254 ай бұрын
@@bluegold1026exactly 😅
@TheVideogirl94 ай бұрын
@@bluegold1026 uh yeah. 💯
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
It won't be that way for long. I may not be a CEO for a member of the board, but I'm willing to do everything in my power to change Disney for the better. D23, Fast Passes, and everything else will be greatly improved. I'll even create new Disney shows and movies that everyone can enjoy.
@caittails4 ай бұрын
Honestly, at this point, the best move might to bring back Michael Eisner. Never thought I’d say it, but at least the man respected creativity.
@srayj3 ай бұрын
I don’t wanna slam Michael Eisner, but you realize that near the end of his tenure he was the one who decided that budget parks should be a thing and built Hong Kong, DCA and Paris Studios, but when Bob Iger took over, he actually invested in all of those parks to redo them and make them more fleshed out by adding new lands to Hong Kong and improving their castle, redoing DCA almost entirely to better fit with the Disney brand and now is overseeing an overhaul for Paris. There’s also the fact that in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of the animated movies were going downhill but Iger ushered in the second Renaissance with Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Big Hero Six, Moana…not to mention repairing the relationship with Pixar that Eisner actually demolished. Eisner had a great run in the late 80s and early to mid 90’s completely revitalizing the company, but neither CEO is perfect.
@lars72823 ай бұрын
Eisner was the best CEO of Disney, even better than Walt himself. He had a lot of flops, but also so many Highs - he experimented and decided on focus themes, he knew what the Disney magic was and he understood audiences
@ForgottenFunStudios4 ай бұрын
Signed up for D23 last summer thinking all of the claims of “free member events and more” would materialize. Instead, I get emails touting new events and every single time it’s been HUNDREDS of dollars to just get in the door. It makes my stomach hurt to know that we keep getting promised these grandiose gestures for being fans and instead we just keep forking over cash to people who only care about how much they can bank off of our loyalty.
@kkraut4 ай бұрын
Yep, just being used so they can waste it on something that sucks or for the third mercedes
@j.r.shartzer4 ай бұрын
They are frantically removing your image from this year's slide show after seeing this.
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
He got Uncle Remused!
@hollum16484 ай бұрын
In 2017 the animation panel let in the wrong section of the queue and shut out the people who had waited the longest, over 5 hours. I have never gone back. Someone in the ensuing angry mob shouted “kill the beast” though and that’s a memory I will never forget lmao (we did eventually receive priority seating wristbands for our choice of parks panel or live action panel, that was after waiting around for the entire day on day one)
@KevinSmith-wm8td4 ай бұрын
I went to the D23 Expo to celebrate the 100th anniversary, found out only privileged enter the panels and the entire thing was a money milking machine and never wanted to go there again. Worst memory was being trapped in the parking deck waiting HOURS to get into the Disney parks panel just to say I went to ONE stinking panel and wasn’t allowed in when they opened the doors. In the time I wasted, I could have gone to Universal Studios and rode their rides and had fun. What really sold me on how greedy Disney is was their real estate booth, yes, Disney has planned homes you can buy. Realtor rep said: “would you like to live a Disney experience for $500K?” If I wasn’t so tired from my legs being stiff waiting, I would have said that unless they used a bio-lab to grow me a Princess Aurora bride or a lifetime supply of Disneyland tickets, I would rather have my money invested in Toho stock than fork over half a million just to have my house look like it is from Tron on the outside with generic interiors on the inside.
@johnshoemakerpbc4 ай бұрын
Please let Iger watch this video. Along with all of upper leadership. They need to hear it.
@politiekhistorie4 ай бұрын
Iger is really parasitic on the fan base. Sure, that will make a lot of people turn away from the fandom but Iger don't mind, the profits and marketshare will only really go down once he's gone and people will blame it on the next guy like a lot of people blame Chapek for Iger's actions.
@alexbrizuela7664 ай бұрын
I wish Bob Iger would get booed by the fans at D23 when he walks on stage. He's not a creative person, and he is a crooked businessman who ruined a beloved company by acquiring all of these franchises, like Marvel and Star Wars, and milking them to death. Not to mention that he's also responsible for jacking up the prices at their theme parks while throwing creativity out the window. He needs to be fired and replaced by someone with more creativity.
@annien.17272 ай бұрын
Exactly! And either Nelson Peltz or Elon Musk has that creativity. If I were to replace Iger, I would bring creativity and fun back to Disney.
@-dtuyhnjhggvjjjn12 күн бұрын
@@annien.1727 wtf
@annien.172711 күн бұрын
@-dtuyhnjhggvjjjn 😡What's with that? Don't think that this is a joke because it's NOT at all! I'm serious about what I said!
@provostparkpass4 ай бұрын
Dan, I am having a hard time finding any flaws in your logic. Perfectly said
@WolfMoon3514 ай бұрын
This is the dumbest thing they’ve ever done. I always go to D23 Expo and the biggest memory I have when going are the presentations. 2022 was actually, I did not expect to pay extra for just to get a sit…
@juststephandme28754 ай бұрын
15:16 me as a Brit: someone get this man a cup of tea and a biscuit…..QUICK!!!
@Snoopy16004 ай бұрын
Can't wait for that snoopy mascot history
@TheVideogirl94 ай бұрын
Me too! Snoopy is my favorite peanut character of all time 😊
@ratbones6204 ай бұрын
I’ve kind of been thinking even prior to this whole D23 situation, what if we just had a Disney event that was made BY and FOR fans? Just small little meetups throughout the country (and even the world) for Disney fans who just wanna meet up. There could be little vendor halls and small panels. Basically the community aspect of D23, without the corporate-ness of the rest of the event.
@jillianasyouwish80134 ай бұрын
There's definitely a few of these that do happen. Retro wdw does retromagic. Wdwnt does great events. I think there's a mouse house con.
@em_casually89364 ай бұрын
@@jillianasyouwish8013yes! WDWNT is actually hosting an event (in person and streaming) to celebrate Hollywood studios’ upcoming anniversary. They’re having a full panel with imagineers and everything. The DIS has also hosted events like this in the past. I feel like it will be the norm if D23 continues to price fans out.
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
Search “Disneyana” and you will find something special.
@ShakepearesDaughter3 ай бұрын
If this became widespread, wouldn't Disney pull a Mattel move on it (think Barbie) and require any meetups of this kind to have to be officially Disney sanctioned to be allowed and advertised anywhere? The Mouse is insidious over using its name
@alexhansen7109Ай бұрын
I mean.. Dapper Day is kinda like that yeah? I LOVE going to the dapper day expos!
@moira3294 ай бұрын
Since the panels are at the Honda Center which is off site from the main convention floor, are they not offering shuttles? That is just messed up especially for ADA attendees.
@Emplordxiii4 ай бұрын
Shuttles will be offered within the 2 hour windows before and after the panels, but it’s going to be a total shitshow.
@moira3294 ай бұрын
@@Emplordxiii yeah I can see that. I wonder how many they will have and if it will accommodate everyone since they have a head count.
@jackcohenourfilms62094 ай бұрын
And you can't bring bags to the Honda center, so you have to drop off your bags and then return to shuttle.
@moira3294 ай бұрын
@@jackcohenourfilms6209 which means losing even more time on the convention floor depending on where you are staying, it could add an additional 45 mins to over an hour. And then back tracking back to the convention center to catch a shuttle.
@Aquarium-hf2px4 ай бұрын
I hate that Disney just keep going up with prices Walt Disney would never want this
@ChcbSLDR4 ай бұрын
I feel like the only Disney parks concept reveals at D23 that can be 100% trusted are the ones for the Asia parks. They feel like the only ones that pull through and look almost exactly like their concept arts. The Zootopia and Arendelle expansions in Shanghai and Hong Kong look nice. And Fantasy Springs in Tokyo looks really promising with the current videos they're releasing of the progress. Meanwhile there have been so many concepts for the US parks that just, never end up existing like the Villains park.
@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii4 ай бұрын
Soon to come on Company Man's channel. D23 The Rise and Fall
@Nodeathnolife4 ай бұрын
I'm anticipating for a 99 store video the most
@Slytherin_Girlie4 ай бұрын
the fact that the wheeze started 3 minutes in told me this would be good. Thank You Dan :)
@77blaidddrwg4 ай бұрын
Exactly my feelings against all these conventions and expos. I used to like Anime Expo and comic con, now it's just paying to be in a crowded convention center with people in cosplay who don't own deodorant, watch trailers, and be sold overpriced stuff including crap fanart. I wanted to do d23 but inflation on top of the regular disflation is just a no.
@douglaskoski70983 ай бұрын
Every blue sky presentation should be watched as if it were a comedy routine. 5 years to make sidewalks, flower boxes, benches, and glow sticks. They're still not done with the cake shop at Boardwalk... Good to dream, but it's not actually reality until it's done. Agree, removing "Fan" from the title should be a warning. Maybe next year it will be "D23 Elites Expo."
@fangzthewolf64594 ай бұрын
As someone who was able to get tickets on the first day of them going on sale, it is pretty clear that going to D23 is going to be a once in a lifetime experience for me.
@jacobdavis74984 ай бұрын
Exactly. This guy is just bitter. He didn’t get tickets.
@Tink2k4 ай бұрын
I tried to get into the WDW D23 experience last year. But seats were so limited we didn't get in. We live on the East Coast so going to the past D23 Expos was a passing thought. We decided --especially with the expansion - that we wanted to go this year. It will be a once in a lifetime experience for us at this level. (We attended Disneyana shows in the 1990s but that is all just fan resales) Was it expensive? Yes. Is it worth it to us? Yes. We're excited to go back to Disneyland and finally get to go to an Expo!
@EthanCrossMedia4 ай бұрын
Wow, in my confession, I’ve never been to D23 Expo, I’ve only been to Anime Central and Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2, my current fan and comic convention to this day).
@srayj3 ай бұрын
I’ll admit that the ticket sales system this year was awful, but as someone who has attended every single expo, I see what Disney was going for. In 2009, you were basically guaranteed a spot in the big panels, it was more a matter of where you were going to be seated. This is when the big panels were held in the arena. The problem was that the expo was so cool that the next one in 2011 exploded in popularity and Disney wasn’t prepared. Each subsequent year it has gotten bigger and busier. Disney has tried to respond by moving the big panels from the arena to hall H to seat more people. They tried to do wristbands and pre-planning panel attendance. They are trying to make the experience more accessible to more people and yes, that ironically means a paywall. My biggest concern is that if during the day there aren’t the big panels, pulling people off the floor to fill a 7000 seat panel that just means more people in lines for the smaller panels and the merchandise, and other experiences which is already crazy enough. I get your rant and you did mention that you actually profit off Disney, but the real people who are most hurt by this aren’t the bloggers and resellers who aren’t primarily there as fans, but us actual Disney lovers who miss out because of the greed not just of Disney, but of the people who want to attend the convention then gouge those who can’t get tickets or merch any other way.
@broadway3314 ай бұрын
Yeah, charging for panel access is crazy. I went to the last D23 Expo and won the lottery for the Disney Television Panel so I got to sit close to the stage. It was super cool. But I don’t have the finances to go this year’s Expo.
@AzKarma20103 ай бұрын
I’m with you 100% Ive been “dis-enchanted” for the past 2 years with Disney. And I was there I was a full blown Disney Adult I even worked at DLR when I was younger I drank the Kool-Aid I signed up for the cult and worshiped the mouse. BUT my family and I have not set foot in a Disney park since October 2019. It’s a lot about the cost and just the plain fact my daughters dont want to go. They are 18 and 11 grew up as Disney kids my oldest LOVES Hercules, but they don’t want us to spend that much and they wanted to go to Knotts, we even tried a cruise and went to San Francisco. They loved all of that. I’ve fallen out of love with Disney, we are not “too poor” for Disney. But Disney doesn’t care and they never will.😢 TBH it’s just not worth it. We are saving to go to Epic Universe.
@fatcat14143 ай бұрын
The idea of Disney, a company known for crushing fan projects under its heel, trying to engage in fan culture through a convention is darkly ironic.
@user-sl8sv4nr3w4 ай бұрын
Crazy....love it but my wallet doesn't
@rosiebaybie62454 ай бұрын
That looks fun…but HOLY COW that is a lot of people!
@j.j.q13794 ай бұрын
Its very hard to get into now
@Y2JFan944 ай бұрын
I blame Bob Paycheck
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
He was a sitting duck for Bob Iger’s machinations.
@MissTrish19934 ай бұрын
With the way he's pulling the purse strings in the parks, Disneyland Paris especially, he's Bob Cheapasheck to me!
@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii4 ай бұрын
I wanted to go to D23 this year because it takes place the weekend of my 40th birthday, but I can't afford those prices
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
Let’s see, go to D23 or pay rent. Decisions, decisions…
@JustaGuy_Gaming2 ай бұрын
The best part of any convention is the other fans imo. Fan costumes, fan art, hand crafted figures etc were always amazing at Comic Cons and the like. Now that companies are doing their best to price out the fans, there really isn't a reason to even go.
@TheVideogirl94 ай бұрын
That’s so interesting… But oh my God, why would Disney make their price higher for fan event?. That was stupid smh 😒😒
@dougmartin71294 ай бұрын
Because Disney knows that there are thousands of gullible fans to squeeze more money out off. One word, GREED
@annien.17272 ай бұрын
@@dougmartin7129 😡Watch your mouth! Disney is NOT greedy! Iger is the greedy one here, NOT Disney! Disney is a victim of Iger's greed just like we are! But we're changing all of that! It won't be long before Iger gets kicked out of Disney. His days as CEO there are numbered. Disney and we will NO LONGER victims of his greed ever again. That's my vow.
@Dontmakemerun4 ай бұрын
It feels like D23 is a Timeshare, they really want you to buy in and never be able to get out. Save your money and just go to parks, Epic Universe is coming and Disney is gonna keep breaking.
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
Not by a long shot, they're NOT! Disney is NOT going to continue to break once I step in to help! Once I get a job at Disney, everything is going to change for the better! It won't be long before Epic Universe will be biting Disney's dust!
@Dontmakemerun4 ай бұрын
@@annien.1727 Disney isn't building, they're buying and going more in debt. They aren't hiring, they're firing. Once Iger is gone again more will be fired to make a name for the new chief executive to carve their legacy upon the name of a very dead Disney empire.
@goodjudy4 ай бұрын
5:36 “put me on the top of a mysterious ROOF”
@KyraHogue4 ай бұрын
I went to Disneyland with my late mother during the first d23 expo. We had no interest in going to the panels. And I'm glad we focused on just enjoying the parks.
@writerpatrick3 ай бұрын
Disney needs some good announcements at this convention or people just won't bother with the next one.
@Lisasplace4 ай бұрын
they also started charging 19 euro for a spot for parades and firework shows in Paris
@CLIFFLIX4 ай бұрын
Disney doesn't do all of this for no reason. They do it because the NEED the money right now.
@terriacosta9974 ай бұрын
I was number 668 on the Visa presale day and the only 3 day tickets available including the Honda Concert were the 2599.00 tickets. There were 2 other tickets, but one was handicapped and I couldn’t click on either fast enough. So the Visa people didn’t really get the tickets either.
@lexigarcia54662 ай бұрын
My first d23! Only got a ticket for Saturday because of the panel… but then once I said I had to dish out an extra 100 I changed my mind so quick. So I just bought a ticket and I’ll watch the livestream of the panel later in the day LMAOO. I’m mostly going to d23 because last d23 had a twisted wonderland booth and I hope they bring it back this time around 🤞
@sidsrocket97394 ай бұрын
Get to go to this thing for free. I am very blessed to have a family member with the company.
@jlbnerdy4 ай бұрын
Amen and amen. Enjoy your cruise during d23.
@muppetsretrofan88734 ай бұрын
Disney from what I have heard has always been pricey, especially D23. I honestly wish we could have had a Hanna Barbera fan convention or a Will Vinton Claymation fan convention, that would have been amazing! Will Vinton deserved so much better, and I still refuse to watch anything Laika after knowing what happened to him. Claydream is a fantastic documentary and I can't recommend it enough!
@Attmay4 ай бұрын
The Gay character in *ParaNorman* doesn’t make up for the (metaphorical) screwing of Will Vinton out of his studio. I loved watching his specials on TV when I was a kid. There were some really good animated holiday specials in the 80s. I thought those would be as popular as *Charlie Brown, Frosty, Rudolph,* and *The Grinch* but now networks barely want those anymore!
@KzintiCV3 ай бұрын
“I hope the art that you love continues to be made by the people that love to make it.” That hits hard lately.
@TheBradandJOe14 ай бұрын
I’ve been going to D23 expo since 2013 as a general admission. Tried to do that this year. It was completely unavailable to me when I got to the end of the queue. It was sad and ridiculous
@johnshoemakerpbc4 ай бұрын
I had to use my d23 membership card once which was to go to the Tron preview event to ride Tron 36 times in a row.
@DistoryDan4 ай бұрын
Lucky
@VileNirus4 ай бұрын
Shame on Bob Igor I mean Bob Iger. But the more I think on it shame on us. Yep were the ones who let Bob get away with treating us like Cinderella. We're the ones who partnered with Walt to make all things Disney Christmas every day of the year. But now Bob in his arrogance has destroyed the dream that we used to live with Walt and those who had a hand in making the magic really happen. Let's face it what was is gone and Bob has is feet up on a desk laughing at us.
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
Not for long. Iger is going to be very sorry he did Disney dirty! I'm not going to let Iger get away with the woke agenda! I'm going to abolish it completely and change Disney for the better! That's my vow!
@johnshoemakerpbc4 ай бұрын
I’m a charter D23 member and the Tron perk was worth it. That was the first event I was able to get into. It was an up charge plus a hotel for a night or two. I’d love to go to D23 but it’s way too big and resellers are the only people going. No thanks. I wish there were more perks in Disney world as part of D23.
@doyoureadme943 ай бұрын
I suddenly understand why I am seeing more Disney specific cosplays at the Anime Convention..Disney cosplayers have been priced out of their own genre’s. More Disney for us I s’pose ❤️ still a shame though..Disney convention would have been fun but not at these prices.
@kanepresten4 ай бұрын
Disney Dan bringing the Amanda/Swell Entertainment energy we didn’t know we needed.
@soundgal_sine_qua_non4 ай бұрын
The panel hype rant was *chef's kiss*
@geviveltoxerr57684 ай бұрын
I met you and Offhand at the last d23, you cats were so nice and stopped for pics. If you do end up going Id love to meet up again.
@ao96882 ай бұрын
As a seasoned convention goer this sounds so not worth it. Its cool to see what they’re cooking up but what is that even worth if half those concepts never fully happen if at all. I’ll stick with conventions.
@bluegold10264 ай бұрын
It would also help for the government to crack down on re-sellers...and corporate consolidations.
@disneyvillainrocket14 ай бұрын
Things at Disney has gone too expensive lately. And it’s gone too far
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
It won't be that way for long. Once I get a job at Disney, I'm going to completely eliminate the wokeness and bring Disney back to its former glory! The prices will also be cheaper once that happens.
@fuzzygraytoad3 ай бұрын
Someone had to say it! I was really hoping to go this year and was shocked to see that it sold out in 48 hours.
@ghoulthedamned59403 ай бұрын
12:34 Don't worry, I don't think Disney is going to buy ATLUS any time soon. My favorite 2 JRPG franchises are safe...for now
@MathieuLeblanc19914 ай бұрын
I’m going to be in Australia and having breakfast at Aulani while D23 is happening
@bronzergoth75983 ай бұрын
never watched this channel before, but this has got to be the jolliest pissed off guy ever
@cassiebillion35114 ай бұрын
I totally agree with most of what your saying here! For example, there is no way it should have been 8 tickets per account! As a fan coming from Canada though, paying 300$ for all three days and having a booked seat for the three biggest panels? Very worth it to me. I won't be hoping to get lucky and get into them or waiting for hours for a chance. Making, what will probably be my only D23 experience, very worth it to me.
@JohnScaer4 ай бұрын
The Disney Parks are expensive, but I understand people still visiting for the rides, shows, hotels and nostalgia, among other things. D23 has always baffled me as a concept, though. At its best, it looks like a Comic-Con for just one company whose biggest selling points are panels and attraction/movie/show previews that just get released online directly afterwards anyway. If the tickets were still cheaper, I guess I could understand the appeal of D23 as a side trip from Disneyland. But, with how pricey it is now, I'd rather spend more time at The Mouse's parks or some LA attraction if I'll be in that area. I'm not criticizing people who attend D23, I just don't understand why they do it.
@jordanscott28584 ай бұрын
I would treat the D23 expo like San Diego Comic Con which is something I would do at least once in my lifetime if I had the time and money. If somehow someway I win the Powerball jackpot , which is $1.23 billion at the time I’m commenting on this video, I’d probably wouldn’t mind using a small amount of it to go this August just to get it off my bucket list. Like I said, I would probably do at least once if it gets too crowded and overwhelming to consider going again. But at least it would be fun to meet some fellow Disney fans and maybe even meet some KZbinrs like Offhand Disney or others. Who knows what’s gonna happen to the expo when someone steps in after Bob Iger when his contract ends. Time will tell if it’ll get worse or better by then.
@jasperbunny4 ай бұрын
It comes to something when a die hard fan like Dan doesn’t believe in what they’re doing. This isn’t going to end well if they carry on like this.
@kimlechman58564 ай бұрын
Yeah, as much of a Disney fan I am, I'm defiantly glad I'm decided to skip out this time. I'm saving my Disney money for my next trip to the parks.
@rudedog15e4 ай бұрын
After years of being a gold member and FOMO, I decided to jump into the fray to finally take advantage of the first thing that until now thought was a perk of the paid D23 membership. Was totally blown away and disappointed by the virtual queue and only came away with a non Honda Sunday pass. I hope my park visit on Saturday beforehand will offset that disappointment but definitely will not be paying another year for this fan “exclusive” membership.
@ryanscherding4 ай бұрын
I also decided to sit this year out, which sucks because I had a ball at the previous ones, and even made a bi-annual disneyland tradition out of it. But at this point Disney seems hell-bent on squeezing every dollar they can, and frankly I'd rather put my money somewhere else. It was fine waking up at the crack of dawn, and waiting below hall D23 in that massive waiting area. I even met you Dan, dressed as dreamfinder there! But then when it became a few gaurenteed panels, I saw that as old fastpass plus. But with the advent of this new structure, along with my hate for genie plus I decided to sit this one out. It was fun, I even saw chapeck get booed last expo! But with Iger not reversing the money grab, I'd rather blow that money on a trip. Maybe put it towards a trip to Tokyo... and Disney sea....
@katiegoode4 ай бұрын
Pre 2010s Disney, those seats would have been families and kids. Post 2020s its all now rich fandom adults. I'm barely letting my 4yr old watch Pixar Blu-rays I pick up 2nd hand, but never letting him near anything else Disney as its just too expensive. Can't afford an expo, can't afford a day at Disneyland, can't afford Disney+, can't afford the cinema, can't even access the Disney Stores any more (which btw my family in 00's used to get free film tickets from!). Disney is a corporate husk thats forgetting to actually be accessible to children all around the world. Now its taken the freemium games model of pricing out the "whales" to squeeze as much out of them as possible, using FOMO techniques and add-ons, because fans pay whatever. A child with their pocket money can't access Disney now, working class families have no chance now. Its incredibly short sighted - because its not introducing new child fans into their IP, which leads to a mainly adult base which may not grow up out of it, but they will eventually turn into OAPs and pass away, and not adding to that total of fans now with kids will mean a lot less future adult fans! I see it all the time in the games industry (as I work within it), and its starting to show. Look at how Nintendo are still so stable and growing sustainable, where as Sony stopped making kids and family stuff and are now closing their family games studio and others. It may be super profitable to take advantage of the 90s and 00s time of Disney by sucking everything dime out of adult Disney fans now, but you won't have and audience later! Why would I let my kid get invested in a entertainment company that takes advantage. Keeping him clear as much as possible!
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
Hey, hey, hey! Not so fast, Katie! Disney will no longer be that way once I get to work there. I'm applicating for a job at Disney, and things are going to be way different than they are now once I do. Disney will be more accessible to kids, and cheaper, too! Don't keep your kid clear from Disney, because I'm going to change Disney for the better. I'm serious about I say. I'll make Disney better for everyone.
@abberobinson36504 ай бұрын
This was unexpectedly my favorite video ever! Bring on more Dangry Dan!
@nitz_o3 ай бұрын
Seeing a die hard Disney fan be so pessimistic and distraught is kinda sad. For the ip’s I mean
@teridoty42853 ай бұрын
This is the same basic thing that caused havoc with ticket sales for Oogie Boogie Bash 2023. Tons of resellers taking away from fans, then DCA was selling Bash merch to non-Bash attendees on event days. I gave my 2 cents to Disney as part of my feedback on the event, but I sorely doubt they are listening. Supply of event merch for this year's Star Wars Nite was also terrible. Surely they have the analytics to show what sizes of merch are most popular?? All the most popular sizes were gone in literal minutes, and this on the 2nd night of the event.
@maxscarrow45474 ай бұрын
I went to 2017 and 2019 and i get putting the three major panels separate from the covention because the way you orginally saw them was first come first serve based which meant you had to camp out missing a bunch of the convention
@bloodflow824 ай бұрын
Disney is becoming more and more scummy every year and bob igers ego about his “legacy” is ridiculous. The only way things will change is to stop giving them money. I will not be renewing my annual pass for the first time in 5 years.
@NoquitinNewYork914 ай бұрын
I cancelled my gold membership last year. So much that I couldn’t use, like 10% off some random stuff. I hope the memberships go down and they’ve gotta fix the perks and everything.
@HannahBoltForever4 ай бұрын
Not to sound like a kiss up, but I'd actually much rather pay extra, months in advance, to guarantee a seat at a panel than to have to camp out at like 4am not even knowing if I'm gonna make it in or not. (And pre-covid, when you were allowed to camp out overnight, you would probably need to do that). I've been to the last 5 expos and save for when I was naive and clueless at the first one, I never even thought making it into the big panels would be a possibility because I didn't have the patience to wait that long. This is the first year I thought it was (and a good year for it to be such for me as seeing Miley Cyrus become a Disney Legend is something I cannot miss). I know not everyone was this lucky, but I was able to do two separate transactions, with regular passes for Friday and Saturday and a panel pass for Sunday. I do think the gold membership can very much be worth it, but not so much if you don't live in Southern California or, to a lesser extent, the Orlando area. Events out there are frequent and can be cheap or sometimes even free. (I went to an event for Wish on the studio lot last month that was entirely free). One of my biggest problems with this year's ticket rollout was the fact that they didn't announce the three separate on sale dates until I think a week before. Since I'm a gold member, I'm lucky that the day I asked for off work was the day those tickets went on sale, but had I not been, I could've been in trouble, and I wouldn't be surprised if other people had similar problems. I remember them having to reschedule the on sale date entirely in 2019 due to technical issues and many people complained that they asked for that day off work for nothing and couldn't get the subsequent day off that last minute. I am also concerned on how the transportation to the Honda Center will work. That just doesn't make a lot of sense to me outside of it fitting more people. I'm sure a lot of people will Uber to avoid parking problems but I'm sure that alone will cause a traffic jam. I heard they're going to use shuttles, but I don't understand how they're gonna be able to shuttle thousands of people. I guess I'm lucky that I'll get to watch how Friday and Saturday play out and plan accordingly for Sunday.
@michaelharrington45039 күн бұрын
I've searched for streaming of panels on KZbin, and nothing comes up, at least not in full. And even if they did come up, they would likely have disruptive ads anyway. So it's not exactly "free".
@theseanwardshow4 ай бұрын
Also 'Fan Expo' is a trademark of Informa Inc
@WC64 ай бұрын
It honestly feels like WDE is just giving up on 2025 and letting Epic Universe take the win. Last year's Parks panel was a waste of time. Is this year's honestly going to be any better?
@annien.17274 ай бұрын
Yes, it will! WDE is NOT going to give up, because I'm going to help it get better! By 2025, with my help, WDE will be 10 times better than Epic Universe! Wait and see!
@tenstar16954 ай бұрын
Finally!!! ❤ someone had to say it!! Thank you 🙏🏻 keep up the great job on videos like this.
@adventureintowonderland95373 ай бұрын
Bob Iger has destroyed everything! He needs to just disappear and leave Disney already
@markthomas62363 ай бұрын
I love what you do
@ToshisGarden3 ай бұрын
As an Alien fan, I'm worried for the future. In an ideal world, I would be excited to see the original Nostromo dark ride shooter idea for Alien Encounter actually come to fruition, but we're not in that timeline.
@galaga2x8084 ай бұрын
im legit going to barcelona for a week WITH my girlfriend for 800 less than a 3 day pass to he expo (just flights and hotel but still)
@RakoonCD4 ай бұрын
12:44 As a sonic fan, I'm conflicted.
@Flubberduckie3 ай бұрын
They did 8 tickets I think bc of the option that my friend and I went with to buy 2 1 day passes and 1 Honda pass so for 2 ppl 6 tickets, but buying 8 3day passes is ubsurd I’m so frustrated w the resellers
@samanthaburd5862 ай бұрын
I went in 2019 for the 1st and last time. The cost was fair I believe. But when you see people The day before day before walking with Wagons filled with merchandise that I was not able to get because they were given early access. Did I mention I was a gold member ? I did not see the value In the cost Of me paying for membership. With all the flipping around People not being valued ,, My belief Following in Disneyland since I was a baby has gone out the window. I'm waiting for the day we start doing the Disneyland lottery to even get in the doors. Pathetic
@dan-othemando79584 ай бұрын
Oh How Magical!!.....
@imaginefun134 ай бұрын
D23 2009 we were able to get super discounted tickets as CMs cuz they just weren't selling. I believe it was $5 a day! And in 2011 I think it went up to $15 a day. Still an amazing deal. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves 2009, 2011, and 2013. But in 2015, by day 3, we were sitting around an empty hall because we had literally already done everything. We decided then that we wouldn't be going back. Especially not once the prices had increased and lines still just got longer.
@jwood45084 ай бұрын
Honest and refreshing. Thank you!
@ginahorner71954 ай бұрын
DANGRY DAN, we summon you! Thanks for doing Broadway Baby Jesus’s work for us. Giving out those scorching HOT takes!! 🔥
@l.d.walters465013 күн бұрын
I thought bob iger was supposed to make Disney affordable again