Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Come along for opening day of D23 2026 in Anaheim, California!
It’s Friday and we’re kicking off an incredible weekend celebrating all things Disney! We explore D23, check out the exhibits, displays, merchandise and everything happening around the Anaheim Convention Center before heading over to the Honda Center for the evening festivities.
There’s so much to see at D23, and this is only the beginning of the weekend! Join me for Day 1 and experience the excitement of D23 in Anaheim.
Full run down of all the announcements and guest
1. Opening production number
* Dancing with the Stars pros + 50+ dancers
* Choreographed by Mandy Moore
* Hosts Ginnifer Goodwin & Ke Huy Quan appear
* Josh D’Amaro — opening remarks
* Dana Walden — The Simpsons movie presentation/Bart Simpson segment.
2. Anne Hathaway
* Surprise appearance
* Discussed The Princess Diaries and her upcoming Disney Legends honor.
3. Pixar
* Alan Bergman
* Pete Docter
* Incredibles 3
* Benjamin Bratt — Coco 2
* Kingdom Hearts IV / Coco world
* Kingdom Hearts animated series announcement
* Ghost Market
* Gatto.
4. Lilo & Stitch 2
* Maia Kealoha
* Stitch and Angel appeared digitally/on the screens.
5. Romy & Michele 2
* Lisa Kudrow
* Mira Sorvino.
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Season 3
* Walker Scobell
* Ming-Na Wen
* Andra Day
* Artemis’s Hunters performance/presentation.
7. Camp Rock 3
* Joe Jonas
* Kevin Jonas
* Nick Jonas
* Liamani Segura
* Malachi Barton
* Hudson Stone
* Lumi Pollack
* Casey Trotter
* The younger cast performed “One Beat Away” and “We Rock.”
8. The Bluey Movie
* Goodwin and Quan introduced the teaser/Keepy Uppy segment; I don’t find evidence of additional Bluey cast members physically appearing.
9. Ice Age: Boiling Point
* Queen Latifah
* Denis Leary
* Exclusive footage shown.
10. The Greatest Showman stage musical
* Oliver Tompsett
* Samantha Barks
* Malinda Parris
* Live performance announcing the West End production.
11. Tangled — live action
* Kathryn Hahn — Mother Gothel
* Teagan Croft — appeared by prerecorded video from Spain
* Milo Manheim — appeared by prerecorded video from Spain
* So Croft and Manheim were not physically at the Honda Center.
12. Oswald
* Kathryn Hahn introduced Jon Favreau
* Favreau presented the new Oswald Disney+ miniseries.
13. National Geographic — LION
* Jon Favreau
* Mike Gunton.
14. Marvel — VisionQuest
* Kevin Feige
* Paul Bettany
* James Spader
* Trailer/footage shown.
15. Avengers: Doomsday
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Chris Evans
* Hayley Atwell
* Kevin Feige
* Special Doomsday footage shown.
16. X-Men
* Kevin Feige
* Jake Schreier
* Sadie Sink — Jean Grey
* Kit Connor — Scott Summers/Cyclops
* Christopher Abbott — Professor Charles Xavier
* Samara Weaving — Emma Frost
* Inde Navarrette — Rogue
* Maya Boyd — Storm
* Adam Driver — Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister, but via prerecorded video, not on the Honda Center stage.
17. Star Wars: Ahsoka — Season 2
* Dave Filoni
* Rosario Dawson
* Hayden Christensen
* Eman Esfandi
* Season 2 teaser shown.
18. Star Wars: Starfighter
* Shawn Levy
* Ryan Gosling
* Gosling came out in the Mickey Mouse Club jacket, and Levy gave him the special Starfighter jacket.
19. Walt Disney Animation — Zootopia 3
* Ginnifer Goodwin
* Ke Huy Quan
* Jared Bush
* Official announcement that Zootopia 3 is in development.
20. Clay
* Jared Bush announced the new animated movie
* Kieran Culkin was announced as the voice of Flip; from the reporting I’ve found, I don’t see evidence that Culkin physically appeared onstage.
21. Hexed
* Jared Bush
* Hailee Steinfeld
* Walton Goggins and Jodie Foster were announced as cast, but the reliable coverage I’ve found only explicitly places Steinfeld on the Honda Center stage.
22. Frozen 3 — GRAND FINALE
* Kristen Bell
* Idina Menzel
* Josh Gad
* Bell and Menzel performed the new version of “Frozen Heart.”
* Gad performed Olaf’s new love song, “Ooooh, Samantha.”
* New Frozen 3 footage closed the presentation.
Enjoy!
#D23 #D23Expo #Disney #Anaheim #DisneyVlog
Come along for opening day of D23 2026 in Anaheim, California!
It’s Friday and we’re kicking off an incredible weekend celebrating all things Disney! We explore D23, check out the exhibits, displays, merchandise and everything happening around the Anaheim Convention Center before heading over to the Honda Center for the evening festivities.
There’s so much to see at D23, and this is only the beginning of the weekend! Join me for Day 1 and experience the excitement of D23 in Anaheim.
Full run down of all the announcements and guest
1. Opening production number
* Dancing with the Stars pros + 50+ dancers
* Choreographed by Mandy Moore
* Hosts Ginnifer Goodwin & Ke Huy Quan appear
* Josh D’Amaro — opening remarks
* Dana Walden — The Simpsons movie presentation/Bart Simpson segment.
2. Anne Hathaway
* Surprise appearance
* Discussed The Princess Diaries and her upcoming Disney Legends honor.
3. Pixar
* Alan Bergman
* Pete Docter
* Incredibles 3
* Benjamin Bratt — Coco 2
* Kingdom Hearts IV / Coco world
* Kingdom Hearts animated series announcement
* Ghost Market
* Gatto.
4. Lilo & Stitch 2
* Maia Kealoha
* Stitch and Angel appeared digitally/on the screens.
5. Romy & Michele 2
* Lisa Kudrow
* Mira Sorvino.
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Season 3
* Walker Scobell
* Ming-Na Wen
* Andra Day
* Artemis’s Hunters performance/presentation.
7. Camp Rock 3
* Joe Jonas
* Kevin Jonas
* Nick Jonas
* Liamani Segura
* Malachi Barton
* Hudson Stone
* Lumi Pollack
* Casey Trotter
* The younger cast performed “One Beat Away” and “We Rock.”
8. The Bluey Movie
* Goodwin and Quan introduced the teaser/Keepy Uppy segment; I don’t find evidence of additional Bluey cast members physically appearing.
9. Ice Age: Boiling Point
* Queen Latifah
* Denis Leary
* Exclusive footage shown.
10. The Greatest Showman stage musical
* Oliver Tompsett
* Samantha Barks
* Malinda Parris
* Live performance announcing the West End production.
11. Tangled — live action
* Kathryn Hahn — Mother Gothel
* Teagan Croft — appeared by prerecorded video from Spain
* Milo Manheim — appeared by prerecorded video from Spain
* So Croft and Manheim were not physically at the Honda Center.
12. Oswald
* Kathryn Hahn introduced Jon Favreau
* Favreau presented the new Oswald Disney+ miniseries.
13. National Geographic — LION
* Jon Favreau
* Mike Gunton.
14. Marvel — VisionQuest
* Kevin Feige
* Paul Bettany
* James Spader
* Trailer/footage shown.
15. Avengers: Doomsday
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Chris Evans
* Hayley Atwell
* Kevin Feige
* Special Doomsday footage shown.
16. X-Men
* Kevin Feige
* Jake Schreier
* Sadie Sink — Jean Grey
* Kit Connor — Scott Summers/Cyclops
* Christopher Abbott — Professor Charles Xavier
* Samara Weaving — Emma Frost
* Inde Navarrette — Rogue
* Maya Boyd — Storm
* Adam Driver — Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister, but via prerecorded video, not on the Honda Center stage.
17. Star Wars: Ahsoka — Season 2
* Dave Filoni
* Rosario Dawson
* Hayden Christensen
* Eman Esfandi
* Season 2 teaser shown.
18. Star Wars: Starfighter
* Shawn Levy
* Ryan Gosling
* Gosling came out in the Mickey Mouse Club jacket, and Levy gave him the special Starfighter jacket.
19. Walt Disney Animation — Zootopia 3
* Ginnifer Goodwin
* Ke Huy Quan
* Jared Bush
* Official announcement that Zootopia 3 is in development.
20. Clay
* Jared Bush announced the new animated movie
* Kieran Culkin was announced as the voice of Flip; from the reporting I’ve found, I don’t see evidence that Culkin physically appeared onstage.
21. Hexed
* Jared Bush
* Hailee Steinfeld
* Walton Goggins and Jodie Foster were announced as cast, but the reliable coverage I’ve found only explicitly places Steinfeld on the Honda Center stage.
22. Frozen 3 — GRAND FINALE
* Kristen Bell
* Idina Menzel
* Josh Gad
* Bell and Menzel performed the new version of “Frozen Heart.”
* Gad performed Olaf’s new love song, “Ooooh, Samantha.”
* New Frozen 3 footage closed the presentation.
Enjoy!
#D23 #D23Expo #Disney #Anaheim #DisneyVlog
