My thoughts from my first day at D23. We arrived at our Clarion parking spot at 6:30am. SpotHero was awesome.
Had to walk over to Katella entrance and passed security pretty quickly. In line for show floor and settled in on the carpet for a couple hours, picked up gold gift during wait while DW held our spot.
Made it to DWTS panel at around 9:45. And it was a waste of time. I was expecting so much (like actual dancing and stars...) and got an hour of vacuous chatter.
So then we said stores.
Disney Store was first but line was closed. So we moved to MOG and we moved pretty quickly until we didn’t cuz apparently the store closed for restocking. Took about 2 hours. But hey, when else can I get into this store? Good haul there, practically a whole new Disney wardrobe! Loved it!
MOG pin line was not moving at all for the entire time we were there
so plan accordingly...
Visited booths after that, foregoing further panels because
but if it’s your thing enjoy!
Hit Dream Store line at 2pm and that was barely 20 minutes. Another good haul!
Debating going to Disney+ but figured we’d hear about it after the fact. Visited more booths, looked out for our favorite vloggers but no luck. Disney+ offer only valid in US, sorry international visitors (got a pin anyway).
Last queue of the day was Disney Store, we entered line a little before 6pm waited about an hour got in and was a mass of humanity. Got a couple pin sets and called it a day!
Wear comfy shoes and don’t ignore vendor booths.