Select D23 Expo convention sessions will be livestreamed
Six sessions of the D23 Expo will be livestreamed in the next few days, the official Disney fan club announced. Not on the list, though, is Sunday’s presentation with Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, Experience and Products.
On Friday, the Disney Legends Ceremony will be available. It begins at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, and it will salute Christina Aguilera, Wing T. Chao, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, James Earl Jones, Bette Midler, Kenny Ortega, Barnette Ricci, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Ming-Na Wen and Hans Zimmer. It will be hosted by Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger. At 7 p.m. Friday, folks can see “Behind the Art of Disney Costuming.”
The gathering runs Friday through Sunday at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The livestreaming can be accessed through D23.com.
On Saturday, livestreaming events will include “Women of Impact: Meet the Nat Geo Explorers Changing the World” (1 p.m. Eastern) and “Marvel Comics: Marvel’s 80th Anniversary” (7 p.m.).
Sunday’s livestreaming opportunities are “Heroines of the Disney Galaxies” at 1 p.m. (with Central Florida’s own Ashley Eckstein) and “The Art of Disney Storytelling” — with hosts John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh Stamos as hosts — at 6 p.m. The storytelling session includes a panel with Tony Baxter, Floyd Norman, Paul Briggs and Don Hahn.
Chapek’s speech is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. D23 touts that guests “will be treated to more details on much-anticipated attractions, experiences and transformative storytelling.”