D23 announces its line-up of Disney fan events for 2018

October 2, 2017, 7:55 AM · LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Disney's official fan club has announced its lineup of events for 2018. Next year's Destination D event will be held at the Walt Disney World Resort in November, celebrating the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse. And the Disney Fanniversary event comes to the Disney Studio lot in Burbank in October 2018, to celebrate the silver anniversaries of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hocus Pocus.

Disney's D23 also will celebrate the opening of Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida and the Pixar Pier overlay at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim with special member events at the openings of both next summer. In addition, D23 will host its first tour of the Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California at a date next year to be announced.

Other events will include a return event to Marceline, Missouri - the town where Walt Disney grew up, tours of the Disney Studios lot in Burbank, screenings of new and classic Disney films, and lunches with Disney cast members who have been named Disney Legends by the company.

Here is the current line-up of D23 fan events scheduled for 2018:

January 12: Lunch with a Disney Legend: TBA, Burbank, Calif.
January 13: The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour—Presented by D23, Burbank, Calif.
February 2: D23 Night at Disney's Aladdin, Hollywood, Calif.
February 3: D23's Magical Screening Series: Peter Pan, Burbank, Calif.
February 10: D23's Magical Screening Series: Peter Pan, Walt Disney World Resort
March 24: D23 Night at Disney's Frozen, New York City
April: D23 Celebrates 20 Years of Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort
April 7: The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour—Presented by D23, Burbank, Calif.
May 25: D23's Return to Marceline, Marceline, Mo.
Summer: D23 Members Visit Toy Story Land, Walt Disney World Resort
Summer: D23 Members Visit Pixar Pier, Disneyland Resort
June 23: D23's Magical Screening Series: Robin Hood, Burbank, Calif.
June 29: Lunch with a Disney Legend: TBA, Walt Disney World Resort
June 30: D23's Magical Screening Series: Robin Hood, Walt Disney World Resort
July 20: D23 Member Mixer, San Diego, Calif.
August 10: Lunch with a Disney Legend: TBA, Burbank, Calif.
August 11: D23's Saturday Morning on the Lot, Burbank, Calif.
September 8: The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour—Presented by D23, Burbank, Calif.
September 8: D23's Magical Screening Series: Mary Poppins, Walt Disney World Resort
September 15: D23's Magical Screening Series: Mary Poppins, Burbank, Calif.
October: D23's Spell-tacular Disney Fanniversary, Burbank, Calif.
October 3: Sip & Stroll, Walt Disney World Resort
October 5: Lunch with a Disney Legend: TBA, Walt Disney World Resort
November 16–18: D23 Destination D: Happy Birthday Mickey, Walt Disney World Resort
December: D23 Holiday Event at Walt Disney World Resort
December: Light Up the Season with D23, Burbank, Calif.
December 1: The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour—Presented by D23, Burbank, Calif.

In addition to these events in the United States, D23 again will bring its D23 Expo to Japan, in February next year. That event will run at the Tokyo Disney Resort from February 10 through February 12, 2018.

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