D23 Expo 2011: The Carousel of Projects

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Well, we've officially moved into Sunday now! We spent Saturday wandering the floors and and standing in our lines for the two panels we wanted to attend: the Walt Disney Studios Presentation and the Lion King 3D Presentation (both of which we've talked about).

We decided to slow things down just a bit on Sunday, but there were still two things we were dying to do. The first on our list was to take a peek inside the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Carousel of Projects. Inside this room most of the current projects that Disney is working on for its Parks and Resorts were on display. Among the highlights were:

An look at the newest Disney Cruise Lines ship, the "Fantasy", which begins sailing in March, 2012
An early look at all of the new attractions coming to the new Fantasyland in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom
A look at the construction projects taking place inside Disney California Adventure Park and the all new Buena Vista Street entrance
A look at Cars Land, coming to Disney California Adventure Park in summer of 2012 and the all-new "E-ticket" attraction, Radiator Springs Racers
Information on the Disney Vacation Club and its all new resort in Hawaii, Aulani
An introduction and meet and greet with the one figure bound to pit Disney fan against Disney fan, the talking Mickey Mouse

And a few other things here or there, but those we by far the highlights for us in the room. Many of the things we saw were discussed in the Parks and Resorts Panel on Friday afternoon in the D23 Expo main arena, but we weren't able to attend. We were following all of the action on Twitter, though, and all negatives aside, we were glad to get an opportunity to just wander around the room and take it all in for ourselves, and get a more in-depth look into the things we're most excited to see coming to the California Parks. Some of it was older news to be sure, but we got to physically see some things for ourselves that we never had before, and that made it totally worth the visit for us.

So, we're going to share our highlights from the room with you! For those who weren't able to attend, we hope you enjoy the pictures of some of the really great stuff coming from Disney all over the world. We'll be back tomorrow to wrap up our D23 Expo experience with our final room, so come on back for more pictures and keep strolling around with us. Until then...!