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In some respects where the D23 Expo is concerned, we may just have saved the best for last! We've taken you through everything we experienced at the Expo and have done our best to show you the highlights from it all. So here we go with the last thing we experienced before we said goodbye to the Expo for 2011, the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives.
We stood in line for about an hour for this one, which wasn't too bad considering just what it entailed. Based on its name, it was just what you would expect it to be; a collection of memories, props, costumes, artwork and pretty much anything else you could think of from throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company, all put into one 12,000 square-foot exhibit at the Expo. The exhibit was broken up into several different rooms with general Disney television and movie materials, a separate room dedicated solely to things from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and the television series "Lost", a room dedicated to costumes from the original 1982 movie TRON, a "Mickey room" dedicated to all things Mickey Mouse, and a room filled with original artwork submitted by fans for the Expo (alongside movie props) based on the movie 101 Dalmatians.
We spent a good half hour to 45 minutes just walking around inside all of the rooms, snapping pictures and exclaiming over everything we saw, and there was a ton. While we took a lot of pictures, like we did for everything this weekend, we tried to choose the best of the bunch and the ones we enjoyed the most to share with our readers. We hope that you enjoy looking through them as much as we enjoyed taking them and sharing them with you.
And that's almost it! We'll be back tomorrow with one final article wrapping up the D23 Expo 2011 in one neat little package, and we have a very special announcement we'll be making as well, so make sure you come back for that! It's going to be a first for our blog, and we can't wait to get it out to you guys.
One last exhibit and one last batch of pictures for all of our readers; enjoy!
Mickey Mouse Club costuming
Bette Midler, frozen! - Hocus Pocus
The Wizards of Waverly Place Movie costumes - our kids LOVE this one!
From possibly one of our favorite movies EVER - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Desk and documents from National Treasure
Pirates of the Caribbean costuming and props
Costuming from the original TRON (1982)
Props and decor from the live-action 101 Dalmatians starring Glenn Close
