Welcome to Destination D23, everyone! The event is already underway and a TON of Disney parks news has been announced.
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Along with news about shows, hotels, and even a real lightsaber, Disney made a big announcement about the future of Downtown Disney!
At Destination D23, Disney announced that they will be working on a multi-year expansion of Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District, adding more dining, shopping, and an open green area!
Concept Art of the expansion
Take a look at some of the changes in the video below!
Big changes coming to Downtown Disney🚨at Disneyland Resort #DestinationD23 #D23Events @DisneyD23 pic.twitter.com/QB8ujE6sk5
— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) November 20, 2021
This announcement comes as we wait on further updates about DisneylandForward, a proposal Disney made to the City of Anaheim for a giant expansion of Disneyland’s parks, resorts, and Downtown Disney District.
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We can’t wait to learn more about all of the updates coming to Downtown Disney! We’re always keeping up with the latest Disney news, including all the Destination D23 announcements, so stay tuned here for more!
Click here to see the DVC Tower coming to the Disneyland Hotel!
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What do you think about this transformation? Let us know in the comments!
Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend their Destination D23 Event. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ
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