A look inside D23's Destination D: 75 Years of Animated Features

On August 12, 2012, the Disneyland Hotel played host to D23's Destination D: 75 Years of Animated Features. This year the special member-only event included a special concert by Alan Menken, an appearance by Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastics, and a whole lot more Disney Magic with several trips down Memory Lane.

The event was the second annual Destination D event, you can check out our coverage of the 2010 Destination D event.



An “animated” flash mob helped welcome guests to Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Animated Features.




Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken played dozens of his most beloved songs.




Animator Andreas Deja taught at the crowd how to draw some of their favorite characters on August 12, 2012 at the Disneyland Hotel.




A young animator tries his hand at drawing Mickey Mouse while animator Andreas Deja shows the audience.




From left: Moderator Tim O’Day, Chris Sanders (the voice of Stitch in Lilo & Stitch), Lisa Davis (Anita in 101 Dalmatians), Bruce Reithman (Mowgli in The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), Kathryn Beaumont (Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Peter Pan), David Frankham (Sergeant Tibbs in 101 Dalmatians) and Bill Farmer (Goofy in A Goofy Movie) participated in the “Hearing Voices: A Salute to Disney Character Voice Artists.”




Disney Legend Dick Van Dyke performed with his group the Vantastix.




Disney Legends Dick Van Dyke and Marge Champion (the life-action reference model for Snow White) enjoy a moment.




D23 head Steven Clark presented Roy P. Disney (son of Disney Legend Roy E. Disney) with a Mousecar in honor of his father.




A once-in-a-lifetime moment happened when many of the women for have worked on or inspired Tinker Bell gathered. Clockwise from left: Alice Davis (whose husband Marc created Tinker Bell), Mae Whitman (the current voice of Tinker Bell), Kathryn Beaumont (one of the original live-action reference models for Tinker Bell), Margaret Kerry (one of the original live-action reference models for Tinker Bell), Marge Champion (the live-action reference models for Pinocchio’s Blue Fairy, who inspired the look of Tinker Bell), and Ginni Mack (an original “Ink & Paint girl” on whom Tinker Bell’s face was modeled).




Some of the participants of “Hearing Voices: A Salute to Disney Character Voice Artists” including (clockwise from top left) Bruce Reithman (Mowgli in The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), Bill Farmer (Goofy in A Goofy Movie), David Frankham (Sergeant Tibbs in 101 Dalmatians), Kathryn Beaumont (Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Peter Pan) and Lisa Davis (Anita in 101 Dalmatians).




Animation historian Jerry Beck (center) and animator Eric Goldberg (right) with moderator Billy Stanek (left) showed off some colorful cartoons during “Wacky and Wild Disney Animation.”




Wreck-It Ralph producer Clark Spencer revealed never-before-seen clips from the upcoming Disney Animated feature Wreck-It Ralph.



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