Details of this year’s touring Fanniversary celebrations have been announced from D23: The Official Disney Fan Club. The live event will visit 11 cities across the United States to commemorate Disney milestones celebrating landmark anniversaries for 2014.
The event will run roughly 105 minutes and will prominently feature Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection, playing never-before-heard tracks including “Evil Evil” from “Sleeping Beauty” and a demo recording from “The Little Mermaid.”
Topics that will be covered during each Fanniversary event include:
Donald Duck (80th anniversary)
Disneyland TV show (60)
Sleeping Beauty (55)
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (55)
Disneyland’s Monorail, Matterhorn Bobsleds and Submarine Voyage (50)
Disney’s contributions to the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair (50)
Mary Poppins (50)
Haunted Mansion (45)
The Love Bug (45)
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (35)
Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) (25)
Splash Mountain (25)
The Little Mermaid (25)
Pleasure Island (25)
The Lion King (20)
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (20)
After each show, two rare Walt Disney Archives items will be on display (photography permitted): a hat worn by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins and a “Duckster” award, created in 1952 in the image of Donald Duck to honor those who made significant contributions to Disney over the years.
It all kicks off August 9 in Burbank, Calif., ending up in Orlando, Fla. on October 25.
Here’s the full list of cities and dates for Fanniversary 2014 events:
August 9: Burbank, Calif.
August 10: San Diego
August 16 & 17: San Francisco
September 6: Chicago
September 13: Seattle
September 20: Atlanta
September 21: Philadelphia
September 26: Washington, D.C.
September 28: New York City
October 4: Boston
October 25: Orlando
D23 Gold and Silver Members will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets on May 21 for $23 each. Tickets will be available to D23 Free Members on June 11 for $33 each and remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 9 for $40 each.
Tickets and more information will be available at D23.com/Events.