D23 Expo Gold Member Line Details Revealed and Additional StorePass Information

Recently I spoke to our D23 rep to get some answers to some of your questions regarding StagePass and . Below is the information that was shared with me.

Question: 
Just to clarify. On Friday morning  StagePass won't be accessible until Hall A opens, meaning the "gotta shop" people will not be able to use StagePass right at open Friday correct?

Answer:
For StorePass on Friday morning - correct, StagePass distribution will begin at 9am when the show floor opens, but they are not valid until 11am - so those who want to shop first should go directly to the store. StorePass was designed for those guests who want to shop at some point, but not wait in line to get into the retail location so they can enjoy the rest of the Expo.

Question:
We recently were asked if the Gold Member line is full will Gold Members need to go to the standby line?  We were also asked if there will be a Gold Overnight Queue? If so how will that overnight line work?

Answer: 
Regarding Gold Member lines - once the capacity of the Gold Member line is reached, then additional Gold Members who arrive at the line entrance will be directed to the end of the standby line (which has been simultaneously lining up). There is a limited number of seats available to Gold Members in each session and once the capacity of those are reached, then D23 will back fill with standby (which will include all other general, gold and non members).
For the Hall D23 sessions, yes, there will be an overnight Gold Member queue will be in place, alongside the general queue for those sessions. The overnight queue for the show floor will be available for ALL ticket holders and D23 will not be separating Gold Members from that queue - if a Gold Member wants to see the Arena and access the Gold Member priority line, they will do so once the show floor opens and they head over to Hall A where the queue for the Arena will be located.

So to recap:
The OVERNIGHT queue will have three queue options:

1. Show Floor 
2. Hall D23 Gold Member Priority 
3. Hall D23 General / Overflow.

For Gold Member priority seating in Hall D23, there are several thousand seats available to Gold Member for each show, note that it is NOT a reserved section, but Gold Members will get first entry into the venue to choose their seat. Once they (Gold Members) have all entered, then D23 will allow in the standby line to fill in the rest of the seats.
D23 will do the best in their ability to count people as they ENTER the queue so they can inform Gold Members once the line has reached it's capacity so they are not waiting unnecessarily - of course, some Gold Members will still want to do so in hopes that seats may become available, which in some cases does occur.

Per the D23 Info to Know Section:
There are a limited number of priority seats available to D23 Gold and Gold Family members in Hall D23 and the D23 Expo Arena during the weekend. These seats will be made available on a first come first serve basis via a separate line. D23 Gold Members may bring (one) Guest and D23 Gold Family Members may bring up to (three) Guests. All members of your party must be present at time of entry to the queue (no saving). Priority seating is limited at each Hall D23 and D23 Expo Arena session, and the priority queue will be closed one hour prior to the scheduled session start time or once capacity is reached, whichever is first. For “ABC Summer Fun & Games” on Saturday, July 15 and “Celebration of an Animated Classic: The Lion King” on Sunday, July 16, the priority queue will be closed 30 minutes prior to the scheduled session start time or once capacity is reached, whichever is first. Should the priority queue reach capacity, D23 Gold Members will be directed to the general seating or stand-by queue, if available. Priority seating is not reserved seating, but allows first access to general admission seating.