D23 Announces Their 2018 D23 Gold and Gold Family Gift

For those unfamiliar with how the yearly D23 Membership gift works, when you initially buy or renew your D23 Gold and/or Gold Family Membership, you receive a special member gift that is only available for that calendar year. In the past D23 members have received calendars, pens etc. as their yearly D23 Member gift. But, over the last few years D23 has gone to replicating historical Disney items and papers, which in my opinion gives members a deeper connection to the history of the Disney company while fostering member interest in learning about more about the history of the movies and character they love.
Today D23 announced that the 2018 D23 Membership gift will follow their recent membership gift trend with a set of historical replicas that will "chronicle the career of everyone’s favorite mouse, from Steamboat Willie to Shanghai Disneyland." The 2018 D23 Member gift will be a Mickey Mouse themed set that comes with twenty-three Mickey Mouse inspired Disney Archives reproductions. Members can follow Mickey from his black and white cel days to his colorful adventures in Fantasia, to his time on the Disney Channel and even his adventures to the Tokyo and Shanghai Disneyland parks. The reproductions will ship in a keepsake display box. Members will receive their gift shortly after they originally join or renew their D23 Gold or Gold Family Membership during the 2018 calendar year.
The box, which comes just in time for Mickey's 90th Birthday, will come with the following Mickey inspired reproductions:

1 - Steamboat Willie Original Script Pages (1928)
2 - Mickey Mouse Comic Strip Fan Card (1931)
3 - Miniature Cel from Parade of the Award Nominees (1932)
4 - Mickey and Minnie Doll—McCall Printed Pattern No. 91 (1932)
5 - Hyperion Studio “Ickymay Ousmay” Crest (ca. 1933)
6 - Carl Laemmle Scrapbook Page Art (ca. 1935)
7 - Walt Disney Productions Logo (1940s)
8 - The Nifty Nineties Animation Drawing (1941)
9 - Aircraft Worker Insignia Sticker (ca. 1942)
10 - “Walt Disney and Staff” Christmas Card (1947)
11 - Television Prop “Book” (1954) and Portrait Enclosure (1953)
12 - Television Commercial Model Sheet (1954)
13- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Record Cover (Disneyland Records, ca. 1957)
14 - “Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club” Mouseketeers Fan Card (1957)
15 - Walt Disney World Mickey Mouse Revue Attraction Poster (1971)
16 - Disneyland Backstage Cast Magazine—Commemorative Issue (Summer 1978)
17 - “Happy Birthday, Mickey” Button (1978)
18 - “We Are Doing It” WED/MAPO Poster (ca. 1981)
19 - “Oh, What a Merry Christmas Day” Vocal Lead Sheet (1982)
20 - Tron Film Print (Hidden Mickey) (1982)
21 - Tokyo Disneyland Souvenir Gift Bag (1983)
22 - Disney Channel Launch Party Napkin (1983)
23 - Shanghai Disneyland Mickey Avenue Seal (2016)

D23 To Host Walt Disney Studios Tours In January 2018

On January 13, 2018 D23 Gold and Gold Family Members (and up to one guest per member) will have the opportunity to tour the Walt Disney Studios. There will be 8 two and a half hour long tours held that day, the first tour starting at 9am and the final tour starts at 2pm. Check-in for each tour will start 30 minutes before your designated tour at the Hyperion Bungalow.While on the tour guests will visit the original Animation building, Disney Legends Plaza, the Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney's office suite and will be able to shop at the Disney Studio Store. Guests will also receive an exclusive pin and will be able to shop at the Disney Studio Store.
Registration will open on the D23 website on 12/15/17 at 10 am PT. Tickets will be $75 per person plus fees. Guests must be 10 years old or older to take part in this tour. D23 Members will need their Member ID number to reserve their spot for the tour, and will then need to present their D23 Gold or Gold Family Membership card and photo id at check in. There will be portions of the tour where members and their guests won't be allowed to film or take photos. Also guests in ECVs will have to transfer to a Archive provided wheelchair prior to entering Walt Disney's office.
Per D23 "Only D23 Gold and Gold Family Members who have not already taken The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour – Presented by D23 in 2017 will be eligible to participate in this additional experience. Due to the nature of this experience, children under the age of 10 are not able to partake in The Official Walt Disney Studios Tour—Presented by D23. Due to the popularity of this experience, D23 Gold and Gold Family Members are eligible to purchase tickets for one Official Walt Disney Studios Tour each calendar year. Only confirmed ticketed attendees will be able to enter The Walt Disney Studios on January 13, 2018. Tickets may be picked up only with a valid photo ID AND D23 MEMBERSHIP CARD. D23 Members who do not bring their membership card may not be admitted to the event. Ticketed members who do not attend the event forfeit their place as well as all experiences, benefits, and gifts associated with the event. All D23 Special Events are subject to change without notice."

D23 Gold Members Can Have Lunch With Disney Legend Bob Gurr

On Friday January 12 at 12PM PT, D23 Gold and Gold Family Members can have lunch with Disney Legend Bob Gurr in the Buena Vista Room at The Walt Disney Studios. During his time at Disney Imagineering Bob developed "more than 100 attraction designs for Disney experiences around the world." Fan favorites like Autopia, Flying Saucers, the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and Monorails for Disneyland and Walt Disney World are all on Bob's list of achievements. Luncheon guests will be able to speak to Bob and will receive an exclusive gift and time to shop at the Disney Studio Store! Tickets for this three-course luncheon with Bob will go on sale on Monday, December 18, at 10 a.m. PT on the D23 website. The price will be $135 per person (plus $5 processing fee). Check-in will begin at 11:45 a.m. in front of the Hyperion Room at The Walt Disney Studios. Please do not arrive before 11:45 a.m.
Per D23: D23 Gold and Gold Family Members may reserve a ticket for themselves and one (1) guest. Due to an extremely limited number of tickets available, this experience is available only to those D23 Members who have not attended a Lunch with a Disney Legend event in the past three months. D23 Members will be required to provide their membership number when reserving tickets. Tickets may be picked up only with a valid photo ID AND D23 MEMBERSHIP CARD. D23 Members who do not bring their membership card may not be admitted to the event. Ticketed members who do not attend the event forfeit their place as well as all experiences, benefits, and gifts associated with the event.