Are you 23 secret will be let out of the bag tomorrow

While there are plenty of reports circulating around the net, including a post here on DisneyDaddy, there has been no official information from Disney about the much talked-about "Are You 23?" buzz campaign that has been running for a few months. Well the wait is almost over. Disney is expected to make the announcement about D23 during their annual shareholders meeting.

You can listen to the meeting via an audio webcast at http://www.disney.com/investors starting at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m EDT) I'm sure I won't be the only one tuning in to hear the news. Look for more updates on DisneyDaddy tomorrow.

EDIT: I think this is the direct page. - http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/presentations.html

Distant Creations/Stitch Kingdom blogs have more on D23

Ricky Brigante's Distant Creations blog has some new revelations about the new D23 plan Disney is to officially announce March 10.

In short, there will be a new magazine released that day with more details about the club and some of the membership benefits.

For more, check out the Distant Creations blog.

The folks over at StitchKingdom managed to get a copy of the magazine and have some photos available for viewing -- SPOILER ALERT --
Check those out at the StitchKingdom blog.

Report confirms "Are You 23?" is a fan club

The folks over at Stitch Kingdom have pretty solid proof that the whole "Are you 23?" campaign is about a new "official community for Disney fans." Stitch Kingdom happened to come across an advance copy of the new Pinocchio DVD release (officially releasing on March 10). Included in the insert booklet is a sketch image of Jiminy Cricket that reads: "Wishes do come true," and "D23 - the official community for Disney fans. Join at Disney.com/D23." (I tried that link and it just goes back to the preview page - for now).

Stitch Kingdom has the photo online -- so check it out!

Could the "Are you 23?" mystery be solved?

(Image courtesy of WDW News Today)

WDW News Today, along with my friends at The Disney Blog, have articles showing pictures of two pins that appear to be related to the whole "Are You 23?" buzz campaign that Disney fans have been speculating about for the past few weeks. The secret will officially be announced on March 10, presumably at the Disney's annual shareholders meeting.

(Image courtesy of WDW News Today)

As you can see, these pins seem to support the theory that the whole "D23" thing is a membership club. The "23" would mostly likely be a reference to 1923, the year the Walt Disney Studio was founded. So far there's no official word on what these pictures mean, but the picture is getting much clearer.

If this is a membership group and if this group does include annual meets, I wonder if this was one of the reasons the 2009 Mousefest was placed on hiatus? This is total speculation on my part, so please don't start any rumors.

What are your thoughts? If this is a new club (obviously with some sort of membership fee), would you join?