Plans to create a free level of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club exclusively for Disney Vacation Club owners were dropped in favor of a more wide-ranging offer.
The free D23 membership level is now available to all Disney fans--DVC member or not. Registration links are now available at DisneyStore.com.
In the fall of 2012, Disney Vacation Club announced that free participation would be made available to its members in 2013. The perk announcement on website DVCMember.com has been updated to reflect the change in direction:
Unlock the Magic of D23
D23 – The Official Disney Fan Club is creating a special, complimentary D23 Membership level, and Disney Vacation Club has learned that plans call for registration to begin online at www.D23.com in June.
Since 2009, Disney Vacation Club and D23: The Official Disney Fan Club have collaborated in a variety of ways to share insider Disney news and entertainment with Members of both communities.
Last fall, the two communities came together once again to dream up ways to give Disney Vacation Club Members a new, complimentary level of D23 Membership that would provide access to many of D23's exclusive benefits, including the just-announced gated portion of D23.com, which will include vintage videos, celebrity interviews, sneak peeks at upcoming Disney films and Park attractions, never and rarely seen content from the Walt Disney Archives and more.
While work continued on the necessary online registration tool, growing excitement within the company around the gated web content prompted the decision to "open the vault" even wider, expanding the complimentary D23 Membership level to unlock the magic for all Disney fans. D23 looks forward to serving Disney Vacation Club Members and other passionate Disney fans with this engaging content in the months and years ahead.
Look for the online registration tool to launch with the website's gated content, scheduled to debut on June 17, 2013.
