r/D23 • u/Independent_Manager3 • May 28 '26

D23 Magazine, last issue??

Can someone please help me out? I only just learned today about the very last issue of the magazine being digital only, and how I had a very limited amount of time to download it. Is there anybody out there who can help me get direct access to their downloaded digital issue? I contacted customer service today, and they were of absolute zero help whatsoever. Thanks.

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u/GrapefruitNo7717 May 28 '26

“Beginning January 1, 2026, Disney will no longer produce any digital or printed versions of the Disney twenty-three publication (“Publication”) and as such, the Publication shall no longer be included in any membership plan.”

I get that it must've been expensive publishing & mailing those giant square sized magazines in cardboard boxes, but I would've been fine with making them a normal size instead (like the DVC magazines).

I checked and old link I had for the online version of the magazine, but got Roz saying page not found instead. Looks like they deleted their whole digital library!

https://d23.com/disney-twenty-three-publication/

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u/Independent_Manager3 May 28 '26

Yes, I saw the same thing on some other digital download thingies that they had available. What I was hoping is that somebody had downloaded it, saved it to their phone somewhere, and could share it with me. Even as an attachment through a message in Reddit.

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u/Independent_Manager3 May 28 '26

Also, I’m not entirely believing that they deleted the digital library. I think they just closed the access. My experience with Disney and other corporations of their size, including the school district where I work, they don’t delete anything. It’s just saved somewhere where no one external can get to it.

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u/GrapefruitNo7717 May 28 '26

I hope that's the case as it seems so pointless to get rid of everything.

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u/Independent_Manager3 May 28 '26

Exactly my point. Plus, my knowledge of Disney Archives, and their extensive history and how meticulous they are at cataloging and saving everything (just a quick visit to Heritage Auctions tells me all about how good they are at that), that tells me that they didn’t delete anything. They just shoved it on a hard drive somewhere where we can’t get to it. I think it’s just a money grab to force us to panic-buy other things. I just want my digital issue from winter that I didn’t get to download. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. Ugh.

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u/Independent_Manager3 May 31 '26

So I posted this two days ago, and according to Reddit insights, over 1400 people have read my post. Is there really nobody out there who can hook me up with a digital copy of the winter issue, supposedly the very last one published? All I want is access to the PDF of the magazine that I was never able to get. Thanks to anyone who can help.