A month after tickets went on sale for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 in Anaheim, Honda Center floor seats are still available at prices reaching $2,599 per person. For anyone who has followed D23 ticketing in previous years, that sentence should stop you in your tracks. These tickets do not typically last a month. The situation is unusual enough that the Disney fan community has started asking what it means, and the answers being floated are not particularly comfortable for anyone hoping the parks and fan events business is operating at full strength heading into summer.
What Is Still Available For D23
Here is the current state of D23 2026 ticket inventory one month after sales opened:
- Floor sections 104 through 109 at the Honda Center: listed as very limited at $2,299 for three days
- Floor sections 101 through 103 at the Honda Center: listed as very limited at $2,599 for three days
- Afternoon-only D23 Fan Pass at $49: still available for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Standard $99 single-day Convention Center pass: still available for Friday and Sunday
What Already Sold Out
To be fair, not everything is sitting unsold. The more accessible options moved. Here is what is gone:
- Standard 3-day D23 Fan Pass at $297 for Convention Center access: sold out
- Standard D23 Ultimate Fan Passes at $327, $477, and $957 for Honda Center access: all sold out
- Saturday $99 single-day Convention Center pass: sold out
So the pattern is clear. The affordable tiers moved. The premium floor sections with the highest price points in D23 history are what remains.
What the D23 Event Actually Is
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 runs August 14 through 16 in Anaheim, California with programming split between the Anaheim Convention Center and the Honda Center. Each evening features a major presentation:
- Friday August 14: Disney Entertainment Showcase
- Saturday August 15: Disney Experiences Showcase, the session that historically delivers major theme park announcements
- Sunday August 16 at 1:30 p.m.: Disney Legends Award Ceremony hosted by Ryan Seacrest
The weekend also includes more than 50 panels and presentations at the Convention Center, limited-edition merchandise, fan programming, and the premiere of a new documentary. Only Ultimate Fan Pass and Ultimate Preferred Fan Pass holders have access to the Honda Center presentations. Convention Center-only passes do not include the evening showcases.
When Tickets Went on Sale
- March 31: exclusive pre-sale for D23 Gold Charter Members at 10 a.m. PT
- April 2 at 10 a.m. PT: D23 Gold Members on Essential, Choice, or Complete plans
- April 2 at 12 p.m. PT: all other D23 Gold Membership plan types
Each ticket carries an $11.25 service fee and each transaction carries a $16.00 delivery fee.
One Month Later, Tickets Still Available for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 – For a Hefty Pricehttps://t.co/JPgcgQUaU2
— Disneyland News Today (@dlnt) May 2, 2026
Why This Is Unusual For D23
D23 has not historically been an event where Honda Center access sat available a month after the sale opened. The combination of factors that might explain the current inventory situation includes:
- The remaining seats are priced at $2,299 and $2,599, the highest floor prices D23 has ever offered
- The current economic environment is putting pressure on discretionary spending across most American households
- A $2,000-plus per person fan event is a difficult purchase to justify when everyday costs are rising
Whether this reflects a temporary hesitation from fans who will eventually purchase or a genuine signal that the market for premium Disney fan experiences is softer than it has been in previous cycles is something the next few weeks will clarify. The very limited designation on the remaining floor sections suggests inventory is moving, just not at the pace D23 has historically produced.
For anyone considering the remaining floor seats, Saturday, August 15, is the Disney Experiences Showcase, historically the most significant theme park announcement session of the entire D23 weekend. Whatever floor seats remain for that evening are among the last chances to be in that room when Disney makes its biggest parks announcements of the next two years.
