Disney spent three hours Friday afternoon sharing details about their upcoming animated film slate with 7,800 people in the D23 Expo’s largest venue.

I was one of the lucky people to be there, and “Oh, boy!” did they show a lot. Perhaps a little too much — the event was only scheduled for two hours in the program guide, and even that sounded like a lot. But this isn’t a critique of what they should’ve cut.

Hit: The film previews

Disney showed off six films over the course of the afternoon and split them up by studio (Walt Disney Animation first, Pixar second).

Despite the Madagascar-like promo material we’ve seen so far, Zootopia looks like it has several great sequences, including a hilarious scene in which the lead characters enter a sloth-run DMV. The sloths move extremely slowly, just like employees do at the DMV in the real world, and it’s hilarious to watch.

The first concept art for Beanstalk

When John Lasseter announced they’d be adapting Jack in the Beanstalk, the crowd was interested but conservative with their reaction. Gigantic does look good, and the fact that Frozen’s songwriters are penning the tunes for this one is promising. The duo even performed one of the songs from the film live. It wasn’t a “Let It Go,” but it looks like the song will be a fun scene in the movie.

Moana, a film set in ancient history in the South Pacific, looks fantastic. One scene we got to see depicted the ocean becoming a character opposite Moana when she was young, and it was beautiful. It looks like this will be one of those epic/classic Disney films we’ll be talking about for decades.

Speaking of the earth coming to life, we also saw test footage of a volcanic enemy going up against Moana:

First up on the Pixar side was a screening of the upcoming Inside Out short film “Riley’s First Date?” — it was really funny!

Next up was this November’s The Good Dinosaur. We saw four scenes from this movie and they were all… fine. I want to be excited for this film, but I’m not feeling it yet. The most heart-wrenching scene depicted Arlo and Spot, the dinosaur and the boy, bonding over family and loss. I remain cautiously optimistic about this one.

The next film we saw footage from was Finding Dory. We saw a couple of great scenes, including one at the beginning of the film where Dory comes to realize she needs to go out into the ocean and find her family. Finding Dory appears to have the sense of humor you’ll remember from Nemo, and hopefully the sequel is as good as the original.

The final film we saw footage from was Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich’s Coco (title announced today!). We didn’t learn much about the plot, but we saw gorgeous test footage and the film looks like it may be one of Pixar’s most-vibrant to date. Unkrich teased that the film was inspired by the idea of learning from your dead ancestors — an interesting premise for sure. I may have misinterpreted these teases, but it almost sounded like the lead character, Miguel, may be coming in contact with the dead.

Miss: ‘A character dies, which causes things to happen’

We learned today that Moana and The Good Dinosaur both have critical moments in their stories where a mother or father figure dies and sets off a chain of events. After The Good Dinosaur director Peter Sohn introduced that film’s death scene, there was a chorus of groans and murmurs in my section of the audience — people are tired of characters dying for the sake of advancing the plot.

Hit: The surprise guests

There were a lot of stars on stage today, and all of them seemed excited to be a part of the Disney family. The Rock teared up while watching footage from Moana; Ellen DeGeneres was smiling from ear to ear as she took the stage; speaking of Dory, voice actors and Modern Family co-stars Ed O’Neill and Ty Burrell appeared; Zootopia’s Ginnifer Goodwin showed off photos of her childhood visits to Disneyland. It was nice to see these celebrities feeling so passionate about the studio and their slate.

Miss: Bad and misleading banter

There were a couple bad moments of banter (which, in fairness, is to be expected in a setting like this), but the worst one came at the end during the Toy Story 4 segment. Co-screenwriter Will McCormack tried to do a joke about Woody being real, and the way it came out sounded like he was about to bring Woody voice actor Tom Hanks on stage. Fans started to think he was coming out — a strong possibility considering the star-power that had already taken the stage — but no, it was just a bad joke about Woody being real. Oh well.

Hit: John Lasseter

The man is passionate about his work at Disney, there’s no doubt about it. He was pumped throughout the entire three-hour presentation, but his words during the Toy Story 4 segment were particularly special. “[Toy Story 4 is] a very personal story for me, inspired by my wife Nancy,” he said with a tightness in his throat. He didn’t go into further details, but we’re sure we’ll be hearing more about this inspiration in the future.

It was also interesting to hear that it’s Woody and Buzz “heading out” to find Bo. I can’t wait to watch these two best friends hitting the road together to find her. You can only imagine how many great characters they’ll meet along the way.

Miss: Nothing about ‘The Incredibles 2’

Despite a teaser poster appearing on the D23 show floor today, there wasn’t a word about The Incredibles 2. It’s arguably one of the most anticipated sequels in the Pixar pipeline, so it would’ve been nice to hear something about it.

John Lasseter had said during his Finding Dory presentation that people ask them non-stop about when a Dory movie is going to happen more than anything else. Sure, Ellen pestered Pixar all the time on her talk show, but is the public as eager for Dory as they are for Incredibles 2?

Hit: Nothing about ‘Cars 3’

No one over the age of 12 wants to hear about Cars 3, especially after John Lasseter spoke on stage about only making sequels if they have great stories. A teaser poster was on display for Cars 3, but we didn’t get to hear anything about the film during the presentation.