Cars Land Float in the 2013 Rose Parade

[nemofinder22]

The Examiner is reporting that DLR will enter a parade float into this years Rose Parade themed to Cars Land.

http://www.examiner.com/article/cars-land-to-be-featured-on-disneyland-resort-2013-rose-parade-float

The Tournament of Roses confirmed to this reporter that Disneyland Resort is entering a float, but not who was going to build it. A little more sleuthing, and we located Craig Bugajski, owner of Artistic Entertainment Services, who confirmed that AES is creating the first Disney Rose Parade float since 2006. As far as we know, Tournament of Roses Examiner is the first to announce it.

Some info on the float.

The float is already in process; when we last spoke with Bugajski, it was just the bare chassis. With only a few weeks to go before the road tests and 2 ½ months to parade day, the race is on to get the cars on the road. At 125 feet long and 45 feet tall, the float is massive even by Rose Parade standards. It’s going to be highly animated and have pyrotechnics, Bugajski said, which means a lot of engineering goes into the design and execution. The height alone means overheight mechanisms to lower the top when it goes under the 210 Freeway overpass, and raise it again for the rest of the route.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Wow! Aren't most freeway overpasses around 15 ft? This float is gonna go from 45 ft to 15 ft?

 

[nemofinder22]

Wow! Aren't most freeway overpasses around 15 ft? This float is gonna go from 45 ft to 15 ft?

It's pretty amazing! Did you ever see the Tower of Terror one? Which had it's own controversies, from people that some how connected it with 9/11 and were offended, to Disney high tailing the float out of Pasadena to DCA to be put on display. That a side it was pretty impressive.

http://www.startedbyamouse.com/features/LandView00511.shtml

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Wasn't it Al Lutz who tried to start a controversy about how if you stand in Condor Flats, there's some place where it looks like an airplane is flying into ToT? I guess controversy just follows that ride around...

 

[Californian Elitist]

Disney Parks Blog reports the details of the float and a picture of what it will look like. Looks and sounds amazing!

Full article, here: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...land-inspired-float-in-the-124th-rose-parade/

 

[wiigirl]

Wow....thats pretty freaking cool!

 

[nemofinder22]

What a great float! And if the concept art stays true DCA is being marked by just DCA!!!!

I guess unlike the Tower float this one isn't coming to DLR after, then again there really is no room in DCA anymore.