A closeup look at the Disneyland Cars Land Rose Parade float

My family watched the Rose Parade today on ABC, Channel 7, and we were hoping to get a good look at the Disneyland Cars Land float.  To my dismay the telecast barely showed it, which surprised me as ABC is part of the Disney Company. 

Fortunately I found a few videos about the float, which are included in this post.  Many thanks to Lisa Ryerson for putting her latest Cars Land video up on YouTube.

Here are a few more videos:

Video update of Disneyland’s 2013 Cars Land Rose Parade float

Disneyland Resort News

Cars Land is On its Way to Pasadena!

Newest Land in Disneyland Resort Transformed Into a Float Entry for 2013 Rose Parade
Cars Land Float Celebrates Disney California Adventure Park Expansion

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 14, 2012) – The characters, fun and excitement of Cars Land are racing to Pasadena Jan. 1 as the town of Radiator Springs is transformed into a float for the 124th Rose Parade. The Disneyland Resort entry in the 2013 Rose Parade brings to life the whimsical magic of Cars Land for a worldwide television audience, as the Happiest Place on Earth Just Gets Happier.

Should DCA have gone with an Avengers Land instead of Cars Land?

“Trips to Disney’s Anaheim parks hit an all-time high for the spring and early summer season, just as the transformation of Disney California Adventure was being unveiled,” according to an article published by the O.C. Register on August 8, 2012.

“Disney essentially bet the farm with Cars Land as the land, with its incredibly detailed Ornament Valley Mountain Range and E-Ticket attraction, Radiator Springs Racers, was rumored to cost nearly $1 billion by itself, or nearly as much as the entire Disney California Adventure park when it first opened in 2001,” according to the Huffington Post.