Happy New Year!

Back on Thanksgiving, we shared with you details on the Walt Disney Companyโ€™s long roots with the Macyโ€™s Thanksgiving Day Paradeยฎ. A similar story exists for The Rose Parade, which kicks off this morning at 8:00am in Pasadena, California.

Disneyโ€™s first appearance in The Rose Parade was in 1938 when characters from the newly premiered โ€œSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsโ€ appeared in the parade. Since then, several milestones have been celebrated in the parade, including Walt Disney serving as the Grand Marshall in 1966.

This yearโ€™s float will be called โ€œDestination: Cars Land.โ€ The float takes Disney California Adventureยฎ Parkโ€™s newest addition, Cars Land, on the road and features many characters and landmarks you will recognize from the Disneyโ€ขPixar movie.

Enjoy both these videos that take you behind the scenes in making this yearโ€™s float. Be sure to check your local TV listings so you can catch the finished float complete with hundreds of blossoms!