Originally Posted By DBitz2 According to my dvr, this year's New Year's Eve encore showings of "vintage" Rose Parades on KTLA Channel 5 in Southern California include the 1985 parade and the 1995 parade. If my memory is correct, Glendale had a Disney themed float in the 1985 parade. Disney did a 40 Years of Adventures opening show for the 1995 parade. In case anyone is interested! (Looked through the digital online program for this year's parade and saw nothing to indicate a Disneyland 60th anniversary presence in the parade.)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Very neat! I'll need to check my local listings to see if I get a feed of that, though it seems doubtful on the east coast
Originally Posted By DBitz2 I just confirmed that the Rose Parade floats that are built in Azusa & Irwindale travel Duarte Road, passing about a block from my house in Monrovia on their way to Pasadena. Cool! I had been trying to find out ever since I moved from Pasadena to Monrovia what route they traveled.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 You may be able to find KTLA. I think a friend of mine back East has watched things on KTLA via cable or satellite in the past.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 Sadly, the Disneyland 40 Years of Adventures opening show was edited out of the 1995 parade encore. The 1985 parade not only had a City of Glendale Donald Duck 50th anniversary float, but a City of Burbank float designed by Disney Animation's Don Hahn. I forget the title, but it had children from around the world, who looked a bit like the Small World clock parade dolls.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 There was a Disneyland float in the 1995 parade that I had forgotten about until I was able to get through the whole parade. It was a "Salute to Sports" theme with large figures of several of the characters depicting various sports, with a depiction of Sleeping Beauty Castle behind them.
