Cars Land‘s fictional Route 66 town of Radiator Springs will be depicted in a float during the annual Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.
Here’s an artist’s rendering of the float:
According to the Disney Parks Blog:
The float will feature floral representations of the stars of “Cars” – like Lightning McQueen, Sally, Luigi and Guido – along with familiar sights from the new Cars Land, including Ornament Valley, Radiator Springs Racers, the Cozy Cone Motel and more. […]
Our Cars Land float will come to life with a bouncing tire from Luigi’s Flying Tires, a bubbling “Original Radiator Spring,” real waterfalls and smoke-puffing baby tractors – you have to tune in to the parade to see all the amazing features for yourself!
Radiator Springs was a composite of several real-life Route 66 towns — including Seligman, Ariz., and Tucumcari, N.M. — in the Disney-Pixar animated movies “Cars” and “Cars 2.”
The float will be revealed during the broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade by ABC-TV on New Year’s Day. Better yet, you can attend the parade yourself.
Incidentally, the Rose Parade goes right down Colorado Boulevard, which is Route 66 in Pasadena.