LPWire: Orange Bowl's 72,000 Football Fans Given Disney Theme Park Tickets
“WHAT’S NEXT? 72,000 FOOTBALL FANS ARE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!�?
Fed Ex Orange
Bowl 2005 National Championship Ticket Holders Experience Biggest Disney Ticket
Give-Away Ever
Disney’s famous “What’s Next?�? commercial received an extreme makeover today as
72,000 ticket holders at the Fed Ex Orange Bowl National Championship game in
Miami shouted “I’m going to Disneyland!�? after each of them received a surprise
free ticket to any Disney theme park in the world. The largest Disney theme park
ticket give-away ever was part of the launch of the biggest celebration in the
history of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts - the “Happiest Celebration on Earth,�?
beginning May 5, 2005.
Football fans in the stadium were delighted when
Mickey Mouse made a surprise appearance at the end of the third quarter and
personally invited each of them to the global celebration saluting the 50th
anniversary of Disneyland Park in California. All 11 Disney theme parks around
the world (including Hong Kong Disneyland Park, opening September 12, 2005) will
join the celebration.
“This unprecedented ticket giveaway is a unique
and innovative way of launching our global celebration during one of the
most-watched sporting events of the year,�? said Jay Rasulo, president, Walt
Disney Parks and Resorts, “We hope that everyone who received a ticket will come
home to Disneyland or any of our Parks world-wide during our 50th anniversary
celebration.�?
The commercial’s famous tagline of “I’m going to
Disneyland!�? has become a part of the American vernacular since the “What’s
Next?�? commercials premiered in 1987. Phil Simms, MVP of Super Bowl XXI, was the
first person to utter the famous phrase “I’m going to Disneyland!�? Winners can
bring their official Fed Ex Orange Bowl 2005 National Championship ticket to any
Disney theme park to receive their one-day ticket to visit the park (An original
Fed Ex Orange Bowl 2005 National Championship ticket must be presented and
marked for redemption for the free ticket). The complimentary ticket is valid
from May 5, 2005, through September 30, 2006.
For more information and redemption details, visit www.disneyland.com/orangebowl
--Posted January 5, 2005
Source: Disneyland Resort