Monthly Archives: December 2011

It’s as long as a tennis court, weighs as much as 10 African elephants and carries a tropical paradise where seven dogs surfboard on 65-foot-long waves. Read More->

IRWINDALE – With only days left until the Rose Parade rolls down Colorado Boulevard, hundreds of volunteers gathered this week to prepare floats for their moment in the sun. Read more: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_19636691#ixzz1iWkWL6lK

Pasadena, CA.: Internationally acclaimed designer, Raul Rodriguez, is celebrating his 500th float design, with the Republic of Indonesia’s float in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade®. Indonesian officials will honor Raul at a ceremony Dec. 28 at Fiesta Parade Floats … Continue reading →

HOW hard can it be to travel five and half miles at 2.5 m.p.h.? Difficult enough: if you’re the pilot of a 22-wheel, 120-foot-long vehicle that weighs 110,000 pounds, even a simple right turn can have profound consequences. Click here … Continue reading →

TIM ESTES, the president of Fiesta Parade Floats, remembers when the Rose Parade rulebook ran 20 pages. Now, as his company puts the final touches on 11 floats it is building for the 2012 parade, it has to be mindful … Continue reading →