I'm Going to Disney World!
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Even if you don't know the earliest reference or the origins, you know that the quote "I'm Going to Disney World" is a quote synonymous with success, accomplishment, and uncontainable joy!
In an unscripted moment at the end of the Super Bowl in 1987, MVP Phil Simms of the N.Y. Giants was asked by a reporter what he was going to do now that he'd won the Super Bowl, he responded with the famous quote.
Simms' reply now lives in on in sports history and has become a Super Bowl tradition. Every year, the winning team is flown out to Disney World for a special honorary parade through the Magic Kingdom.
In recent years, the tradition has also been extended over to the television show, American Idol, in which the winner also proclaims the same quote.+
Fun Facts
- The Super Bowl has been the catalyst for the most "I'm going to Disney World" spots.[1]
- In 2005, for the first time ever, the quote was changed to “I’m going to Disneyland” in a tribute to the 50th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration of Disneyland in California. This was Super Bowl XXXIX (Deion Branch, New England Patriots.)
- There have been four "I'm going to Disney World" repeaters: Joe Montana (1989 and 1990), Emmitt Smith (1994 and 1996), John Elway (1998 and 1999) and Tom Brady (2002 and 2004).
- "I'm going to Disney World" spots immediately following the Super Bowl have featured non-Super Bowl MVPs nine times: 1989, 1995 (shared), 1996, 1998, 1999 (shared), 2001, 2003 and 2007 and 2009 (shared.)
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Chronology
- Super Bowl XLIV (Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints)
- Super Bowl XLIII (Santonio Holmes and Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers)
- "American Idol" Season 8 (Kris Allen, singer)
- Super Bowl XLII (Eli Manning, New York Giants)
- "American Idol" Season 7 (David Cook, singer)
- Super Bowl XLI (Tony Dungy and Dominic Rhodes, Indianapolis Colts)
- Super Bowl XL (Hines Ward, with Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Super Bowl XXXVIII (Tom Brady, New England Patriots)
- Major League Baseball World Series Champions (Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox)
- Super Bowl XXXVII (Jon Gruden and Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Super Bowl XXXVI (Tom Brady, New England Patriots)
- Super Bowl XXXV (Trent Dilfer, Baltimore Ravens)
- Major League Baseball home run record (Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants)
- Super Bowl XXXIV (Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams)
- Super Bowl XXXIII (Terrell Davis and John Elway, Denver Broncos)
- Women's World Cup (United States Championship Team)
- Super Bowl XXXII (John Elway, Denver Broncos)
- Major League Baseball home run record (Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals)
- Super Bowl XXXI (Desmond Howard, Green Bay Packers)
- Holiday Gift-Giving (Santa Claus)
- Super Bowl XXX (Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys)
- Super Bowl XXIX (Jerry Rice and Steve Young, San Francisco 49ers)
- Super Bowl XXVIII (Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys)
- Winter Games XVII (Nancy Kerrigan, U.S. Figure Skater)
- Super Bowl XXVII (Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys)
- Stanley Cup (Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens)
- Super Bowl XXVI (Mark Rypien, Washington Redskins)
- Super Bowl XXV (Ottis Anderson, N.Y. Giants)
- NBA (Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls)
- Super Bowl XXIV (Joe Montana, San Francisco 49ers)
- Graduation (Jim Thompson of Temple University, and Matt Kaldenberg, Phyllis Kaldenberg and Laura McEwen of Simpson College)
- Super Bowl XXIII (Joe Montana, San Francisco 49ers)
- NHL (Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames)
- NBA (Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons)
- Super Bowl XXII (Doug Williams, Washington Redskins)
- Miss America (Gretchen Carlson)
- World Series (Orel Hershiser, L.A. Dodgers)
- NBA (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers)
- Super Bowl XXI (Phil Simms, N.Y. Giants)
- America’s Cup (Dennis Conner)
- NBA (Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers)
- World Series (Frank Viola, Minnesota Twins)
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