Cal Poly students christened the universities’ 2025 Rose Parade float Thursday night before sending it off to Pasadena ahead of its big New Year’s Day appearance.
The float depicts a lakeside party featuring the Loch Ness monster, a highland cow and a slew of other Scottish-inspired characters in honor of the 2025 parade theme, “Best Day Ever.” It measures 55 feet long, 21 feet high and 17 feet wide.
Students from both Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona planned and prepared the float for nearly a year, testing the mechanics and materials used and planning the elaborate floral decoration, according to a Cal Poly news release.
Cal Poly’s 2025 Rose Parade entry, titled “Nessie’s Lakeside Laughs,” will include the Loch Ness Monster partying with friends, celebrating the parade’s theme, “Best Day Ever.” Courtesy of Cal Poly
Starting Dec. 26, students will work from 7 a.m. to 9 or 10 p.m. to finish decorating the float with over 37,000 flowers prior to the New Year’s Day classic, Cal Poly officials said.
Then it will make its premiere during the annual Rose Parade, where previous Cal Poly floats have virtually every year won awards for their creativity.
Cal Poly students christened the universities’ 2025 Rose Parade float before sending it off to Pasadena to be decorated ahead of its big New Year’s Day appearance. Students from both Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona planned and prepared the float for nearly a year, testing the mechanics and materials used and planning the elaborate floral decoration. Cal Poly
Cal Poly students christened the universities’ 2025 Rose Parade float before sending it off to Pasadena to be decorated ahead of its big New Year’s Day appearance. Cal Poly
Cal Poly students christened the universities’ 2025 Rose Parade float before sending it off to Pasadena to be decorated ahead of its big New Year’s Day appearance. Cal Poly
Sadie Dittenber writes about education for The Tribune and is a California Local News Fellow through the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Dittenber graduated from The College of Idaho with a degree in international political economy.
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