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First Spot: Super Bowl XXI (Phil Simms, New York Giants)
Number of Spots Since Inception: 42
Chronology of "I'm going to Disney World" Spots:
| 2010 |
Super Bowl XLIV (Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints) |
| 2009 |
Super Bowl XLIII (Santonio Holmes and Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers)
"American Idol" Season 8 (Kris Allen, singer) |
| 2008 |
Super Bowl XLII (Eli Manning, New York Giants)
"American Idol" Season 7 (David Cook, singer) |
| 2007 |
Super Bowl XLI (Tony Dungy and Dominic Rhodes, Indianapolis Colts) |
| 2006 |
Super Bowl XL (Hines Ward, with Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh Steelers) |
| 2004 |
Super Bowl XXXVIII (Tom Brady, New England Patriots)
Major League Baseball World Series Champions (Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox) |
| 2003 |
Super Bowl XXXVII (Jon Gruden and Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) |
| 2002 |
Super Bowl XXXVI (Tom Brady, New England Patriots) |
| 2001 |
Super Bowl XXXV (Trent Dilfer, Baltimore Ravens)
Major League Baseball home run record (Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants) |
| 2000 |
Super Bowl XXXIV (Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams) |
| 1999 |
Super Bowl XXXIII (Terrell Davis and John Elway, Denver Broncos)
Women's World Cup (United States Championship Team) |
| 1998 |
Super Bowl XXXII (John Elway, Denver Broncos)
Major League Baseball home run record (Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals) |
| 1997 |
Super Bowl XXXI (Desmond Howard, Green Bay Packers)
Holiday Gift-Giving (Santa Claus) |
| 1996 |
Super Bowl XXX (Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys) |
| 1995 |
Super Bowl XXIX (Jerry Rice and Steve Young, San Francisco 49ers) |
| 1994 |
Super Bowl XXVIII (Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys)
Winter Games XVII (Nancy Kerrigan, U.S. Figure Skater) |
| 1993 |
Super Bowl XXVII (Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys)
Stanley Cup (Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens) |
| 1992 |
Super Bowl XXVI (Mark Rypien, Washington Redskins) |
| 1991 |
Super Bowl XXV (Ottis Anderson, N.Y. Giants)
NBA (Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls) |
| 1990 |
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) |
| 1989 |
Super Bowl XXIII (Joe Montana, San Francisco 49ers)
NHL (Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames)
NBA (Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons) |
| 1988 |
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) |
| 1987 |
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) |
- The Super Bowl has been the catalyst for the most "I'm going to Disney World" spots (23)
- 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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