ANAHEIM, Calif. – Swimming star Michael Phelps had his sights set on more than winning a fistful of Olympic medals.

“Since I was a kid, I’ve dreamed of winning the gold medal and shouting, ‘I’m going to Disney World!”‘ said Phelps, who won six Olympic gold medals and two bronze medals in Athens, Greece. “Now I’m really doing it – and going to Disneyland, too.”

Disney officials announced Sunday that Phelps and fellow U.S. Olympic gold medalists Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker of Portland are launching a 12-city “Swim With the Stars” tour. It begins Tuesday with a parade in their honor at Florida’s Walt Disney World and ends on Oct. 5 at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

Other cities on the tour are: Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Seattle and San Francisco.