The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade starts at 77th Street & Central Park West at 9am. It lasts about 3 hours and ends at 34th and 7th Avenue.
The parade is a national event that kicks off the holiday season with a bang. People all over the country have the parade on as they are preparing their Thanksgiving dinner and propelling their minds into the holiday spirit.
Here are some of our favorite balloons throughout the years that we chose out of the hundreds that have taken route down 34th Street.
Scooby Doo
image credit - www.guy-sports.com
Ask Geeves
photo credit - www.ccs.neu.edu
Snoopy
photo credit - blog.silive.com
Mr. Potato Head
photo credit - www.phaction.com
Sponge Bob
photo credit - chinadaily.com.cn
Kermit the Frog
photo credit - chinadaily.com.cn
Charlie Brown
photo credit - www.ci.santa-paula.ca.us
Pink Panther
photo credit - www.high-tech.com
Bart Simpson
photo credit - allposters.com
Shrek
photo credit - blog.nj.com
If you planned ahead and have a hotel room on the parade route, then you will probably have one of the best views of the event. The hotels on the parade route sell out months in advance though so you really have to take the initiative to book a room early.
If you are adventurous you can go to Central Park the night before the parade and watch as the balloons are inflated and prepared for the next morning. The inflating usually starts at around 4pm on Thanksgiving Eve on 77th & 81st Streets between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. These giant balloons usually take up over two city blocks while they are waiting to make their entrance. They are inflated under huge nets to keep them from being seen in their full glory until their parade debut.
photo credit - www.newsday.com
Here are some other tips for the best viewing of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Thank you Macy’s and New York City for giving us this fabulous event that we look forward to ever year.
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I love Kermit!!!
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Great parade photo! I wrote a post about the environmental impact of the Macy’s Day Parade at my blog (www.savethismemo.com). I plan on watching the parade tomorrow — too bad I can’t attend!
I love watching the parade every year. It is fun to attend, but it is fun on TV as well.
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how come they didn’t have any broadway play performances this year please bring them back next year
if you want to have a good spot wake up at 5:00am and get there at 5:15am.
It’s JEEVES, not GEEVES!
I love to see all of the balloons!! Thanks for the post.
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