New Balloons in 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Posted on November 3, 2009

The 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held Thursday, November 26, 2009. We love the poster above showing some of the many different characters and floats. At 9:00am the parade begins to the sound of Let's Have a Parade. The parade route has changed slightly this year. The 2009 procession will be the first to bypass Broadway. It will begin at 77th Street and Central Park West, travel down to Columbus Circle where it will turn onto Central Park South. Once the Parade reaches 7th Avenue it will turn once more and march down 7th Avenue through Times Square to 42nd Street. At the famed intersection it will turn east to 6th Avenue and begin its final march down the Avenue of the Americas to 34th Street where it will turn towards Macy's flagship and end at 7th Avenue marking a 2.65-mile march.

The parade will include a number of new giant helium balloon this year including:

Some of this year's floats include Floating Scenes of Magic, a float to recognize local heroes; Santa's Sleigh, a colossal float that measures 60-feet long, 22-feet wide and is 3 1/2 Stories tall; and a Yo Gabba Gabba float starring DJ Lance Rock and the cast of colorful characters, including Brobee, Foofa, Muno, Plex and Toodee.


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