New Balloons in 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held Thursday, November 26, 2009. 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:
Pillsbury Doughboy: The Doughboy balloon will measure 53.7 feet in length, 34.4 feet in width and will be 46.4 feet tall. This Doughboy will rise to the occasion filled with 12,280 cubic feet of helium.
Ronald McDonald: Ronald has strapped on the world's largest pair of ice skates for a fun-filled holiday activity. Measuring 76.4 feet long, 28.8 feet wide and 48.6 feet tall, Ronald will be inflated with 13,650 cubic feet of helium on Parade day.
Sailor Mickey: Sailing aboard an anchor that is approximately four times the size of an actual cruise ship anchor, Mickey measures 48.1-feet long, 33.6-feet wide and 60.9-feet tall.
Spider-Man: On Parade day, the Spider-Man balloon will measure 78-feet long, 37.8-feet wide and 29.1-feet tall and will be filled with 11,800 cubic feet of helium.
Some of this year's floating 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.
