Parade tip: The whole parade is only about 45 minutes to an hour. The closer you are to Macys the slower is goes. Also the closer you are to Macys the music/sound will go off mode because they don't want to interfere with the TV broadcast. If you watch the parade from further uptown lets says 45th-49th or further north you go you'll be done in an hour or less. Depending on where you are standing the crowd could be 8-10 deep so give yourself plenty of time to find some real estate to stand.
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