Cracker Jack will have a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
• The float is 36 feet long, more than three stories tall and as wide as three buses lined up end-to-end.
• The float features infield, outfield and bleacher seats adorned with giant sculptures as well as live-action cameras capturing the children and performers on the float, as well as spectators along the Parade route.
• Fans can find more than two dozen baseballs and bats in various locations throughout the float.
• There are more than 100 linear feet of hand-stitched red, white and blue bunting decorating the float.
• Below a life-size, fully operational scoreboard, a live musical performance will take place.
• Fireworks will burst off the float as it arrives in Herald Square and the live performance gets underway.
The 88th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs nationwide on NBC-TV, on Thursday, November 27, 2014 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., in all time zones.
Hey Luke, I think that is you standing at the front of the float waving a U.S. flag. And there I am standing to your left, the gray-haired grandma. Yep, we're there Luke!
Partial picture of the “At the Ball Game” float, sitting in the warehouse.
Info graphic of the float. The smaller text reads...
• The float is 36 feet long, more than three stories tall and as wide as three buses lined up end-to-end.
• For the first time in the parade's history, a larger-than-life LED screen will feature live shots of the parade.
• Families along the parade route might just see themselves on the jumbotron as cameras on the float pan the audience.
• Below a life-size, fully operational scoreboard, a live musical performance will take place.
• Fireworks will burst off the float as it arrives in Herald Square and the live performance gets underway.
• Fireworks will burst off the float as it arrives in Herald Square and the live performance gets underway.
• Features a family taking a selfie.
• Decorated with more than 100 linear feet of hand-stitched red, white and blue bunting.
• Boasts more than two dozen baseballs and bats in various locations.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade By The Numbers
27 floats this year
5 new floats, including 1 from Cracker Jack
Parade first started with 4 floats in 1924
9 months, the time it can take to build a float
Hey Luke, I think that is you standing at the front of the float waving a U.S. flag. And there I am standing to your left, the gray-haired grandma. Yep, we're there Luke!
Don't worry, Luke. We won't let you fall. We'll Super Glue your shoes to the floor of the float.
