My Prediction for The 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2026)
Hello to all Fandom users and welcome to my prediction blog for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It's been a long journey for me and I've been really looking forward to this moment for some time recently. As the talented people at Macy's Studios are hard at work to craft the next line of incredible monuments for the centennial celebration, I'll present here my custom lineup specifically for everyone's imagination on what the 100th Parade will become later on. Updates will occur with my ideal new units and lineup positions as the months go by.
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade but in Gallery Form
Another year, another marching order
Part 1:
Creaty's 2026 Parade Predictions
Well, it's 2026! Which means it's the year of the 100th edition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I hope this year will finally feel like a true Macy's Parade. The last time we had a true Macy's Parade was in 2021, and I'm hoping that this year, which marks the 100th parade will finally mark the return of true Macy's Parades!
In the meantime, here's my predictions for the 100th Macy's Parade!
DISCLAIMER: There are some characters that a majority of the Macy's Parade community aren't fans of. Please do not get mad at me for adding in something you don't like. Just because a character is in here doesn't mean I'm a fan of it, because there are some characters in here that I'm not personally fond of, but I don't treat them like they're the …
The 100th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Polar's Prediction
Happy New Years everyone! Today, for the 10th straight year in a row I'll be showing my predictions for this year's centennial parade! Anywhoozies, let's go!
- 1 Balloons
- 1.1 Giant Balloons
- 2 Talent
- 2.1 Marching Bands
- 2.2 Performance Groups
- Concord Community High School Marching Minutemen (Elkheart, Indiana)
- Dobyns-Bennett High School Band (Kingsport, Tennessee)
- James F. Byrnes High School Rebel Regiment (Duncan, South Carolina)
- Macy's Great American Marching Band (Nationwide)
- Na Koa Ali'i Hawaii All-State Marching Band (Hawaii)
- NYPD Marching Band (New York, New York)
- Pearland High School's Pride of Pearland (Pearland, Texas)
- The Pride of Connecticut Marching Band (Storrs, Connecticut)
- University of Alabama Million Dollar Band (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
- University o…
Ranking every new 2025 unit worst to best
Ok so with the 2025 parade being already over a month ago (still trying to process how great it was), I feel like I would’ve made something like this much sooner, but I’m deciding to do so now out of boredom. I made a discussions post similar to this but that was just ranking each type separately, as this one counts all types. This one also has explanations unlike that post, not on everything but still. So yeah no more beating around the bush let’s dive right in (also I’m not gonna be counting the new macys stars because they’re macys stars and no different at all):
17. Frost pips
(are you suprised? i can’t stand these things and there’s NO way these helped Noorah become more recognizable. On top of that they literally say there the largest …
Accidents and Injuries (YT Universe Parade)
This is a Blog That only Consists of Accidents That Happened In The YT Universe
- 1 1988:
- 2 1989:
- 3 1991:
- 4 1993:
- 5 1994:
- 6 1995:
- 7 1996:
- 8 1997:
- 9 1998:
- 10 1999:
- 11 2000:
- 12 2001:
- Bandleader Jeffy brushed trees at 77th Street, causing his right Shoe to lose a small amount of helium.
- Pencilmate's Right Hand and Innertube Were Punctured
- Firey was Deflated by Nearby Trees At 77th Before he Started
- Four's Head was Punctured by A Tree aswell, X Was Pulled Too Because of This
- Happy Dragon began loosing helium before the Parade began, however balloon technicians were able to assess and fix the problem in a matter of minutes.
- Kermit the Frog collided with a tree in Central Park West, deflating his left hand. When the balloon reached Times Square, a lamppost punctured Kermit in …
My own Predictions for the 100th Macy's Parade
Since it's almost 2026, I would like to have my own predictions for the 100th Macy's Parade of 2026.
Listing the names of the balloons and floats on the NBC telecast because NBC won't
One thing I especially wish NBC did on their telecasts of the Macy's Parade is actually listing the names of all of the balloons and floats that are appearing. I can't believe they've never done this. The Santa Claus Parade telecasts have been doing this for years. Ever since the 80s, all four networks that have broadcasted the Santa Claus Parade and listed the names of every float as they're passing by. CBC started that tradition in the early 80s, then Global carried the tradition, then it was brought over to CTV, and now CityTV is keeping the tradition of listing the float names alive. And it's not just the Santa Claus Parade that does this. WDIV Local 4 has been doing this for the America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit for years. 6ABC…
My 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Predictions
Here's my 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade predictions.
My predictions for the 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This is going to be my prediction of the lineup, and what should come in 2026.
2027 Marching Band Lineup Predictions
Another year has come and gone, which means it's time to look ahead and make my predictions and guesses for what I think the 2027 Macy's Parade band lineup will look like.
I think the 2027 parade will feature twelve bands for the first time since 2023, with ten of the twelve bands being selected. Who are the other two bands? The Great American Marching Band and the NYPD Marching Band, duh. They're always in the parade so they don't need to go through any applications.
My Prediction for the 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This will be my main prediction page for the 100th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The asterisks are for the units I think will retire afterward. I'll be making updates as time goes by.
Toouney's Early Predictions for the 100th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
I know this feels very early, but I can't contain myself with this one. With what we saw from the 2025 parade, Macy's is definitely going 10 times bigger for the 100th coming next year. So, I thought I'd get ready with what I can see appearing for next year's parade.
(This is currently incomplete as of now)
2026/100th Macys Parade Predictions
Mr early bird strikes again. But it feels kinda reasonable for me to do this early because it’s the 100th parade which has been in the works much longer than you think, and I feel like the season will be much longer as well
GIANT BALLOONS:
- “Mario” by Nintendo
- “SpongeBob and Gary” by Nickelodeon
- “Greg Heffley” by Abrams Books
- “Spider-Man” by Marvel
- “Gabby’s dollhouse” by DreamWorks Animation
- “Pac-Man” by Bandai Namco
- “Marshall from PAW Patrol” by Nickelodeon
- “Buzz Lightyear” by Pixar Animation Studios
- “Goku” by Toei Animation inc
- ”Monkey D. Luffy” by Toei Animation inc
- “Shrek’s Onion Carriage” by DreamWorks Animation
- “Bluey” by BBC Studios
- ”Noorah” by The Lumistella Company
- “Pikachu and Eevee” by The Pokémon Company International
- “Thomas the Tank Engine” b…
32 Years since the 1993 Macy's Parade!
1993 is quite historic, firstly this year was the first time a video game character debut in the parade!. This year was also the last time a balloon manufactured by Goodyear was flown in the main parade. This was also Lynda Lopez's last year being the co narrator of the parade.
Now.....
1993 did have some gusty winds with it going over 20mph. This resulted in some of the balloons being damaged or partially deflated or even in 1 case, removed. Here are the balloons that had a difficult time during the 1993 parade.
- Bart Simpson's back was ripped open by a lamppost around Central Park but was not removed from the parade, this is why on the telecast Barts live appearance is weirdly shot.
- The Left wrist on Pink Panther was partially deflated.
- Som…
Announcement as of November 21st, 2025
I'll be mostly away from the Wiki until Thanksgiving Eve since I'd prefer to be surprised with the balloon order. See you around! :)
A telecast gallery bc why not
uhh hi there, this will only be done for balloons introduced before 1980. Please note that CBS telecasts are also omitted.
Jamal's 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Marching Order Prediction
NOTE: this is just a prediction (like it says in the title of this blog post, bold means something that is NEW)
- NYDP Motorcycles
- NYDP Marching Band
- Opening Cheer Group
- "Tom Turkey" by Macy's
- Turkey Tech Gobbler, Turkey Tech Players & Sports Fans
- Macy's Great American Marching Band
- "Gold Macy’s Stars" by Macy's
- "Mario" by Nintendo
- "Big Turkey Spectacular" by Jennie-O
- "Acorn" by Macy's
- "Pumpkins" by Macy's
- Corny-Copia Clowns
- "Harvest in the Valley" by Green Giant
- Funny Farm Clowns
- Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Marching Band
- Pre-K Clowns
- "1-2-3 Sesame Street" by Sesame Workshop
- "Cheese of a Wimpy Kid" by Abrams Books
- "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Abrams Books
- School Bus
- Pencil Stilt Walkers
- Bowling Pins
- "PINelope" by Go Bowling
- "Wondrous World of Wildlife" by Bro…
2025 Macys parade marching order prediction since everyone else is doing it
you know what they say, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
- NYPD Motorcycles
- Tom Turkey
- Opening Macys stars
- Corny copia clowns
- Turkey tech clowns
- 1st marching band
- Mario
- RAO’s Pasta Knight (i hope to god this float is paired with mario)
- Viking clowns
- Smokey bear
- The land of ice and wonder
- 2nd marching band
- Rocking Tortoise
- Camper clowns
- Beagle Scout Snoopy
- Camp Snoopy
- Harvest in the valley
- Funny farm clowns
- Pumpkins
- Acorn
- Native Pride Productions
- Dora and the fantastical rainforest
- 3rd marching band (probably the Panama one)
- Coconutty clowns
- Rocking flamingo
- Colossal wave of wonder
- SpongeBob and Gary
- Silly seaside clowns
- Rocking lobster
- Rainbow and Greybow trouts
- The Counting Sheep’s Dream Generator
- Greg Heffley
- Pre-K clowns
- 1-2-3 Sesame Street
- Nutty professor Einsteins and wa…
Creaty's 2025 Marching Order Prediction
Here's my marching order prediction for this year's parade.
- NYPD Motorcycles
- Macy's Starlets & Opening Cheer Group
- Tom Turkey
- Opening Macy's Stars
- Alcorn State Marching Band
- Mario
- Rao's Homemade
- Corny-Copia Clowns
- Turkey Tech Players
- Soccer Ball
- Peacock
- Fire Truck Clown Vehicle
- Funny Firefighter Brigade
- Marshall
- North Alabama Marching Band
- Sesame Street
- Gabby
- Alphabet Clowns
- Pre-K Clowns
- Star Sound Unit with Performance Group
- Circus Clowns
- Rocking Tortoise
- Dora float
- Dora
- Banda La Primavera
- Stuart
- Artist Clowns
- Spirit of America Cheerleaders
- Big City Cheer
- Birthday Party Clowns
- Jennie-O
- Funny Farm Clowns
- Funny Farm Produce Truck
- Acorn
- Pumpkins
- Green Giant
- Northern Arizona Marching Band
- Slumber Party Clowns
- Serta
- Pikachu and Eevee
- Sleepy Clowns
- Blue Macy's Stars
- Baseball All-Star Cl…
My Early 2026 Predictions
My early Predictions for Next Year
- 1 Balloons
- 1.1 Giant Balloons
- 1.2 Novelty Balloons
- 1.3 Feature Balloons (Incomplete)
- Bluey (BBC Studios & Ludo Studio) - 5th time
- Buzz Lightyear (Pixar Animation Studios) - 2nd time
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Abrams Books) - 5th time
- Goku (Dragon Ball/Toei Animation) - 3rd time
- Mario (Nintendo) - 2nd time
- Marshall from PAW Patrol (Spin Master & Nickelodeon) - 3rd time
- Minnie Mouse (The Walt Disney Company) - 3rd time
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece/Toei Animation) - 4th time
- Noorah (The Lumistella Company) - 3rd time
- PAC-MAN (Bandai Namco Entertainment America, Inc.) - 2nd time
- Pikachu & Eevee (The Pokemon Company International) - 6th time
- Pillsbury Doughboy (Pillsbury) - 4th time
- Shrek's Onion Carriage (Universal Pictures' DreamWorks Animation) - 2nd time
- Spide…
Currently Grieving a Loss
That's right, my maternal grandma who I've loved for 23 years. Gone at the wise age of 76.
Ever since this past decade, her health has been less-than-stellar. Back in 2015, my grandma was diagnosed with cancer, and while she was able to recover from cancer, that was really when her health started to take a hit. Over the following years, she has lost the ability to walk properly, and she was temporarily placed in a rehab facility in 2019 to try and get her to walk again, but to no avail. When I lost my grandpa to ALS in 2021, my grandma had nobody to look after her every day, so she was permanently placed in the same rehab facility for assisted living. Her health has not gotten any better since then. She's been suffering from dementia and fo…
2025 Parade Prediction
I will update this as new things are revealed but will stop before the final new units are revealed (since that's lowkey cheating). I'll likely also put this all in a predicted order later on near the end of October
Balloons divided by class
kinda just for me cause i find this stuff interesting
Comic strips, comic books, and manga.
Toouney's Final Predictions for the 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Decided to make a new blog, that will contain the new units as they get announced. At the end, it will result in my final prediction with all of the confirmed units, with my marching order prediction.
- 1 Balloons
- 1.1 Giant Character Balloons
- 2 Hosts
- 3 Balloon Inflation Layout
- 3.1 77th Street:
- 3.2 81st Street:
- 4 The Marching Order
- Al Roker
- Savannah Guthrie
- Hoda Kotb
- Opening Macy's Stars
- Super Mario
- The Pillsbury Doughboy
- Smokey Bear
- Acorn
- Pumpkins
- Marshall from PAW Patrol
- Goku
- Stuart the Minion
- Yellow Macy's Stars
- SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary
- Greybow and Rainbow Trout
- Goldbear
- Buzz Lightyear
- Gabby and Pandy Paws
- Cheese of a Wimpy Kid
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Derpy Tiger and Sussie
- Blue Macy's Stars
- Minnie Mouse
- Happy Hippo Triple Stack
- Beagle Scout Snoopy
- Dora the Explorer
- Monkey D. …
1997 Robloxian Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
- 1 Giant Balloons
- 2 Incidents
- 2.1 Pink Panther
- 2.2 Quik Bunny
- 2.3 Barney
- 2.4 The acrobats
- 2.5 Sonic the hedgehog
- 2.6 The cat in the hat
- 3 Balloons after the parade
- 4 Inflation
- 4.1 77th street
- 4.2 81st street
- At 74th street, the balloon hit a lamppost, damaging the tail
- At 42nd street, he was removed following his inner tube and pants getting ripped apart, he was stabbed down.
- at 77th street he was delayed to behind Barney’s great adventure, he would also have his ear deflated.
- at 48th street the balloon’s hat and deflated ear were heavily damaged, the balloon would gain the handlers of pink panther, and make it to hs without any issues
- He was shown on video tape due to being delayed
- at 52nd street he was removed after his torso was ripped open.
- at 72nd street the balloo…
Sketch Macy's Parade balloon voting
- Pomni (14th place)
- Pencilmate (13th place)
- Gabby (12th place)
- Barney (11th place)
- Snoopy (10th place)
- Bluey (9th place)
- Timmy Turner (8th place)
Boker’s Balloon Voting Roblox Edition
MUSTARD BLUDS:
- SpongeBob and Patrick (1st place)
- Felix the cat (4th place)
- Punchy (6th place)
- Bullwinkle (8th place)
- Big red car (10th place)
- Jeffy (12th place)
KETCHUP BLUDS:
- Mickey Mouse (2nd place)
- Snoopy the astronaut (3rd place)
- Hoops and Yoyo (5th place)
- Geoffrey (7th place)
- Elmo (9th place)
- Lincoln Loud (11th place)
Retired Balloons Marching Parade2
Alrightey! Decided to do a second one! Rules (Closes June 27):
- No 2024 Balloons
- No CITH, No RT, No Balloons with a chance to return
- Balloonicles and Novelty Balloons can be requested
- Have fun!
Also, u can request new Balloons for this parade! Minimum is two and maximum is four! Ok, bye!
- 1 Balloons
- 1.1 Giant Balloons (Confirmed for Now)
- 1.2 Novelty Balloons
- 2 Balloonicles
- Quik Bunny (Nestlé) - 2nd time
- Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA) - 2nd time
- Bullwinkle Moose (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Mickey Mouse (The Walt Disney Company) - 2nd time
- Morton the Nantucket Sea Monster (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Snoopy the Aviator (Peanuts Worldwide) - 2nd time
- Phineas and Ferb (DisneyXD) - 1st time
- Firey (Jacknjellify) - 1st time
- Leafy (Jacknjellify) - 1st time
- Pink Panther (MGM) - 2nd time
- Izzy (Atlanta Committee fo…
The 71st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade but with more balloons
- Arthur (Little Brown Children's Publishing) - 1st time
- Big Bird (Children's Television Workshop) - 10th time
- Garfield (PAWS, Inc.) - 12th time
- Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit (Frederic Ward & Company) - 2nd time
- Jay Ward's Rocky & Bullwinkle (Universal Studios) - 2nd time
Pink Panther* (MGM) - 10th timeQuik Bunny(Nestlé) - 10th timeBarney(Lyrick Studios) - 4th timeBetty Boop* (King Features) - 8th timeSonic the Hedgehog* (Sega of America) - 5th timeWoody Woodpecker* (Universal Studios) - 16th time- Rugrats (Nickelodeon) - 1st time
The Cat in the Hat* (Random House Children's Publishing) - 4th time- Spider-Man (Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.) - 11th time
- Bumpé* (Skandiiplaay, LTD.) - 1st time
- Sky Dancer* (Abrams Gentile Entertainment) - 3rd time
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic…
My 2025 Parade Predictions!
- GIANT BALLOONS
- (NEW FOR 2025) Peppa & Evie Pig by Nickelodeon
- (NEW FOR 2025) Wolf by Dreamworks & Universal Studios
- (NEW FOR 2025) Stitch by Walt Disney Studios
- (NEW FOR 2025) Dog Man by Dreamworks & Scholastic
My First Blog: Hello! this is my blog! first off i been deciding if i want kit the elf or gazer the elf in my roblox parade.
Gazer the elf has more detail and looks reallly good in my opinion! and he might be my 3rd favorite novelty! and kit the elf is a little more friendly looking but its not really good.. so gazer would be good for my second roblox parade!
Retired Balloons Marching Parade
Idk if anyone has done this but... im doing a parade with all retired MTDP balloons, heres rules for requesting tho (Closes June 13):
- No 2024 Balloons, including SpongeBob SquarePants & Gary, since they are not confirmed to retire yet
- No Red Titan, No Cat in the Hat (Sonic and M&M's are allowed tho) and NO Balloons with a chance to return
- Balloonicles and Novelty Balloons can be requested
- Have fun!
- 1 Balloons
- 1.1 Giant Balloons (Confirmed for Now)
- 1.2 Novelty Balloons
- 2 Balloonicles
- Quik Bunny (Nestlé) - 1st time
- "Strike Up the Band" Barney (Mattel) - 1st time
- Happy Dragon (Macy's) - 1st time
- Linus the Lionhearted (Macy's) - 1st time
- Underdog (Macy's) - 1st time
- Bullwinkle Moose (Macy's) - 1st time
- Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA) - 1st time
- Snoopy the Aviator (Peanuts World…
a still early but not as early 2025 prediction
my last one was really bad imo. this will specifically be mostly returning lineup, with someone exceptions.
Balloons Featured in Macy's Easter Parade
- 1 1980’s
- 1.1 1981
- 1.2 1982
- 1.3 1983
- 1.4 1985
- 1.5 1989
- 2 1990s
- 2.1 1990
- 2.2 1994
- 2.3 1995
- 2.4 1996
- 2.5 1997
- 2.6 1998
- 2.7 1999
- 3 2000s
- 3.1 2001
- Mickey Mouse 2nd Version (1981-1989, 1996)
- Snoopy the Aviator (1981-1986)
- Bullwinkle J. Moose 1st Version (1981-1989)
- Linus the Lionhearted (1981-1997)
- Underdog (1981-1993)
- Weeble (1981)
- Kermit the Frog (1981-1990)
- Happy Dragon (1982-1999)
- Popeye (1982-1984)
- Woody Woodpecker (1983-1998)
- Olive Oyl (1983-1986)
- Donald Duck (1983-1997)
- Yogi Bear (1983-1989)
- Raggedy Ann (1985-1998)
- Garfield 1st Version (1985-2000)
- Quik Bunny (1989-2001)
- Pink Panther (1989-1997)
- Big Bird and the A B C balls (1989-2002)
- Skater Snoopy and Woodstock (1989-1997)
- Bugs Bunny (1990-1996)
- Betty Boop (1990-1995)
- Olive Oyl and Sweat pea (1990)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1994-1998) 1st Version…