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The 80th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 23, 2006, in New York City and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to noon EST. It was hosted by Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker. The lineup featured 12 giant helium character balloons, 48 novelty/ornament balloons, balloonheads and balloonicles, 33 floats, nine marching bands, more than 1,200 cheerleaders/dancers, 800 clowns, a host of celebrities and large performance groups, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
Listed below are the parade elements that appeared in the 2006 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They are categorized by unit type, with their respective sponsors in bold. Home locations of talent ensembles are featured in brackets, and guest star’s float appearances are indicated in bold.
Bold denotes a new parade element, an underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, a strikethrough signifies a parade unit that was sidelined before or during the march, and an asterisk (*) indicates an element that was retired after the 2006 Parade.
It was originally planned for a Bob the Builder balloon to make its debut for this parade. However, it was scrapped.
Notes[]
↑Only Charlie the blue Elf was retired after this year
↑John Tartaglia was initially scheduled to appear on the brand-new Doodlebug float. However, the float broke down and was sidelined just before reaching Columbus Circle. As a result, Tartaglia rode on the Rocking Horse toy float for the rest of the route.
