I plan on getting faded beyond recognition this year New Years Eve tbh. I plan on letting the hell loose, I know that sounds bad but it's been a stressful past couple of months for whatever reason. I just need to let go.
Hopefully my friend and I will get some more people together and go out clubbing in the city all night.
This will be my first New Year's where I can legally drink, so I guess I can get more crazy this time.
The Revelers
Revelers start arriving late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. By approximately 3:00 p.m., the Bow Tie of Times Square (42nd to 47th Sts. between Broadway & 7th Ave.) is fully closed to traffic. Revelers are directed by the NYPD to gather in separate viewing sections. As one section fills up, the revelers are directed by police to the next viewing section. As the evening progresses, revelers continue to fill the Times Square neighborhood along Broadway and Seventh Avenue moving uptown from 43rd Street to as far as Central Park.
6:00 p.m. to 6:03 p.m.
Lighting and Raising the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The celebration begins with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball atop One Times Square. The New Year’s Eve Ball is lit and begins its ascent accompanied by special pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square.
6:03 p.m. to 6:13 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies
6:20 p.m.
Times Square 2013 Hats, Balloons and Scarves
The Times Square Alliance sanitation crew clad in bright red uniforms begins to distribute tens of thousands of fun handouts to the Times Square revelers for cheering in the New Year.
6:57 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
7:57 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
8:57 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
9:56 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
10:57 p.m. to 11:03 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
11:59 p.m.
The Sixty-Second Countdown
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The lighted Ball descends 70 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The Ball is covered with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
12:00 a.m. - New Year's Day
2013 Sign
At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2013” burst to life shining high above Times Square.
Times Square Confetti Release and Pyrotechnic Effects
The world-famous New Year's Eve confetti is released from the rooftops of buildings throughout Times Square creating a celebratory blizzard of colorful confetti as revelers welcome the New Year accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects.
I watched the ball drop before my eyes in Times Square to bring in 2012
However this year I'm probably going to probably get really drunk and just party