Our AirBNB is on the route of the night parade, but we see the backs of the floats from our balcony. Our tickets to see the fronts are later in the week.
Here are a few, lined up this morning:

Here’s the parade map:

And here are the people queuing up at 6:30 PM for the 9 PM parade (its already cold, in the low 50’s F):

Some of the floats from our balcony:

More about our February trip in a few days.