subject: Harbour Of Light Parade - Cruising Into The New Year [print this page] New Years Eve is the one celebration that the whole of Sydney plans for, prepares for, and anticipates for a whole year. Soon after the celebrations of a New Years Eve conclude, the arrangements for the next year begin, and sometimes even before.
Sydney New Years Eve events include aerial displays, Family Fireworks at 9 p.m., the Harbour of Light Parade and the Midnight Fireworks. The 9 p.m. Family Fireworks is a well planned and synchronized event with fireworks being launched from the barges on the Sydney Harbour, and the display seems almost magical with its pyrotechnic effects. A fleet of handsome, majestic-looking vessels, about 55 in number, will take part in the Harbour of Light Parade which has ropelight design as its chosen theme this year. The Midnight Fireworks is a spectacular show with synchronized fireworks set off from barges, from the rooftops of surrounding high-rise buildings and from umpteen strategic locations on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Almost all of the above events are best watched from aboard a cruise boat on the Sydney Harbour! And if the cruise boat is also a participant of the Harbour of Light Parade, it would be all the more exciting, as this would facilitate watching the events from the exclusion zone and from the best of vantage points, not to mention experiencing the thrill and excitement of being part of the parade.
Some of the best cruise options available are provided by the Magistic Cruises and Sydney Showboats. Their boats are known for their magnificent designs, unmatchable ambience, quality dining atmosphere, exceptional menus and ultimate comfort. Guests have seats reserved for them which allow them to sit back and relax or stroll around, absorbing the spectacular view, as and when they please! The Sydney Harbour Ballroom and the Simply Magistic cruises are not only the best party cruises available around the Sydney Harbour, but also the best party options available in Sydney. Dance right into the New Year in the setting of a most amazingly lit up Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House and many other famous landmarks against the backdrop of a sky lit up by a collage of the most beautiful of hues!
Only a Harbour of Light Parade cruise can take you to the centre of the whole excitement, letting you soak in the thrill of the celebration, befittingly bidding adieu to the year thats gone and ardently welcoming the New Year. The extensive outdoor decks of the Magistic Cruises and the Sydney Showboats allow a free and uninterrupted view of the amazing and brilliant outcome of a year of immaculate planning and uncompromised efforts of many to bring about the bridge effect with such incredible precision. So get your passes, if you have not got them already, and cruise into the most memorable night ever!