Parade wisdom from my experience in '08

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Have your sh*t together and DO NOT RELY ON YOUR CELL PHONE AT ALL! Everyone and their mother are trying to send selfies and the entire wireless network becomes useless. Stay together, decide on a meeting place if you become separated. Also, drink heavily. Everyone is walking the streets with handles of vodka including the police, so don't worry about concealing anything. It's mardi gras on steroids. Also, bring some rags to clean the hydraulic fluid off your hands.

[JuTMSY4]

Just gotta figure out where to post up and when. Gonna be very busy

[Susquehanna Birder]

True. I totally lost service in the midst of the mayhem around city hall.

[EaglesphaninMD]

Is it better to try and watch it at the beginning of the route, the end, somewhere in the middle, or doesn't matter?