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Staying open until 1 am, Walt Disney World offers families a fun-packed day and night with a midnight fireworks show, the Cirque du Soleil, live entertainers, dance parties and confetti explosions to please all ages and imaginations. Magic Kingdom is famous for its Jingle Jungle Parade, while Epcot offers a thrilling lights and laser show just before the midnight fireworks display.
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Head to Rembrandtplein, Museumplein, Dam Square and Nieuwmarkt for some of the best street parties in the Dutch capital and you should be able to catch one of the many firework displays in the city at the same time.
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In 2014 Dubai put on the biggest fireworks display of all time to get into the Guinness Book of Records. It lasted 6 minutes and lit up the impressive 160-story skyscraper Burj Khalifa plus 36 miles of seafront party goers who had gathered along the pearly white shores to see the spectacle. Expect bombastic lightshows and parties without alcohol but much laughter, dance and singing.
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Offering both free and VIP parties, Miami is a sure bet for having a great New Year's Eve experience. Head to downtown Bayfront Park, where the party kicks off at 8 pm and includes dancing until the midnight fireworks halt you in your tracks. At South Beach the party starts an hour later but goes on until 2 am, also with dancing and fireworks.
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Since there are only four hours of daylight in winter, locals party like nobody's business, kicking off proceedings with community bonfires, which symbolize putting fire to the troubles of the old year. Sing-alongs, dancing and live music ensues. Firework displays explode all over the northern skies and crowds begin to drift towards landmarks like Landakotskirkja church for the best views of the official firework displays, before heading to clubs and bars. By 5 am even the hardiest of revelers will line up for hot dogs or a dip in the hot springs to refuel.
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Revels go on for 3 days in Cape Town, starting really with the Victoria & Albert Waterfront concert and a midnight firework display, which is best viewed over a picnic from Table Mountain's summit for unobstructed views. Then everybody heads to the Victoria Falls New Year's Carnival for live music, parades and revels, which carries on along the beaches on New Year's Day.
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Sky Party countdown for New Year's Eve is a special event hosted by a giant Ferris Wheel that takes people for up to 30 minutes in air-conditioned capsules into the night sky to enjoy the best views of the firework displays. Over two rotations they even serve a four-course meal with a butler service thrown in and 360 degree views of Singapore City. On the ground there's a DJ-led party for the rest of the night to look forward to.
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There are few more romantic places in the world than Vilnius in Lithuania, where firework displays aren't as bombastic as elsewhere but where revelers are far more cheerful and friendly by way of compensation. Revels start with a procession on 26th December, daily concerts across the city, especially at Kalnai and Vingis public city parks. Go to Baroque Old Town's amazing restaurants on New Year's Eve to line your tummy well before hitting the multitude of bars and clubs, street parties and main revels on Cathedral Square downtown.
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Hamburg's massive harbor is the best place for seeing the city's stunning fireworks displays. Hundreds of large ships, from elegant cruise ships to small fishing vessels, blow their horns and set off fireworks to join the official displays at midnight. Most pubs, clubs and bars, including Hamburg's red light district, sell tickets to their parties several days in advance. Be sure to purchase one, or you won't get in. At midnight, the traditional Frikadellen (meatballs), Berliner (doughnuts) and Sekt (sparkling wine) are served up alongside Fischbrötchen (crusty rolls filled with roll mops, or smoked salmon or prawns) and mulled wine. If you don't like standing about on chilly dockyards, head to the Rathausplatz, where party goers meet in front of the huge Town Hall for the countdown at midnight. Where are you ringing in the New Year?