Larger Fort Lauderdale is welcoming 2026 in signature model—with a full day of New Yr’s Eve experiences that stretch from family-friendly daytime enjoyable to a globally televised waterfront countdown.
On December 31, the vacation spot will showcase its distinctive mix of tradition, neighborhood, and water-centric life-style by means of a collection of occasions culminating in a reside look on CNN New Yr’s Eve Dwell with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, shining a global highlight on Fort Lauderdale’s iconic waterways.
Household-Pleasant Enjoyable Kicks Off the Day
The celebrations start early on the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS), the place households can get pleasure from a New Yr’s Eve occasion from 10 a.m. to five p.m. Designed with youthful revelers in thoughts, the daytime festivities embrace music, dance-offs, hands-on science experiments, and interactive actions all through the museum.
A spotlight of the afternoon is the museum’s midday seashore ball drop, giving households an opportunity to depend right down to the New Yr collectively—with out staying up till midnight. Company may seize the second on the New Yr’s gallery wall, creating recollections that mark the beginning of 2026 in a enjoyable, accessible method.
A Waterfront Countdown Goes World
As night falls, the celebration shifts to Larger Fort Lauderdale’s waterways. Go to Lauderdale will accomplice with CNN for a reside, three-minute broadcast section airing from the newly opened Pier Sixty-Six, one among South Florida’s most anticipated redevelopments.
The reside section might be filmed aboard a Sanlorenzo yacht, highlighting the vacation spot’s fame because the Yachting Capital of the World whereas showcasing Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront life-style, marina views, and vibrant New Yr’s Eve environment. The printed aligns with Go to Lauderdale’s new international model marketing campaign, emphasizing the world’s vitality, variety, and unmistakable sense of place.
“There’s no higher approach to ring within the new 12 months than by sharing Larger Fort Lauderdale’s vitality, variety, and pleasure with a worldwide viewers,” stated Stacy Ritter, president and CEO of Go to Lauderdale. “Our partnership with CNN permits us to spotlight the vacation spot’s distinctive water tradition and introduce the world to our daring new marketing campaign.”
Extending the Highlight Past Midnight
To amplify the second, Go to Lauderdale may also roll out digital out-of-home promoting in New York Metropolis’s Instances Sq., positioned outdoors CNN’s studio. The marketing campaign will function dynamic visuals from the vacation spot’s new branding and can air throughout the New Yr’s Eve broadcast, persevering with within the weeks that comply with to increase Larger Fort Lauderdale’s visibility to tens of millions worldwide.
The reside function will embrace appearances by native personalities and seize the festive vitality alongside the marina, reinforcing Fort Lauderdale’s fame as a welcoming, vibrant place to have fun life’s greatest moments.
A Vacation spot Constructed for Celebration
With 24 miles of seashores, greater than 300 miles of navigable waterways, and a year-round common temperature of 77 levels, Larger Fort Lauderdale affords a New Yr’s Eve expertise in contrast to some other. From family-friendly science celebrations to a globally broadcast waterfront countdown, the vacation spot proves there’s multiple approach to welcome the New Yr—underneath the solar.
For extra data on New Yr’s Eve occasions and Go to Lauderdale’s “By no means Lose Your Splash” marketing campaign, go to VisitLauderdale.com.
