Balloons range in size and shape, depending on the character and the pose created. The Minnie Mouse balloon debuting this year is 60 feet in height — roughly as tall as a five-story building — and 34 feet wide, about the width of five taxi cabs.

In 1986, a balloon of Popeye’s wife Olive Oyl holding her baby Swee’Pea currently holds the record as the tallest Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon, standing at 102 fee

Iconic floats and giant balloons will take over the streets of NYC on November 28 with the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. But they don’t come cheap.