{"id":101876,"date":"2026-01-01T02:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101876\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:23:15","slug":"cold-temperatures-greet-new-years-eve-revelers-at-orlandos-thornton-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101876\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold temperatures greet New Year\u2019s Eve revelers at Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rwm7owhtdaq0feib.jpg\" alt=\"New Year\u2019s Eve revelers gather at Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/video\/fmc-czei16xr4cxrkn0i\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Year\u2019s Eve revelers gather at Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">In Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park, preparations were underway for the annual New Year\u2019s Eve block party and the iconic orange drop at midnight. Roads were closed hours in advance as vendors, stages and food and drink areas were set up, with organizers expecting several thousand people to attend, similar to last year\u2019s turnout.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Central Florida is experiencing its coldest New Year\u2019s Eve in more than two decades, but the chilly temperatures are not deterring crowds from celebrating outdoors.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park, preparations were underway for the annual New Year\u2019s Eve block party and the iconic orange drop at midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Roads were closed hours in advance as vendors, stages and food and drink areas were set up, with organizers expecting several thousand people to attend, similar to last year\u2019s turnout.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Event organizers said the orange drop tradition was especially important to continue after being organized on short notice last year. With more time to plan in 2025, they said the focus was on delivering a smooth and festive celebration for the community.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Despite falling temperatures, attendees were encouraged to dress warmly and enjoy the evening\u2019s live music, entertainment and countdown to the new year, which officially begins at midnight with the orange drop over Thornton Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information from an interview conducted with Thornton Park New Year\u2019s Eve block party organizers on Dec. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Eve revelers gather at Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park In Orlando\u2019s Thornton Park, preparations were underway for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,1186,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-101876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-holidays","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-orange-county","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-headlines","14":"tag-orlando-news","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}