FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Rex, the King of Carnival rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. The Carnival season culminates on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, with street revelry and the pageantry of the Rex and Zulu parades. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Rex, the King of Carnival rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. The Carnival season culminates on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, with street revelry and the pageantry of the Rex and Zulu parades. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras Day festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, but more than a dozen parades roll in the days leading up to Fat Tuesday. The Krewe of Endymion's “super float” rolls Saturday night in New Orleans led by pop star Kelly Clarkson. Sunday's Bacchus parade will include more than two dozen child cancer patients from hospitals across the country who will ride with Bacchus celebrity king, actor G.W. Bailey. On Monday, actor Gary Sinise and New Orleans musicians Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and Harry Connick Jr. will ride in the Krewe of Orpheus parade. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Rex, the King of Carnival rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. With the Super Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falling just nine days later, the city is gearing up for a massive celebration and influx of tourists that locals are calling "Super Gras." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
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In this Jan. 15, 2013, photo, workers put up signage for the upcoming Super Bowl on the Superdome in New Orleans. With the Super Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falling just nine days later, the city is gearing up for a massive celebration and influx of tourists that locals are calling "Super Gras." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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This Jan. 14, 2013 photo shows volunteer Gail Dusenberry of Clyde, North Carolina working on Artist Stephan Wanger"s bead mosaic "Paragons of New Orleans" at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans. Super Bowl takes place in New Orleans on Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falls nine days later on Feb. 12. With both events so close together, New Orleans is bracing for a massive celebration and record crowds. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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FILE- In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, streetcars move throughdowntown New Orleans. With the Super Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falling just nine days later, the city is gearing up for a massive celebration and influx of tourists that locals are calling "Super Gras." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
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This Jan. 15, 2013 photo shows workers pouring a new sidewalk on Royal Street in the French Quarter section of in New Orleans. With the Super Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falling just nine days later, the city is gearing up for a massive celebration and influx of tourists that locals are calling "Super Gras." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Largest-ever Mardi Gras float has a little hiccup
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a city known for overindulgence, maybe the largest-ever
Mardi Gras float was a little too much.
The 330-foot long super float built by the Krewe of Endymion had to be separated in half to make a turn during its parade Saturday. Shelton Carr, who was working security at the Superdome, says the float was separated and then re-attached so it could continue to roll.
The turn was only a minor hiccup. The parade finished its route ahead of schedule.
The float ended its journey at the Superdome, where thousands of revelers were decked out in black tie attire. It was the first major event at the venue since the Super Bowl power blackout.
The multimillion-dollar float holds more than 200 riders. The parade's celebrity grand marshal was Kelly Clarkson.
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