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We are extremely proud of each and every truck that rolls under the Crescent City name.

As a special treat, we have listed the top 3 trucks and their themes for each year starting with 2011.  We hope they inspire you to come up with a great design!

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We also have a slideshow of the top ten trucks of last year (2024)!

2024 Top Three:

First:       Truck #1

              Theme: Yabba Dabba Do

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #2

              Theme: The Melons in Town for Mardi Gras

              Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #11

              Theme: King Tut at Mardi Gras

              Crew: Robateau Family

2023 Top Three:

First:       Truck #2

              Theme: You Got a Friend in Me

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #32

              Theme: Lion King

              Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #1

              Theme: IT's Mardi Gras, We're Having a Whale of a Time

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

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2022 Top Three:

First:       Truck #2

              Theme: Rio to Mardi Gras

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #1

              Theme: Winter Wonderland

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #19

              Theme: Audubon Zoo Goes Hollywood

              Crew: Krewe of Good Time

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2021 Top Three:

COVID. NO MARDI GRAS.

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2020 Top Three:

First:       Truck #1

              Theme: Just Clowning Around

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #2

              Theme: Princess and the Frog

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #16

              Theme: It's a Buzzing Lightyear on Mardi Gras

              Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club

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2019 Top Three:

First:       Truck #2

              Theme: Birds of a Feather

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #8

              Theme:Barking Up the Wrong Tree

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #1

              Theme: Spider Gras in the City

              Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Clubival Club

2018 Top Three:

First:       Truck #4

              Theme: Scooby Gras

              Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #9

              Theme: We Back 'Em All

              Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #3

              Theme: Skeletons from the Grave Rolling Down the Streets fo

              New Orleans

              Crew: Over the Hill II Carnival Clubi

2017 Top Three:

First:       Truck #2

              Theme: Ice Age Mardi Gras

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #1

              Theme: NOLA Express at Mardi Gras

              Crew: Big Timers Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #4

              Theme: A Mardi Gras Hay Ride

              Crew: Over the Hill II Carnival Clubival Club

2016 Top Three:

First:       Truck #5

              Theme: Star Wars Landing in the Big Easy

              Crew: Big Timers Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #2

              Theme: Mardi Gras Heroes

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #7

              Theme: It's a Simpson Great Time on Mardi Gras

              Crew: Over the Hill IV Carnival Club

2014 Top Three:

First:       Truck #1

              Theme: My First Mardi Gras

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #14

              Theme: A Pirates Life

              Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #25

              Theme: Catch Me If You Can

              Crew: Family Intuition Carnival Club

2015 Top Three:

First:       Truck #10

              Theme: Party Gras with the Minions

              Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #1

              Theme: Happy Feet on Carnival Street

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #16

              Theme: Witches Flying and Creepin Thru Mardi Gras Cemetary

              Crew: Over the Hill V Carnival Club

2013 Top Three:

First:       Truck #1

              Theme: Gator Bait

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #4

              Theme: Big Timers Circus at Mardi Gras

              Crew: Big Time Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #21

              Theme: Under the Big Top

              Crew: Friends Unlimited Carnival Club

2012 Top Three:

First:       Truck #2

              Theme: Diving Into Mardi Gras

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Second:    Truck #1

              Theme: Reaping Into The Darkness

              Crew: Krewe of Kool Breeze

Third:      Truck #3

              Theme: We're Off The See The Wizard

              Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club

2011 Top Three:

First:       Truck # Unknown

              Theme: Float Like an Egyptian

              Crew: Krewe of Kool Breeze

Second:    Truck #Unknown

              Theme: You Light 'Em, We Fight 'Em

              Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club

Third:      Truck #Unknown

              Theme: Under the Sea

              Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club

Images on this page courtesy of: http://waste360.com/blog/buried-beads

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