"Times Square Transforms for 2024: High Costs, High Ratings, and a Sea of Confetti"

TL;DR
Evan Lund spent $2,500 for a New Year's Eve celebration at Applebee's near Times Square, which included high-end food, a live view of the ball drop, and a festive atmosphere with interactive servers and dancing robots. He found the experience to be worth the cost, providing a comfortable and memorable celebration for himself, his wife, and their foreign exchange students, and is eagerly anticipating doing it again next year.
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