Endymion's new Pontchartrain Beach float
Credit: Katie Moore / WWL-TV
Lighting, both traditional and fiber optic, is a big part of the float, as is special technology which will spread the smells of Pontchartrain Beach into the air - the smells of popcorn and cotton candy.
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