(WFLA) — We are only a few sleeps away from Gasparilla when thousands upon thousands of pirates and people will take over Bayshore Boulevard during the Parade ... s four floats this year.

TAMPA — Reaching over the edge of a metal fence separating the floats from the children ... old girl attending her first Children's Gasparilla Parade on Saturday. Her father, Clifton Newton ...

Once they make "land ho," the Parade of Pirates begins at the southern end of Bayshore Boulevard. About 140 krewes of pirates, floats ... friendly Children's Gasparilla parade held the weekend ...