Dodgers Victory Parade! This is how fans celebrated LA's victory in the World Series

It's the moment thousands of fans have been waiting for — and robbed from them in 2020 thanks to COVID: a Dodger World Series victory parade in LA

Thousands of fans lined up along the track in downtown LA on Friday to enjoy and celebrate the Boys in Blue, who became world champions on Wednesday after defeating the Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 in New York.

“I mean, we didn’t have one in 2020, so that’s exciting,” said Caroline San Miguel of Long Beach as she waited for the parade to begin. “Hopefully this doesn’t just happen once in a lifetime.”

It took 162 games and hard-fought victories over the Padres and Mets in the National League Division Series and National League Championship Series, respectively, for the Dodgers to overcome a stark five-run deficit in Game 5 and clinch the series title set the stage for Friday's victory parade.

At the ticket celebration at Dodger Stadium, Daniel Nathan Hice said he flew from the Bay Area to Burbank early that morning to experience it all for himself.

“I mean, this is something that means so much to so many people around the world, and we're just lucky to have that,” he said.

A woman wearing blue and white Dodgers gear, her face painted like a skeleton in white and blue, stands behind a small child also wearing face paint and Dodgers gear.

A silhouette of a person holding a replica World Series trophy.

A man wearing a black shirt, white baseball cap and sunglasses leans against a double-decker bus and raises his fist in celebration

A large crowd of Dodgers fans, in the middle a man holds a small boy wearing a Dodgers jersey and cap.

A man wearing a blue and white Dodgers jersey and a skeleton mask with a blue Dodgers mariachi sombrero holds his hands and makes a gesture "LA" Sign with these fingers.

A woman holds up a blue banner that says: "Dodgers" while others gather around them.

A medium-skinned man wearing a Dodgers jacket peels a mango from a cart full of various bottles.

A young, medium-skinned boy wearing a white and blue Dodgers jersey and blue Dodgers cap holds a replica World Series trophy amid a large crowd also wearing different variations of Dodgers clothing.

A crowd in blue Dodgers gear waits on the side of the road with tall buildings in the background.

Two people in Dodgers gear pose with their faces fully painted in the style of a skull.

A group of fans in Dodgers gear wait behind metal barricades on a street.

A young boy with medium-light skin wearing a blue Dodgers cap and blue Dodgers jersey holds a teddy bear, also wearing a Dodgers cap and blue Dodgers jersey.

A large group of people dressed in Dodgers clothing stand behind metal barricades on both sides of a street.

A medium-light skinned woman wearing a white and blue striped Dodgers hat stands in the sunlight for a portrait.

A person walks on the street wrapped in a cloak that says: "LA"

A dark-skinned man wearing a Dodgers hat and sweatshirt stands next to a medium-skinned woman wearing a black sweatshirt. Two small children wearing Dodgers gear pose in front of them. You are standing on a section of a street.

Dodgers fans walk near 2nd and Grand in downtown LA on their way to the parade celebration with a very special tribute to the Day of the Dead.

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Evelyn Balderas of Mid City in Los Angeles arrived around 6 a.m. and has a front-row view of the parade route at the corner of 5th and Grand.

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A table full of orange marigolds, photos and food. On the side there is a floral arrangement in the shape of numbers "34." On the wall behind the altar hangs a mural that reads: "Welcome to Dodger Stadium/home of the Los Angeles Dodgers."

A wall with various t-shirts and hats hanging on it. Most of them read "World champion."

An empty stadium. In the foreground two people sit with their backs to the camera. At the top of the picture hang four blue flags with the inscription “ "Live, blue, live, blue."

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