New Years Eve Ushering in 2014 with edible confetti drag queen drop

(CNN) Yes it's New Year's Eve again time to bust out the champagne and make resolutions you probably won't keep.

But this year's different. Cities around the world will host some of the most amazing celebrations ever. Edible confetti raining over London Check. How about 400 000 pyrotechnics exploding over Dubai Got that too.

And let's not forget that the new year also means bizarre new laws.

Here's what to look out for in the coming hours

Fireworks are set off from the Auckland Sky Tower in Auckland New Zealand to celebrate the first New Year's celebration of 2014. Click through to see other New Year's celebrations around the world. Fireworks explode over Juche Tower and the Taedong River in Pyongyang North Korea. Fireworks are seen over Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. People watch a fireworks display during celebrations in Taipei Taiwan. Laser lights shoot from towers at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Balloons are released in Tokyo to celebrate 2014. Fireworks burst over the Singapore skyline during New Year's celebrations. Buddhist monks hold candles during celebrations at a temple in Seoul South Korea. South Koreans celebrate with drums during a New Year's festival in Jeju South Korea. People bring in the new year in Jeju. A crowd of people watches the New Year's fireworks in Melbourne. Fireworks explode near the Harbor Bridge during New Year's celebrations in Sydney. As the city's spectacular celebration got under way six people were rescued from a sinking boat on Sydney Harbor The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) left and his companion Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) take part in a New Year's parade in Bishkek the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Crowds of people are preparing to bring in the new year in Amritsar India. A cultural parade celebrates the year's last sunset in Bali Indonesia. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Photos Bringing in 2014

1. Taste the rainbow

Why have a fireworks show that only looks good Revelers in London can stick out their tongues during tonight's extravaganza and enjoy banana flavored confetti that's choreographed to the fireworks. They'll also see floating oranges drifting through the night sky pop them to enjoy a citrusy scent

Food artists Harry Parr and Sam Bompas have been working on the show for an entire year. They've even made sure their edible treats are kosher vegan and hypoallergenic.

We developed a special confetti that's actually biodegradable and in the rain it will magically dissolve Parr said. Even better it tastes amazing.

2. Dubai does it bigger

Not to be outdone Dubai a city obsessed with superlatives will attempt a new world record for the biggest fireworks display near the world's tallest building.

The six minute show will feature 400 000 pyrotechnics over 400 parts of the Dubai shoreline. That's 100 kilometers (62 miles) of waterfront lighting up.

If Dubai pulls this off it'll blow Kuwait's world record out of the water. That record was set last year when 77 000 fireworks exploded over 64 minutes.

So if you're going to the Dubai show don't forget your earplugs.

3. Have a ball an 'odd' ball

Sure New York has a massive sparkly ball they've been dropping for the past century or so. But what other objects can you relinquish to gravity to mark the new year

In some U.S. cities it's a fruit. In Honolulu it's a colossal glowing pineapple. In Atlanta it's a giant peach.

The North Carolina mountain town of Brasstown prefers a possum slowly lowered and then set free.

But Key West Florida takes the cake with its drag queen drop.

For years female impersonator Gary Sushi Marion has been lowered from the Bourbon St. Pub in Key West while riding in a massive high heel shoe.

It was inspired by 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' when it first came out with the whole high heel on top of the bus said Joey Schroeder owner of Bourbon St. Pub. I wanted to take that idea and do something fun on New Year's Eve.

4. 25 hours of celebrations

Samoa and American Samoa are virtually neighbors with just 101 miles between them. But they're also 25 hours apart.

So one was among the first to ring in the new year the other will be among the last.

How can this happen Let's just say the international date line isn't even close to a straight line.

And because the date line isn't fixed by any international law or agreement it can zig and zag to accommodate government and business interests. It's as close to a time machine as we'll probably get.

5. Yes to placentas no to shark fins

More than 40 000 new laws will take effect in the U.S. on New Year's Day. While Colorado's legalization of marijuana has racked up plenty of headlines here are some of the more peculiar ones

In Oregon mothers will be allowed to take their placentas home from the hospital. Some say placenta capsules can help with postpartum depression CNN affiliate KGW reported though there's not a lot of medical research backing that up.

Delaware will join a growing number of states where you can't own sell or distribute shark fins which is considered a delicacy in some East Asian cuisine.

And thousands of companies will have to provide calorie counts for products sold in vending machines.

Because if you're going to a vending machine clearly you care the most about calories right

Depends on what day of the resolution you're on.

CNN's Isa Soares Margaret Conley Leigh Ann Caldwell and John Zarrella contributed to this report.

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