Mrs Doc got sick just before Christmas this year and so we had to cancel our trip north and our NYE at TPA. That party has never disappointed us. Last year, we went to a small house party in Florida where we knew one other couple, turned out that the rest of the partiers looked about 20 years older then their pictures or professed ages. I think we left 10 minutes after the ball dropped.
We normally LOVE our nights at Trapeze in FLL but our experiences on NYE 2014 and 2016 were disappointing. The crowd was too big, the music was too loud, people got drunk early including the DJ, who messed up the countdown, how the hell can you do THAT? One guy got insistent and belligerent with my wife and had to be taken down (he started to get grabby, she told him no twice, I did once, firmly. When he came back again, I quit talking, he dropped before the ball did). The play areas could not accommodate the size of the crowd, you shouldn't have to stand in line to boink at a swingers club. People were still coming in the front door when we gave up and left before 12:30. We didn't even consider it this year.
If we don't go north to TPA next year, we may simply invite 3-4 couples we know well to our house. We have 3 bedrooms, a leather sectional and a heated pool and spa. The only drawback is that our neighbor will probably feel compelled to spend her NYE praying for the naked sinners next door.