Over 1 million people attended Mardi Gras parades in Mobile and 392 cars were towed this year, according to reports from the Mobile Police Department. As is typical, the parades that took place throughout the day on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 13, drew the biggest crowd with 204,442 attendees, MPD said. The Mystic of Time parade on Feb. 10 drew in just over half of that with 118,272 attendees.