REVELLERS are gearing up to bring in the New Year in style.

Staff at the Party Shop in Abbotsbury Road in Weymouth have been busy helping hundreds of partygoers pick out their fancy dress outfits for celebrations in Weymouth.

And the festivities will be extra special this year after the resort was named one of the top places in Europe to bring in the New Year.

Owner of the Party Shop Jan O’Brien said: “Weymouth really shines on New Year’s Eve and it’s lovely that that has been recognised for what it does so well.”

Weymouth’s New Year celebrations were named in a list of the best places in Europe by a travel website earlier this year.

Other top 10 entries include Haparanda and Tornio on the Sweden-Finland border, Rugen in Germany and the Canary Islands.

The description for New Year’s Eve in Weymouth states: “A harbour town on the stunning Dorset coast, Weymouth is host to the largest fancy dress New Year’s Eve celebration in the UK.”

Popular themes this year include Disney film Frozen and Marvel comics.

Jan said: “Frozen is huge this year, everyone wants to dress up as Elsa.”

But she is keeping tight-lipped about what her own costume will be.

Dorset Echo photographers will be out and about on New Year’s Eve and the Echo will feature a picture special on Saturday January 3.