Twitter reaction: Royals fans swarm downtown KC for World Series parade

Royals catcher Salvador Perez rides in a truck during the World Series parade in Kansas City on Tuesday. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

With a parade 30 years in the making, you can bet Kansas City was ready to party.

Thousands of fans swarmed the city’s downtown core on Tuesday to fete the Royals’ World Series win over the New York Mets.

Here are some photos and tweets from the club’s first victory cavalcade since 1985.

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Starting pitcher Yordano Ventura. (Shane Keyser /The Kansas City Star/AP)

Heath Cooper on Twitter

Salvador Perez, Dayton Moore
Catcher Salvador Perez and GM Dayton Moore. (Orlin Wagner/AP)

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Lorenzo Cain
Outfielder Lorenzo Cain. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

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(Orlin Wagner/AP)

Marino Pepén on Twitter

Ned Yost
Manager Ned Yost. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

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