as you can see from the pics posted by Trinigerl, Maho beach and the road were full of people watching the fireworks...from Driftwood i couldn’t tell how many people were actually at the Sunset party...supposedly the 1k people estimate was based on the limit of tickets they would sell for the event, which they claimed was sold out in advance....whether this is true, or just hype they were trying to create, i can’t say

Maho had lots of people on the streets, mostly local kids...but surprisingly the bars weren’t too packed, so you could still make it up to the bar to order without too much trouble...except for 3 Amigos, they seemed to be completely packed