Hey, everyone! Chrissa here!
and it's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas here in Central Florida,
and if you're looking for an amazing Christmas display to enjoy with you
and your family,
Night of a Million Lights in Kissimmee is a great one to check out.
So let's get into it.
Night
of a Million Lights is an event hosted by Give Kids the World, which is an 89
acre nonprofit that provides children with critical illnesses
and their families to a week expense free family vacation.
From November 12th to January 2nd, Give Kids the World
transforms their storybook village into an amazing
winter wonderland.
Night of a Million Lights will run from 5:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m.
daily with staggered entry times from 5:00pm to 7:00pm,
6:00pm to 8:00pm, or 8:00pm to 10:00 p.m.
to prevent crowding.
You can purchase your tickets online and this year's event costs
$25 for adults and $15 for kids.
They do have complimentary parking off site where they have continuous busses
that come back and forth between the parking lot and the event.
We visited on a Friday night and were surprised
at how much there was to do here.
When you first arrive, the bus will drop you off
right at the entrance of the event in front of the first attraction -
The Dancing Light Show in this beautiful, whimsical village.
This village will dance to several Christmas favorites
and will remind you of one of my favorite Christmas displays in Disney World -
The Osborne Christmas lights from Hollywood Studios.
While you're walking through The Dancing
Light display, make sure to stop by the Stellar's Tree Trail.
Which features what feels like hundreds of Christmas trees
that line the sidewalk from The Dancing Light Show
all the way back to the featured houses in the back of the event.
There is also a playground up here for the little ones,
as well as they give kids the world star that you'll probably see
on several Instagram pages, including my own.
If you walk further back into the event,
you'll come across the South Pole marketplace.
Here you'll be able to grab a bite to eat
from the Boston Market Food stand or grab an ICEE.
New for this year is the Night of a Million Lights
marketplace where you can grab a number of souvenirs and merchandise.
While you're in
the area, you can't miss your chance of visiting Santa in his summer home
located right here in the South Pole marketplace.
This home is beautifully decorated and just as cozy
as I would anticipate it to be for the big man himself.
The line to see
Santa can take some time, especially if there's kids in the line.
Santa does take his time to talk with them and ask them what they want
for Christmas.
So if you're walking by and the line is really short,
I highly recommend stepping in so that you can miss the wait.
Santa is really fun to meet
and we had a lot of fun taking photos with him.
After you've visited the South Pole
marketplace you'll walk into the sponsored houses,
which are decorated by a number of different businesses in the area.
There are 21 houses in total and each and every one of them are unique.
Starting with the Disney house that begins the row of houses,
which highlights their 50th anniversary celebration.
Right across
the street is the Hasbro House that brings home the fun with Mr.
Potato Head, Peppa, the Pig, Optimus Prime and My Little Pony.
The Margaritaville House also looks like the life of the party,
with a front yard filled with cornhole, signs of their many locations,
and the photo spot in front of the golf cart.
SeaWorld
Orlando has a beautiful display of blue and white and features
their new roller coaster, The Icebreaker that opens in 2022.
Enterprise also was really fun
with their cars and road made of lights.
one of my absolute favorites of the night was the Universal House
with their minions display, which I absolutely loved.
If I could, I would totally rebuild this whole display in my front yard.
Right next to Universal was the Legoland display
that had a couple of elves and a snowman made entirely of Legos.
The Travel and leisure house showcased a number
of famous icons from across the world, and the Ripley's Believe It or Not
House was also one of my favorite displays and featured a number of their famous
curiosities having an ugly Christmas sweater party in the front yard.
Each curiosity had a name tag with a QR code
that you could scan if you wanted more information.
There are also some fun photo stand ins, and don't get fooled by this couple
that seem to be taking a photo in the front of the display.
As well as their famous upside down
Christmas tree.
After Ripley's is the I-Tech entertainment house
which has this really great projection that the house lights react to.
After that is the American Airlines House
with this cute little elf that's directing the inflatable plane.
Then there's the S4 Lights house.
And the rest of the houses, you actually have to catch the tram to see.
This tram runs every 10 to 15 minutes around the resort.
Here, you'll be able to see the PGA Tour,
which featured the golfers and their matching Christmas pajamas.
The Crayola house had the crayons, helping put up the cheer in the front yard.
Perkins featured a gigantic
chocolate covered strawberry and a KitchenAid mixer,
and the Mears house featured one of their signature yellow shuttles.
CoolToday had a beautiful display of Christmas classics,
and the military appreciation house honored each and every military branch.
The PepsiCo House featured some fun elves
and their famous red, white and blue company colors.
The WWE House having a fun match and smashing things in the front yard.
And last but not least, was
the Dreams Unlimited Travel House.
This tour was a really enjoyable
and has a celebrity narrorator, Disney legend Jodi Benson,
who is the voice of Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
If you're looking for a great event this holiday season, I loved
Night of a Million Lights by Give Kids the World.
Plus the tickets go to a good cause and helping kids
with critical illnesses get a really magical vacation.
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