{"id":1790,"date":"2024-11-15T13:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/11\/15\/jones-beach-to-present-magic-of-lights-drive-through-experience-starting-nov-22\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:55:51","slug":"jones-beach-to-present-magic-of-lights-drive-through-experience-starting-nov-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/11\/15\/jones-beach-to-present-magic-of-lights-drive-through-experience-starting-nov-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones Beach to Present “Magic of Lights” Drive-Through Experience Starting Nov 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jones Beach State Park<\/a> has announced that on November 22, Magic of Lights<\/em> drive-through light show is returning for the holiday season. The event lasts from Nov 22 to Jan 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magic of Lights<\/em>, the family-friendly, drive-through holiday lights festival, is celebrating the grandest holiday of the year with a dazzling, sparkling, and twinkling series of magical light displays in a 2.5-mile drive-through experience, the longest and brightest ever, at Long Island\u2019s\u00a0Jones Beach State Park beginning on November 22 and running nightly through January 4. Inside the comfort of their own vehicle, guests will enjoy Magic of Lights\u2019 classic holiday favorites including Winter Wonderland, the 12 Days of Christmas, Toyland, festive Elves and Reindeer Road. In addition to the 200 foot long Enchanting Tunnel of Lights, there will also be other new light tunnels to delight and amaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other illuminated displays include the 32-foot-tall, animated Mattel\u2019s Waving Christmas Barbie\u00ae, Prehistoric Christmas featuring life sized dinosaurs celebrating the season, and the legendary BIGFOOT\u00ae Monster Truck. Created with over two million sparkling lights, Magic of Lights is a nostalgic and festive event everyone will enjoy. The Toyota Holiday Village, which allows guests to walk through a magical out-of-car area featuring Santa Photos, refreshments, and other holiday activities, will also return at both locations. A new augmented reality feature will be introduced this year as well to make the magical experience even more interactive, with details set to be released in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0Magic of Lights<\/em>\u00a0uses the latest CAD technology and is hand-crafted at the\u00a0Magic of Lights<\/em>\u00a0warehouse in Medina, OH, then, transported to Long Island. The displays combine for more than 10 miles of LED lighting across all presentations, in the trees, and on the buildings. There are 10 different colors of LED bulbs used. The highest scene is 32-feet tall, and the longest is several hundred feet long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steel displays are designed, bent, cut, and welded into about 800 frames combined in different configurations to create each show\u2019s giant winter holiday scenes. Magic of Lights<\/em>\u00a0is open Sunday through Thursday from 5 p.m. (dusk) until 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. (dusk) until 11 p.m. Admission is $30 in advance or $35 at the gate on weekdays and $30 in advance or $40 at the gate on weekends through November. Price is based per car. Special pricing is available for limousines and buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group ticket rates are available and can be purchased online. For dates, times, and ticket availability, visit\u00a0magicoflights.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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