

The Sparkling Spruce, and its captivating light and sound show “Candela: The Evolution of Light” located in Polar Frontier.You can also catch Rudolph and his friends on the big screen at the Shores Play Park 4-D Theater in the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4-D Theater Experience. Be sure to bring your camera as the most favorite reindeer of all, Rudolph, and the lovable abominable snow monster, Bumble, join us at Wildlights this year to create even more magical memories. Meet and Greets with Rudolph and Friends.Wildlights rides, including the Polar Bear Express, a train ride through the North America winter wonderland camel rides located in the North America region and the 1914 Mangels-Illions Carousel, a historic Central Ohio treasure located near the Columbus Dispatch Charities Grand Pavilion.Please note that the Claus family will not be available after Dec. Claus at her kitchen in Conservation Courtyard. Santa’s Holiday Home in its new location in North America at the Battelle Ice Bear Outpost! Guests can spend time with Santa and can also enjoy holiday sweets with Mrs.Holiday Star Light Star Bright Seek-n-Find, brought to you by Disney On Ice presents Reach for the Stars, with new winners and magical prizes each week.Animated light shows, located around Conservation Lake and at Shores Park.Some of this year’s main Wildlights attractions include: The entire Zoo will be transformed into a winter wonderland covered in millions of LED lights. This year marks the 29th Wildlights season with more holiday cheer than ever before. They will be collecting cans as early as 10 am, so you can arrive early and stay all day to enjoy Wildlights.
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This Friday, November 15 is Stuff a Truck Food Drive – Bring 5 cans of food per guest for free admission and parking. I’m really considering a trip back to Wildlights before it closes for the season.It’s beginning to look a lot like Wildlights season at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium! One of Central Ohio’s most cherished holiday traditions, Wildlights, efficiently powered by AEP Ohio, will run from Nov. – Wear comfy shoes and bring a hat and gloves! We visited on a “warm” (for December anyway) night, and I had some real regret for leaving those items behind. – Be sure to catch the main event, which is a Trans-Siberian Orchestra and light synchronized extravaganza that runs every fifteen minutes or so! *Pro tip: If you’re a big time iPhone videographer (haha), record the entire light show as a time lapse and add music later!


They were resting up for their big night. – Don’s miss out on seeing Santa’s reindeer in North America! These guys were by far our favorite part of the evening. – If you stop by a Kroger in Franklin county, you can actually purchase discounted tickets for Wildlights at the customer service desk! Not only do you get a little discount, but you can bypass major ticket lines at the zoo. If you’re lucky enough to go on a night that she’s out and about, she resides in Asia! Born to mother Phoebe, I’m told this little babe is a total cutie, but unfortunately she was unavailable the night we visited, presumably doing baby things. – Don’t quote me on this, but I think there may be some opportunity to see the newest addition to Columbus Zoo, a baby elephant, yet to be named. – If just lights doesn’t do it for you, many of the indoor habitats are still open as well! My favorite is the aquarium, because #wannabeamermaid. It was bananas! If you can, definitely take advantage of the sun setting at 5, and get to the zoo early! We thought going late on a weekday would help us dodge crowds and wow, were we wrong. – I think the early bird truly catches the worm in this case. Some tips and things you might not know about your outing to Wildlights: I crossed #4 off of my Holiday Bucket List, and did one of my favorite Christmas things to do in Columbus, visited Wildlights at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium! I’m in my home state of West Virginia pre-celebrating with my family, so I’m going to keep it short and sweet today! Holy December 22nd, Batman! I can’t believe the big day is almost here.
