Magic of Lights to debut at Alabama Adventure with 2M+ lights

Mark your calendars Birmingham — “Magic of Lights” is coming to Alabama Adventure for the first time this holiday season between November 17 to December 31st.

What it takes to transform Alabama Adventure into a holiday wonderland

Magic of Lights is a vibrant drive-through holiday-themed light display produced by Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC, featuring light displays and digital animation constructed with millions of individual LED lights.

The  family-friendly holiday show is a mammoth undertaking to say the least. Here is what it’s going to take to transform Alabama Adventure into a holiday wonderland.

• 2+ million lights per Magic of Lights event
• 12.6 miles of light cord per Magic of Lights event
• 3,750 staff hours to set up each Magic of Lights event
• The steel displays are designed, bent, cut and welded into about 800 frames that are combined in different configurations to create each show’s giant winter holiday scenes
• Each Magic of Lights show uses about 10 miles of steel to build the displays and 10 miles of LED lighting installed inside the displays, there are 10 different colors of LED bulbs used in the shows.
• Scenes, such as the animated Mattel’s Waving Christmas Barbie, are as high as 32 ft. tall and as long as several hundred feet.

Barbie & dinosaurs come to Alabama Adventure

“We are absolutely thrilled to be collaborating with Magic of Lights for our upcoming Christmas light show! Their expertise in creating enchanting, immersive light displays is unparalleled, and we couldn’t have asked for a better partner to bring this vision to life. We can’t wait to see the magic they’ll weave into our park to make this holiday season truly unforgettable!” -Dan Koch, President and Owner of Alabama Adventure

Along with the gigantic three- story Barbie doll, additional popular and lighthearted displays include:

• Prehistoric Christmas featuring life sized dinosaurs celebrating the season
• Legendary BIGFOOT® Monster Truck

And of course there will be the traditional festive Christmas displays too. 

Alabama Adventure showtimes and tickets

Magic of Lights opens on November 17th and finishes its run on New Year’s Eve.  

Tickets went on sale this week. For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, visit http://tickets.magicoflights.com/birmingham