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PNC Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo
- When
- (Starts in 23 days)
- Where
- Cincinnati, OH
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- Date source
- Organizer site · cincinnatizoo.org
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About this event
The Festival of Lights fills the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden with 5 million LED lights. Visitors hunt for five Fiona fairy statues in Fiona's Fairyland, watch a blacklight Madcap Puppet Show, and take in Wild Lights on Swan Lake, plus 65 larger-than-life animal lanterns and an Under the Sea area. Zoo-ville is a light-filled scene built around a green character and friends. Santa appears in Santa's Village, and the North Polar Express train runs through a light tunnel. Seasonal stops include the Hot Hippo drink, s'mores, and roasted nuts. Animals usually head indoors around 5 p.m.; heated houses such as the Reptile House and Manatee Springs stay open, while gorillas are off habitat on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Our take: Choose a weeknight if you want fewer people, and come early enough to see animals before they head indoors.
Parking
Main lot at 3427 Vine Street; overflow includes Euclid Lot at 3301 Euclid Ave and Dury Lot at 3292 Dury Ave. Eight EV ports in the Vine St. lot via Electrada, FLO, or ChargePoint.
Good to know
Zoo opens 10 a.m.; lights activities from 4 p.m. Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Dec. 21-31 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Closed Nov. 26, Dec. 24, and Dec. 25. Puppet shows 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30. Train and carousel from 2:30 p.m.
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