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Butch Bando's Fantasy of Lights

Tickets are sold at the gate (cash, card, or Apple Pay) or online. This is not described as a timed-entry show. Large vehicles cannot be bought online and must pay at the gate. The page says all pricing is subject to change. A pass printed as the 2025 season pass is described as valid for the 2026 season through January 3, 2027, and the named holder must be present with a photo ID.

Through Jan 3Nov 20 – Jan 3 · 5:30 PM · Sunday–Thursday 5:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday 5:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Holiday hours on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day are 5:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. No scheduled closed nights are printed. Limos, transit vans, motorhomes, buses, and assisted-living or senior-living buses are not permitted on Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2026.

Alum Creek State Park Campgrounds3311 South Old State Road, Delaware, OH 43015Directions

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From $20Cars, minivans, SUVs and pickup trucks: Monday–Thursday (with weekday discount) $20; Friday, Saturday and Sunday $30; holiday pricing (Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day) $30. Each ticket is per vehicle, not per person. Limos, transit vans, motorhomes and buses up to 30 seats $60; large buses $100. Season pass labeled “Season Pass – 2025” is $80 at the gate only.

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This is a drive-through silhouette light show at the Alum Creek State Park Campgrounds, in its 27th season and run by Butch Bando's Fantasy of Lights. Guests tune to 88.3 FM, look out the right side of the vehicle, and follow a one-way route about three miles long that the organizer says takes about 30 minutes. Drivers cannot stop, turn around, or get out. The display stays open in rain, snow, or wind; severe weather that would put guests or staff at risk can close it, with updates posted on the show's social accounts. Bathrooms are in the parking lot at the exit. Weeknights are described as the quieter times. Weekends before Christmas are the busy nights, and the organizer says the wait inside the park on those nights has historically been about 45 minutes. Santa's House, formerly run by Cross Creek Campground, remains closed. Mrs. Claus appears on selected evenings to take letters, which is listed separately.

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