点评:Went for the first time on 12/26/2023, heard from a friend that went last year, that it was good. I read on their website that they reimagined or redesigned the light show for 2023. I was accompanied by my family, 4 adults tickets, plus $20 for parking.
We arrived at about 6:15pm and I saw numerous people already leaving the parking lot, I didn't know if they were from the normal daytime visiting hours or if they had made it through lightscape that fast, but I felt that if they made it out that quick from lightscape, that it would not be worth what I paid.
The most spectacular light display I saw was a huge tree that was lit up near the entrance. So I thought, ok this ought to be pretty cool. What a let down this place was. We stopped in the area where all the food trucks were, but nothing was all that appealing, so we opted to wait to eat elsewhere after we were done. Even though we spent about 15 minutes in the food truck area, we were still finished with the lightscape trail in about an hour, so the people that I saw leaving when we were parking, had probably walked the trail and were done.
Will I return next year, nope not a chance. I think I can find a better place to spend almost $200. I will probably visit the arboretum during normal business hours though. The only plus was that I got to spend time with my family.
翻译:2023年12月26日第一次去,听去年去过的朋友说还不错。我在他们的网站上看到,他们重新构想或重新设计了 2023 年的灯光秀。我和家人一起,4 张成人票,外加 20 美元的停车费。
我们下午6点15分左右到达,我看到很多人已经离开停车场,我不知道他们是否是正常白天参观时间的,或者他们是否这么快就通过了lightscape,但我觉得如果他们从lightscape中很快就发现它不值得我付出的代价。
我看到的最壮观的灯光秀是入口附近一棵被点亮的大树。所以我想,好吧,这应该很酷。这个地方真是令人失望。我们在所有餐车所在的地方停下来,但没有什么吸引人的地方,所以我们选择等吃完后去别处吃饭。尽管我们在餐车区域待了大约 15 分钟,但我们仍然在大约一个小时内完成了光景步道,所以当我们停车时我看到离开的人可能已经走完步道并完成了。
明年我会回来吗,不,没有机会。我想我可以花近200美元找到一个更好的地方。不过,我可能会在正常工作时间参观植物园。唯一的好处是我可以和家人共度时光。