Showing posts with label Seasonal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seasonal. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Holiday Light Displays




There are so many great light displays around St. Louis! This list will include all the professional displays, not residential ones. You can find those on www.holidaylighthopping.com.   They don't change much from year to year so if you want to see what something is like before you go this is my gift to you! 

1.)Grove of Lights- St. Clair

2.)Whitmire Wonderlights at Shaw Nature Reserve- Gray Summit

3.)Wonderlights at World Wide Technology Raceway, Fairmont City, IL

4.)Holiday lights at Grant's Farm- This year they offer both drive-thru and walk-thru

5.)Anheuser-Busch Brewery Lights- St. Louis City (Walk-thru Thurs-Sunday for a fee or you can drive thru Monday-Wednesday for free but none of the activities are happening). 

6.)Garden Glow at the Garden- St. Louis City

7.)Celebration of Lights- O'Fallon

8.)Way of Lights- Belleville

9.)Wild Lights at the Zoo- St. Louis City



12.)Holiday Night Lights- Wentzville



There are some smaller displays but these are the big ones. Also, I've broken down the cost for you: 

Way of Lights-Free! Some activities may cost
Whitmire Wonderlights-$10 members $2 member’s children $12 general public $4 children 12 and younger
Holiday Night Lights-$10 per car drive-thru, $5 per person walk-thru
Grove of Lights-$10 adults, $5 kids, 3 and under free
Brewery Lights-$12 adults, $5 kids 6-20, 5 and under are free
Celebration of Lights-$15 per car
Wild Lights at the Zoo-$15-$18 per person, less if members
Winter Wonderland-$20 per car
Garden Glow-$22-$24 adults, $5-10 kids 12 and under
Holiday Lights at Grant's Farm-$29 drive-thru, $12 per person over 3 + parking of $16 in advance for walk-thru
WonderLights-$30 per car
Santa's Magical Kingdom-$35 per car


Only Drive-thru:

Santa's Magical Kingdom, Wonderlights, Way of Lights, Holiday Night Lights, & Winter Wonderland


Only Walk-thru:

Grove of Lights, Whitmire Wonderlights, Garden Glow, & Wild Lights at the Zoo


Can be enjoyed by walking or driving:

Holiday Lights at Grant's Farm, Brewery Lights, Celebration of Lights, & Holiday Night Lights


Saturday, October 7, 2023

Pumpkins Galore, Wright City



Location: 26415 S. Stringtown Rd, Wright City, MO 63390     636-745-3927

Website: http://pumpkinsgalore.com/

Pumpkins Galore has been around since 1988.  They're open 9-6 every day and have lots of activities during the week and on the weekend.

They have the following attractions:

Punkin Chuckin - The Pumpkin Canon- $2
Build Your Own Scarecrow
Kettle Korn
Funnel Cakes
Hay Rides
Live Bands
(Country and Bluegrass) Weekends Only
Farm Country Area free of charge
Warren County's Largest Sand Box

Weekdays- all free
Milk Betsy the wooden cow
Play in our grain boxes (corn, beans, & wheat)
Straw maze
Halloween bounce house
Pedal tractors
Swing on our giant swing set
Petting Zoo (farm animals)
Plenty of photo ops
Picnic area available under our big shade trees

Weekend attractions- Extra fees
Horse-drawn wagon rides by our Belgium Draft horses (Cisco & Caesar)
Pony rides
John Deere Express rides
Face Painting
Food/concessions & on a chilly fall day a bonfire.
Come Watch our Chainsaw Carving Artist




That's a lot of chickens!



Lots of toddler toys


Baby swings


The kids loved the see-saws




















 They have a super tall roller slide



Huge sandbox with tons of sand toys















Wild goat!





Beans


Corn



Mums and yummy things for sale



Bounce House

























Cow Train




The patch










This place has free entry and you just pay for the activities you want to do.  It has a lot of charm and we really enjoy visiting this patch.