What
is Santa’s Wonderland? Top
Santa’s Wonderland is a Texas Christmas
Experience! This mega Christmas attraction exists
to positively enrich and lift the human spirit,
to be a bright light in a dark world and to preserve & perpetuate
the true meaning and “Spirit” of
Christmas!
How
many Christmas lights are there at Santa’s
Wonderland? Top
Upon
opening in 1998, Santa’s Wonderland displayed
over a million incandescent Christmas lights
and we’ve been adding more lights every
year since. In 2008, 2009 & 2010 and now 2011,
Santa's Wonderland has invested enormous dollars
in "Going Green". Now, more than
80% of the holiday lights on display in the
park are L.E.D. lights. The colors are extremely
bright, rich & vivid and use about 90%
less electricity. Today, Santa's Wonderland
is the largest Christmas attraction in the
entire State of Texas as it sits on 37 acres
boast a winding trail of lights over a mile
long. It’s estimated that there are over
two and a half million total lights on display
at Santa’s Wonderland.
Where
is Santa’s Wonderland located and how
long has Santa’s Wonderland been here? Top
Santa’s
Wonderland is located just 6 miles South of
College Station, Texas and opened for it's
first season in the winter of 1998. Since that
time, many special Christmas seasons have come
and gone and thousands of guests have toured
the dazzling Christmas attraction. We are extremely
blessed to announce that Christmas 2011 marks
our 14th season.
Is
Santa’s Wonderland open year round? Top
Santa’s Wonderland is only open during the
Christmas holiday season. Santa’s Wonderland
opens to the public each Christmas season the weekend
prior to Thanksgiving and closes New Years Eve.
The park is open every evening during these dates
including all holidays such as Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve.
Who
came up with the idea for Santa’s Wonderland? Top
Santa’s
Wonderland is a heart-felt preservation and
perpetuation of the true meaning and “Spirit” of
Christmas. The idea for this magical holiday
attraction originated from a personal love
and sincere passion for the Christmas holiday
season. Many creative & talented people
have contributed to this magical place throughout
the years and we say thank you for all the
personal dedication and hard work they have
unselfishly shown to our community and the
lone star state. They have created a Christmas
masterpiece and a bright light in a dark world.
They have truly made all the difference during
the years. Without their unique skills, dedication
and special love for the Christmas season,
there we be no Santa's Wonderland!
Does
Santa’s Wonderland leave all the Christmas
lights up year round? Top
Most
of the Christmas lights remain up during the
off-season, especially now with the L.E.D.
holiday light conversion in recent years. However,
wind, rain and the sun’s UV rays do serious
damage to the lights, so some have to be stored
away once the park is closed for the season.
Replacing the damaged lights is a very tedious
and time consuming process, but maintaining
the brilliant colors for the holidays is always
worth the extra effort.
How
much time does it take to get Santa’s
Wonderland ready each season? Top
Although Santa’s Wonderland is only open
to the public during the Christmas holiday season,
the preparations and maintenance have quickly become
a year round endeavor. The spring and summer months
of the year are used to create, build, and maintain
the various Christmas scenes and displays. Wind,
rain, heat, and humidity all have a serious effect
on the Christmas lights and park displays, which
requires thousands of hours of troubleshooting
and repairing prior to opening for each holiday
season.
Does
Santa’s Wonderland make changes and add
new scenes each year? Top
Every year Santa’s Wonderland adds new scenes
and holiday light displays to the park. Santa’s
Wonderland is also always improving other aspects
of the Texas Christmas Experience. For example,
Santa’s Town is always being enhanced and
improved in the area of Santa’s hayrides,
musical entertainment, retail shops, food, parking,
traffic flow, restrooms and much, much more!
How
much electrical power does Santa’s Wonderland
use each year? Top
Santa’s Wonderland uses enough electricity
during the Christmas holiday season to power several
neighborhoods within the Brazos Valley. There’s
just about enough wire to stretch from Bryan/College
Station, Texas to Navasota, Texas and back.
Can
you park and walk through Santa’s Wonderland? Top
Santa’s
Wonderland originally started out as a drive
thru park in 1998. However, in the past several
years Santa’s Town, our Texas Christmas
Village has become the centerpiece of our Texas
Christmas Experience. There are now three ways
to tour the trail of lights within Santa’s
Wonderland. The first is driving thru the trail
of lights while staying inside your personal
vehicle. The second is Santa’s Hayride
Tours and the third is Santa's Horse Drawn
Carriage. Santa’s Hayride Tours & Horse
Drawn Carriage Tours originate inside Santa’s
Town and travel the same trail of lights as
the drive thru vehicle tour.
Where
do Santa’s Hayrides go? Top
Santa’s Hayride Tours go through the same
trail of lights that the personal vehicle tours
travel through. Each hayride trailer is equipped
with L.E.D. holiday lighting, Christmas music and
freshly bundled hay for seating. There is no overhead
obstruction so the visibility is perfect. Taking
Santa’s Hayride tour also means you can tour
the lights as one large group. It’s the ultimate
Texas Christmas Experience!
What
is Santa’s Town? How is Santa’s
Town different from Santa’s Wonderland? Top
Santa’s
Wonderland is a Texas Christmas Experience,
which includes a fabulous Christmas light tour
and Santa’s Town is our Texas Christmas
Village. Santa’s Town is conveniently
located on the grounds of Santa’s Wonderland
and is a park-and-walk experience. This Texas
Christmas Village features unique retail shops,
live musical entertainment, Santa’s Hayride
Tours, Santa’s Café and pictures
with Santa Claus. Santa’s Town also hosts
a mechanical bull, a petting zoo, pony rides,
classic Christmas movies on our Giant outdoor
movie screen and two cozy fireplaces.
Why
does it cost money to enter Santa’s Town? Top
Santa’s Town, a Texas Christmas Village has
become main attraction at Santa's Wonderland. If
you haven't been to Santa's Town, then you truly
haven't experienced all of Santa's Wonderland.
Santa's Town has a great deal of cost associated
with the facilities, nightly entertainment, personnel
and overall holiday atmosphere. The costs are too
numerous to mention, but without an admission charge,
Santa’s Town would not be possible.
Why
does it cost money to tour Santa’s Wonderland? Top
As Santa’s Wonderland continues to strive
for excellence each year, there are considerable
costs associated with creating the "Ultimate"
Texas Christmas experience. Christmas lights, holiday
displays, electrical supplies and personnel are
just a few to mention. Without an admission charge,
Santa’s Wonderland would not be possible.
Does
any of the money go to Charity? Top
Santa’s
Wonderland actively partners, hosts and supports
many types of charitable causes. Santa's Wonderland
has also participated in various clothing drives
and food drives during the holiday season.
Hosting charities within the park has been
a rewarding experience throughout the years.
We love and support these wonderful people
who work very hard and are dedicated to making
the world a brighter place. Many of them spend
countless hours donating their time to these
very special causes. Where would the world
be without these wonderful people? A few charitable
partners include; Scotty's House, Project Sunshine,
S.O.S Ministries, Still Creek Ranch Boys & Girls
Home, Brazos Animal Shelter and Animal Impact
Foundation.
Where
do we park & is there a charge for parking? Top
Parking
is FREE and there are parking attendants and
police traffic detail available to assist our
guests every evening.
Why
is there so little parking for Santa’s
Town? Top
There
are so many wonderful visitors! In 2008, 2009
and 2010 Santa's Wonderland added an additional
parking lot for Santa's Town at Santa's Wonderland.
Santa's Wonderland has contracted with the
Jockey Lot Flea Market across HWY 6 to have
overflow parking for Santa's Wonderland. On
designated evenings, which are the busiest
weekends of the year, parking at the Jockey
Lot Flea Market is FREE and shuttle service
is FREE from the Jockey Lot Flea Market over
to Santa's Wonderland. This parking option
is specifically designed to help with the safety
of our guests and the traffic congestion.
Does
Santa’s Wonderland have restrooms? Top
Yes, there are indoor restrooms located within
Santa’s Town and there are portable units
located at the Santa’s Wonderland drive-thru
ticket booth and the Santa’s Town parking
lot.
Does
Santa’s Wonderland have food &
drinks for purchase or can we bring our own food? Top
Santa's
Wonderland introduced Frost Bites Food Village in
2010! The new addition features an
entire new village with nostalgic Texas foods,
such as Texas B.B.Q., Border Fajitas, Grilled Kabobs,
Homestyle Hamburgers and that famous Chuckwagon
Chili. Other tasty foods included are Sausage on-a-stick,
Turkey legs, Hot dogs and Chicken fingers. Now
there's even Marshmallow Roasting, Graham Cracker
Smores and our famous Hot Cocoa! Due to the Food
Village, Santa's Wonderland can't allow outside
food or drinks to be brought inside.
Did Santa's
Wonderland close the drive-thru? Top
No! By popular demand, Santa's
Wonderland is providing the "Ultimate Texas Christmas Experience" in
an all new format this Christmas holiday season!
You will now be able to experience everything Santa's
Wonderland has to offer without the traffic congestion
and extremely long wait times. Santa's Wonderland
has introduced "Peak" and "Off-Peak" evenings
for the 2011 Christmas season.
The Drive-Thru will ONLY
be open on "Off-Peak" evenings.
This means that you will ONLY be able to drive
your personal car thru Santa's Wonderland on Off-Peak
calendar evenings. However, Santa's Hayride Tours
and Santa's Town will be open on EVERY night! The
V.I.P. Horse & Carriage Tours will operate
on designated evenings. Please see our calendar
for details.
What
is the physical address for Santa’s Wonderland? Top
18898 Highway 6 South, College Station, Texas 77845
Can Santa's Wonderland work wth my Charitable Organization? Top
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