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Harry P. Leu Gardens (Website) will once again transform into a holiday wonderland when Dazzling Nights (Website) returns from November 28, 2025, through January 4, 2026. The annual immersive event, created by the team behind the IMMERSE Festival in downtown Orlando and presented by AdventHealth, promises its largest experience to date across the gardens’ 50 acres.
The mile-long holiday walk includes more than a million lights, interactive displays, music, and large-scale art installations. Highlights this year include standing beneath a 50-foot star in the Rose Garden, strolling through “Candy Cane Crossing’s” forest of choreographed candy canes and lollipops, and entering “The Cathedral,” an 80-foot immersive homage to stained glass. Guests can also experience snowball fights in an 8-bit Christmas zone, wander through the Crystal Kingdom infested with sweaty Yetis, and enjoy a selfie-ready zone filled with illuminated butterflies and fireflies.
New for 2025 is the Holiday Village, where guests can shop, eat, and drink, as well as a new centerpiece for The Woodlands: a giant owl sculpture created by Leu Gardens’ horticulture team using reclaimed natural materials, surrounded by thousands of hanging lights.
This year also introduces the Sparkling Express Shuttle, providing off-site parking with direct transportation to the gardens. Each shuttle features its own light show choreographed to music, if you want to pop that mushroom as soon as you get out of your car.
Timed entry runs nightly from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Tickets range from $31.50–$39.50 for adults and $29.50–$37.50 for children ages 4–12. Children under 3 are admitted free.
Leu Gardens is located at 1920 North Forest Avenue [GMap].
