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Win Tickets To Zoolights!

December 22, 2016 by Maegen Blue

Let’s keep our season of giveaways going with a prize I know you’ll be excited about!

We have three family packs of four tickets each to Zoolights, the annual light show at the Point Defiance Zoo!

Zoolights does close for Christmas Eve, but it is open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. every other night, including Christmas Night and every evening through January 1st, including New Year’s Eve!  This makes it a great winer break option, or perfect if you’re looking for something to do with the kids December 25h.

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Haven’t been? Zoolights is an outdoor light show featuring

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  • 600,000-plus sparkling, energy-efficient LED lights
  • 168 independent figurines
  • 21 scenes  containing an additional 118 figurines
  • 6,790 lights in the new Walrus Family of three
  • 10,296 lights in the Sea Life scene, newly moved to a new spot where it forms a backdrop for those frisky walruses. The Sea Life Scene stands 14-feet-high-by-30-feet-wide and includes a seahorse, jelly fish, two large swimming sting rays and two corals
  • A 23-foot-high replica of Mount Rainier, complete with glistening glaciers
  • 4,396 sparkling LEDs on an 8.5-foot-tall-by-22-foot-wide orange-and-white rock crab, complete with moving pincers
  • 30,030-plus lights on the iconic green-and-purple Flame Tree (My favorite)!

And, of course, because you’re at the zoo,  nighttime visitors can also see some animals: Sharks and other sea creatures in the two aquariums (a great place to warm up) and meerkats and other small animals at the kids’ zone (feed the goats)! You may also want to bring a little extra jingle to ride a camel (!)  get some hot chocolate, and take a ride on the gorgeous carousel.

Tickets are 10.00 each for non-members if you buy at the gate, but the Best way for people to get tickets is online at www.pdza.org/zoolights or at the Customer Service counters  of local Fred Meyer stores. Advance tickets are 8.50, so you’ll skip the line and save a few bucks, too!  We also have a quick contest if you’d like to try and win some!

Ready to enter? Here goes!

  • For a first, required entry, tell us why you’d like to go. If you’ve been before, we’d love to hear a favorite Zoolights memory.
  • For a second, optional entry, tell a friend about Zoolights!  You could share this post on fb, or feel free to Tweet your peeps, email your PTA pals, or whatever works! Leave us a comment and tell us what you did.
  • For a third, optional entry sign up for our weekly emails. They come out on Thursday and are a sneak peek of the weekend events guide just for subscribers. Leave a comment and let us know you’ve signed up for it or already subscribe. Note that we will confirm this to keep things fair.

And, that’s it….All entries should be left as separate comments to improve your odds. Only comments are valid as entries. I will choose winners Friday evening, and I will do my best to get you your prize Saturday. Be aware, however, that this is dependent on zoo staff getting back to me, so winners may have to wait until after Christmas, as I’m not going to be online Christmas Eve or Christmas Day…thanks for undertanding about that! And good luck! 

Disclosure/Legal: We were provided tickets for this giveaway. Facebook is not affiliated with this giveaway. Sounds Fun Mom LLC has no other affiliation with this event or venue. By entering you affirm that you are eligible and assume all responsibility for your light-going experience!

Comments

  1. Kathryn Ontiveros says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    I’d love to go! 4 kiddos 6 and under and they think the lights this time of year are just so magica!

  2. Sandi says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    Already subscribe.
    We would love to go, me and my two kiddos. It’s been a really crappy year and we need a break. An outing like this would take our minds off the stressful things. Thank you.

  3. Heather Leacy says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    We haven’t been yet this year (have in the past) and it would be a lot of fun to get out! 🙂

  4. Heather Leacy says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    I messaged a friend this post! 🙂

  5. Maureen McCaughan says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    I’d like to go, I haven’t taken my son to the zoo yet so this would be a fun first experience.

  6. Kaity mayo says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    I really want to take my daughters but couldn’t afford it this year. We really wanted to go tonight for my youngest daughter’s birthday.

  7. Kaity mayo says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Shared

  8. Kaity mayo says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    Subscribed

  9. Breenna says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    It’s my son’s 2nd Christmas and he went last year at 2 months old and loved it! We can’t wait to take him this year because he loves looking at Christmas lights

  10. Dana says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    We haven’t been able to go but its on our list of ‘maybe some day.’ Maybe this year could be our some day. Thanks for doing that giveaway.

  11. Veronica says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    I grew up driving around to see Christmas lights. I’ve continued this tradition with my family. So would love a chance to see lights at the zoo.

  12. Jenae Z says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Would love to take my kids especially my son who absolutely loved Christmas lights. Would be such a fun night!

  13. Jenae Z says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Shared!

  14. Veronica says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    Shared on FB.
    Subscribed to your weekly newsletter

  15. Jenae Z says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    Subscribe!

  16. Tilly Afuvai says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:57 pm

    We just moved here from Salt Lake City, UT and would love to win tickets to the zoo lights! We have never been there before and our 3 boys would love it! Their ages are 9, 7 and 1. It would also be some good exercise for me as I am expecting our 4th boy, currently dialated at 2cm, 50% effaced so he could be here any day! I’m trying to do as much walking as I can! Thanks for the opportunity!

  17. Tilly Afuvai says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    2nd post: shared this link on Facebook:)

  18. Tilly Afuvai says

    December 22, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    3rd post: subscribed to emails!:)

  19. Bethany says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    We loved zoo lights last year. It would be awesome to go again. Your site is the best. I check it every week. Thank you for what you do.

  20. Bethany says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    Subscribe

  21. Bethany says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    Share on Facebook

  22. Megan says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    Love taking my kids every year. My daughter especially loves the camel ride and we missed it last year because it rained on the day we went. This year, I want to take my friend and her daughter who haven’t been to zoolights in a long time.

  23. Megan says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    Shared post on facebook

  24. Sabrina Rivera says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    My mom and sister are visiting from NC and our family has never been to Zoolights. Would love to take my 14month old to see all the lights! 🙂

  25. Sabrina Rivera says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    Shared through FB messenger

  26. Sabrina Rivera says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    Subscribed

  27. Lisette says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Me and my kids never been there!

  28. Laura says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    We’ve never been so would love the opportunity to go.

  29. Melissa says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    We are new to the area and would love to check it out! 🙂

  30. Lisa says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    We have never been to zoolights and now that our kids are 2.5 and 4, i think they will really enjoy it!

  31. Lisa says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    Shared!

  32. Lisa says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    Subscribed!

  33. Allison Sands says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:27 am

    Already an e-mail subscriber and I have told others (friends!) about this page so they know where to try for tickets. <3 I would love to go because I've only been one time – 9 years ago – and it was such a fun memory. We were FREEZING, but I remember being so amazed by the lights. They were so much more beautiful than I thought they would be. It was fun to walk with everybody that was at the zoo that day. There was really a feeling of people coming together to enjoy the season. <3 Thanks for the chance! Merry Christmas!

  34. emily woods says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:05 am

    We love the zoo but have never been to zoo lights! This would be so much fun!

  35. emily woods says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:05 am

    Shared with my sister in law via text!

  36. emily woods says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:06 am

    I already get (and love) my weekly emails!

  37. Heather McAuley says

    December 23, 2016 at 5:28 am

    We would love to see the zoolights. We went last year but it was pouring freezing rain and that was our first experience.This year I would love to take my three-year-old and 17-month old to see the zoolights. I think they would love it especially on a dry night! Thank you and Merry Christmas.

  38. Stephanie Shaffer says

    December 23, 2016 at 7:57 am

    Earlier this year I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Which has impacted our life in every way possible. Emotionally, financially and physically. Through all the hardships we have learned that family is more important than ever before. I would love to win tickets to be able to enjoy Zoolights with my four children who are 12, 11, 9 & 8.

  39. Lindsey says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:11 am

    It’s been several years since we’ve been and we have a few kiddos in our home that have never been. We’d love to give them their first zoolights experience!

  40. Lindsey says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:12 am

    I subscribe to your emails

  41. Lindsey says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:13 am

    Shared on fb

  42. kelsie h. says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:15 am

    My daughter is 3 years old and is IN LOVE with christmas lights and christmas music. We have made it a point to go on night drives and walks to view homes lit up. For her to have the opportunity to see something as cool as zoolights is a awesome tradition we have been seraching to add to our family.

  43. Alfonso says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:17 am

    I fwd this in a email to my mother in hopes she will take her granchildren

  44. Kelsie says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:20 am

    Cant believe I am on your website feels like every week and never found a subscription button til now!
    Thank yoi for the opportunity for free zoolights tickets!

  45. Tenika says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:45 am

    I would like to go because we as a family have never gone!

  46. Tenika says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:47 am

    posted on twitter

  47. Tenika says

    December 23, 2016 at 8:50 am

    already subscribe to your newsletter.

  48. Kami says

    December 23, 2016 at 9:18 am

    Love to spend the time with the kiddos and see how excited they get

  49. Kami says

    December 23, 2016 at 9:19 am

    I’ve shared!!

  50. Kami says

    December 23, 2016 at 9:19 am

    I’ve emailed

  51. Josh C says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:13 am

    I went to this once, years ago, with a bunch of friends. We were all dressed as pirates, and as we wandered around, we sang carols (of both traditional and pirate variety).
    Now that I have two children, I’d love to take them to see the lights! 🙂

  52. Josh C says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:14 am

    I shared this with all the co-workers in my office! 🙂

  53. Josh C says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:14 am

    I am a subscriber to your newsletter! 🙂

  54. Leigh M says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:57 am

    This is one Christmas tradition we haven’t done yet. I would love to take my kiddos!

  55. Leigh M says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:58 am

    I am already a subcriber

  56. Leigh M says

    December 23, 2016 at 10:58 am

    I have emailed all of my friends

  57. Ariel says

    December 23, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Always have wanted to go!

  58. Ariel says

    December 23, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Shared with friend!

  59. Eva says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Haven’t been this year and would love to take my almost 4 and almost 2 year old who has never been. My husband leaves on a very long business trip soon so it’d be nice to fill up his time with us making special memories 🙂

  60. Eva says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    Shared this post!

  61. Jill says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    We have gone in the past, but haven’t recently due to cost increases. We would love to be able to take our nephews with us who don’t have opportunities to do these types of things. Getting some tickets free would help us be able to take them with our kids. Thanks!

  62. Eva says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    Subscribed to weekly emails!

  63. Linda Dement says

    December 23, 2016 at 12:28 pm

    Already subscribed.

    I would love to go this year. I haven’t been since I had my twins and would love to experience holiday magic at the zoo with my family

  64. kimberly says

    December 23, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    Already subscribe and loving it. My three trade years with dad back in nv so making memories is always priority. Just a few months till they are gone and I spend another year flying back to visit my ♡♡♡ .please please choose us!!!

  65. kimberly says

    December 23, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    Shared with sister, niece and the rest of the fb wilderness as well. It takes a village and ours may be a crazy one, but it’s still ours♡♡

  66. REBEKAH MCKENZIE says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    I would love to win tickets as I haven’t been since before my husband and I had our four girls! Thank you for this opportunity!! Merry Christmas!

  67. REBEKAH MCKENZIE says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    I shared this giveaway with my neighbor!

  68. REBEKAH MCKENZIE says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    Signed up for your weekly emails!!

  69. Erika says

    December 23, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    We’ve never been to Zoolights and would love a chance to win tickets to go!

  70. Erika says

    December 23, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    I’m a subscriber!

  71. Breenna says

    December 23, 2016 at 3:49 pm

    Shared.

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