Yeah I took a bunch of pics but it was on my cellphone so they didn't end up coming out very good. But in terms of popularity it was rather empty. Ok so it starts with filtering people into the holding area, where there are several shops open with items like treats, glazed turkey legs, hand carved wood, hand blown glass, cups, souvenirs, all kinds of stuff. The snow area was awesome. They have a target practice area where you can throw snow balls at all the targets, gives Florida folks a taste of snow (my first encounter). Then the snow world is even cooler, it has two slides that kids can slide down on intertubes, which was very popular all night. Then at 6:00 exactly cannons shot out some blue streamers, and all of the lights on the trees kicked on simultaneously, it was pretty awesome. Now to the lights around the park. To put it into perspective, I work in the park, and some areas I couldn't even recognize. It was beautiful. Almost every light display had flickering lights. One of my favorite ones was lights high up in the trees that simulated snow falling, and it looked really good! The lighting goes around the entire park and almost everything in sight is lit up, until you get to Timbuktu. There are a few lights, but nothing on scale with the rest of the park. Same with Stanleyville. But from Sesame Safari of Fun all the way to the end of Nairobi was stunning. Every area has it's own theme. I didn't get a chance to do any of the shows or see the concert, I only had about an hour. I am going to go through my pictures tomorrow and see what good ones I can post, I did take a lot, but tonight I am tired. Oh and I think the next few days are going to be very popular as well as the rest of the event. Not on a Howl-o-Scream level, but popular. The Mrs. Clause feast for tomorrow is already sold out. Oh and the line for the Santa house had about a 45 minute wait today. But if you are wondering if going is worth it, the only thing you are really losing is Montu, Kumba, Congo River Rapids, Stanleyville Flumes, Tidal Wave, some of the day time shows, and the sun for better viewing of some of the animals. For about 50 less than a ticket, seems like a deal to me.