Lights Under Louisville at Louisville Mega Cavern shines even brighter this year. Cruising through a 120-foot tunnel of multicolored LED lights has always been the big wow factor for this subterranean drive-through light show, but the addition of a second tunnel delivers twice the holiday dazzle. If you didn’t get that enviable Instagrammable shot you were hoping for the first time, you’ll geta second chance.
Also new is projection mapping, a technology that can project video onto any surface, not just a flat screen. In this case, the cavern walls are transformed into a magical holiday world that almost looks like a movie set, making visitors forget they are deep in the bowels of the Earth.
More than five million lights in 40 themed displays that include “Frozen,” “Disney Princesses” and Charlie Brown’s sad little Christmas tree turn a pitch-black underworld into a sparkling holiday extravaganza.
“Hometown Christmas” is a perennial favorite that captures the essence of the Bluegrass State with a massive Fort Knox tank, a depiction of Cumberland Falls and a tribute to Louisville’s first responders.
Basketball fans get a thrill out of seeing the state’s two big college teams, the University of Kentucky Wildcats and the University of Louisville Cardinals, lit up in all their glory. A word of advice: If your crew has die-hard fans rooting for opposing teams, put them in separate vehicles to prevent any trash talk that might land them on Santa’s naughty list.
Speaking of Santa, this year, kids can get a personalized video message from the big guy himself.
Admission $29.99 per vehicle
