#FIRSTLOOK: ILLUMI – A DAZZLING WORLD OF LIGHTS

With over 20 million twinkling LEDs, illumi – A Dazzling World of Lights (7174 Derrycrest Drive, Mississauga) is the hub for holiday magic with your loved ones this season. And you can even bring your pets too!

There’s a bright side to the darkness falling sooner due to daylight savings: illumi opens an hour earlier and shines its 20 million lights to brighten up the gloomier months.

Families, couples and friends of all ages are sure to bundle up and come to illumi for a massive dose of holiday cheer. Guests will embark on an adventure through a 600,000 square foot site loaded with thousands of light structures and some classic holiday tunes that are sure to give guests that warm fuzzy feeling that is so synonymous with the holidays.

Guests can grab a delicious cup of hot chocolate at one of illumi’s food counters and take it on their magical journey. Upon entering the site they’ll immediately walk into the thematic universe where they’ll wander amongst snowmen, candy canes, reindeer, and giant snowflakes, all before even stepping under the ILLUMI TREE OF LIGHTS.

GTA residents can be as proud as New Yorkers visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, now that the tallest tree of light in the world has found a home in Mississauga. Standing at 47m, almost twice the size of the Rockefeller tree, the ILLUMI TREE OF LIGHTS is a must-see for the holidays and a perfect backdrop to refresh your holiday family portrait.

Amongs the 14 universes that illumi has to offer is THE LAND OF FROST. In this winter world visitors will step through thousands of dangling lights that look like gently falling snow and straight into one of their favourite Christmas storybooks.

Visitors will see it’s lit with glowing snowflakes and shining stars. On the ground, gigantic glowing crystals form an icy world, a sparkling ice block castle takes adults back to their childhood heart and creates memories lasting a lifetime for kids.

Another can’t miss scene for the holiday season is THE INFINITE POLES. In this icy world where borders blur guests can duck into twinkling igloos of many sizes, come face to face with hundreds of playful penguins and stand in awe of glowing polar bears, whales, and moose that all coexist in an endless forest of stalagmites.

Visitors will also be able to stop inside one of the warm-up areas to take a moment to soak in the beauty of the scene before continuing the dazzling journey.

illumi will fill your heart with light and happiness in this somewhat gray and cold season, it’s guaranteed!

Get your tickets here. On now till January 7, 2024.

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