Enchant is advertised as The World's Largest Christmas Light Maze and this is the first time Enchant arrives to LA (more specifically in Santa Anita Park parking lot). Las Vegas has its own Enchant started in 2021 & Seattle had one last year (2024) at T-Mobile Park.
[Parking]: General Parking = $10 and Preferred Parking = $25. Both are valid only for the entry time you select. I got General Parking and my arrival window is from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Please enter the lot through Gate 3 on Huntington Dr. Parking was a bit chaotic with no separate vehicle line for visitors who already paid for parking ahead of time. In addition, I had to circle around the parking lot at least one time to finally find an available spot.
[Prices]: General Admission = $36 per person & my event arrival window is from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Ice skating = $15 per person & check-in time is from 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM.
[What to expect - a part of general admission]: Christmas Light Maze + mini golf, vendors on food & drinks, and retail village.
[What to expect - extra add-ons]: Ice skating ($15 per person), snow slide (each Snow Slide pass comes with 3 rides down the slide for $15), ferris wheel, and pictures with Santa at Santa's Landing.
[Food & drink]: A good selection from Cajun food, pasta, yakitori, chowders, potato swirls, pretzels, chicken & chips, sweet potato brulees, Hawaiian honey cones, crepes, churro, dalgona (as seen from Squid Game), etc; however, food and drink vendors are scattered all over the place and NOT all of them are gathered in the Enchant Eatery section. For instance - sweet potato brulees vendor is located in Santa's Landing + Hawaiian honey cones is located within the Christmas Light Maze + dalgona is located at retail village.
[Ice skating]: To get into the rink, everyone waited in the same line and there was no separate line for visitors who already paid for ice skating ahead of time. They use adjustable strap-on ice skates and visitors can skate as long as they want. I could barely manage to stay balance so our party only skated for less than 30 minutes.
[Christmas Light Maze]: Honestly the christmas light and decoration for Enchant were much better & impressive than Astra Lumina at South Coast Botanic Garden. Tons of opportunities to take great photos including a Danish windmill, a giant engagement ring, sea animals, ice flakes, horse carriage, train, etc.
[Other special notes]: Directory map was a bit confusing and not super clear. Someone from our party ordered European Hot Chocolate and ended up getting a stomach upset 6 hours later. S'mores pit session is limited to 20 minutes.
[Conclusion]: Our party ended up staying approximately 2.5 hours. Christmas Light Maze was exactly as advertised and some of light decoration was pretty neat & cute. However I was not a fan on how they organized the event with a single file line for pre-ordered vs paid-in-person visitors. Not a bad holiday event to bring kids or having a date night, but definitely don't have a high expectation & the whole experience costed at least $50+ per person (with ice skating). Personally this is an one-and-done event and yes expect overpriced food / drinks.
P.S. - For Christmas Light Maze, please don't exit via where you enter or else you will be missing out additional decoration. There's a separate exit but you will need to find it.
P.P.S. - Visitors can book a SnowGlobe Private Suite for $1,950 (includes 10 tickets + food and beverage). read more