Meh. I've experienced better sums it up. Not knowing the area or where it was and since the website just said a street address, we came in from Brandon on SR-60 not knowing it was on the grounds of the Hillsborough County Fair Grounds. That might have been something they could have said on the website. The Eastbound left lane was backed up for over a mile which told us we must be getting close but I passed the line and went another mile to the next U-turn and we got in the carline on the Westbound side which was much shorter. Unfortunately, the line was off the road along the shoulder and I worried of running over a bottle or something that would pop a tire and in the two westbound lanes, the traffic did not slow or move over at all for the 1/4 mile of cars pulled over and several times I thought we were going to be sideswiped or lose a mirror. In the general spirit of Christmas, the line onto Sydney Washer Rd was one car at a time from the Eastbound lane, one from the Westbound but was very slow due to no police assistance and the through traffic doing 55MPH or higher. While waiting for our turn to pull onto Sydney Washer Rd, we witnessed several near misses of crashes and I was amazed that both HCSO (Hillsborough Co. Sheriff's) or Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) didn't have off duty guys out directing traffic. As we crept in the entrance to the park, we were directed down one of two lanes we were told were for cash or prepays. While in that line, approximately 15 mins after leaving SR60, we heard ambulances and police sirens respond to a crash. Just like I thought, someone was hit pulling into the show. I hope no one was seriously hurt and I blame HCSO for not having personnel out there seeing as the show was on County property, there should have been deputies out there slowing down and directing traffic. Some of those lighted road signs also would have been nice to slow and divert traffic. By now you're sayin' "Okay, this guy is rambling on and hasn't even brought up the light show yet"... sorry, we Irish tend to ramble. The "show" itself isn't much of a show. It's mainly every lighted Christmas yard light you've ever seen with a few really large ones spread for about a mile (they say it's two miles long but I think that was counting your wait getting in. When you pay, the girl gave us a card to give to the ticket collector a little further on, a program and told us to tune to 91.5FM for their radio broadcast. Then a little further on, a old man chain smoking cigarettes takes the ticket from you, blowing nasty smoke in your car and onto your family. I am an ex-smoker of 24 years and I gagged. From now on folks, put the smokers out directing the traffic, not where they're stinking up peoples cars because although he was hiding/holding the cigarette behind his back, it was still coming in our car. The radio reception was good and only faded out a couple times on the route and the music was decent holiday tunes but not synched like many other light shows we've been to. Overall, the show was cute but I doubt it will become a Family Tradition like they advertised. Will we go next year? I'd probably say "No" but it's up for you to decide. read more