Hershey Sweet Lights

If you’re in the Hershey, PA area during the holidays, this is a really fun thing to do with a car-​full of people. It costs $ 20 for an entire car load during the week and $ 25 during the weekend, so I would suggest going during the week if at all possible. It’s not like anything is different on the weekends.
It takes you about 20 – 25 minutes to drive through the entire attraction. When you first drive in, they give you a radio station to tune to that is in sync with the lights. It’s a really cute touch to the entire attraction. All of the lights are holiday-​festive as well.
I can’t say I’d do this again (except maybe if you have small children and want to take them looking at some amazing lights) but it was really fun for my first time. It’s worth a try at least once!

This is not free, it costs $ 25/​car on the weekends, $ 20/​car on the weekdays to drive through. Car=regular sedan. The larger the vehicle I.e. Tour bus, the more expensive the admission is (think $ 100+).
The sweets lights is a novelty idea for families leaving Hersey World to make one last stop before heading home.
We received 2 pairs of 3D glasses that created a snowflake effect for the viewers. Kids are sure to love it. We had older parents in the car that enjoyed it.
Drive at an alarming slow speed to get the most bang out of your buck. Kettle corn and beverages were available for purchase near admissions.
The Christmas lights displays were interesting. They were spread out along the long drive. There was a light tunnel for the cars to drive through. There were Christmas trees, marching band, dancers, gifts, greetings, fairy tale characters, etc.
1^st part of the lights is on a flat rocky path. 2^nd part of the lights was in a narrow winding wooded area.
This foray is anywhere from 15mins-​60mins depending on the speed of your car, and the speed of the cars ahead of you. It would suck if you are pressed for time, and stuck behind a bottlenecker.

Def worth the visit to see. It was so pretty to see the lights. We were able to see part of it from Hershey drive also. Which was like a preview before entering. I would say it’s about a ²⁰⁄₃₀ mins drive threw. Though I think the price was over priced. They charge $ 20 weekdays and $ 25 weekends it’s the same price as entering the Hershey theme park

We arrived around 9:30 after spending a few hours at the park. By purchasing tickets for the park and sweet lights it cost us $ 17.50. We got in right away and we’re given our glasses upon arriving. The man that took our tickets was extremely nice and explained to us that the glasses only work with certain light displays. The glasses made most of the lights look like snowflakes, it was a beautiful effect and really enhanced the lights on the displays and even the lights on the cars and buildings around us. I wore them throughout the whole drive. The drive throughout the displays took us about 40 minutes without traffic. There were 2 lanes available for traffic but we arrived at a time when traffic was low, which allowed us to have a great view of all the lights. The lights were unique and very well done we also thought it was nice that they displayed lights created by kids from the local schools as well.
I understand that waiting in line to view the lights can be frustrating but we really enjoyed sweet lights and think that it should be given a chance.

We are visiting Harrisburg, Gettysburg and Hershey Pennsylvania on a really short three day trip. One of our stops was at Sweet Lights. The price for one car is $ 20 which I thought was a little expensive but when we started looking at the lights that went on for miles we thought maybe the price is not as bad. They have different areas and music that is tuned to a certain radio frequency. Overall, it’s good to try once, but probably not repeat.

I am not sure why this attraction has such poor reviews. My fiancé, his family, and I stopped by after we visited the Hershey chocolate factory. We arrived at Hershey Sweet Lights at around 4:10 PM before it opened at 5 PM because we had heard people say it took them two hours to make it through. We were the second car to drive through. It was $ 20 for admission on Saturday and we purchased some kettle corn for $ 6 as a snack. It took us about 30 minutes to see the entire attraction and we loved all of the sights.
My only complaint is we only received two paper glasses for our entire party of six and no one explained what they were for. PLEASE PUT ON THE GLASSES! We later discovered the glasses make lights look like snowflakes! Super cute!
Overall, this was one of the highlights of our weekend trip. I would just advise everyone to arrive early and to use the paper glasses.

I purchased tickets online for $ 25 on a Saturday night, which was my first mistake. We (my husband, 13-​year old daughter, 5-​year old twin sons, and myself) got in line at about 6:45. If you have ever sat in traffic on the Schuylkill Expy during rush hour, you might sort of have an idea of what the line is like just to get to the entrance. But you’d have to multiply that frustration by two to really understand. While waiting in line, I did what I should have done in the first place — read the Unilocal reviews. They spoke volumes. Our kids had already had enough at this point, and the boys wanted to go to bed. So we did what any responsible parents would do (including quite a few cars ahead of us), ate the $ 25 and got out of line and headed back to the hotel. Never again. A completely ridiculous waste of time. No light display could possibly have been worth that, and from what I’ve read on here, Sweet Lights definitely isn’t! Save your money and go look at lights in your neighborhood.

If I could give this no stars I absolutely would it is crazy to make people wait in a line without giving them any warning as to how long the line really is it has been an hour now and all I have seen is brake lights if i had not brought my ticket already I would most definitely say screw this and get out of line. No light display is worth this frustration would not recommend this to anyone!

What a waste of money. Save $ 25 and don’t even bother.
The small amount of lights are cool, but are generic and aren’t really Hershey themed. Two lines of cars drive through. Unfortunately for us, a huge trolley was blocking our view for half the drive because they were driving on the inside lane.
Never will I recommend this to anyone.

Short lived, really cute and fun 30 min car ride through acres of lights. I visited on a wednesday.
PRICE: $ 20 bucks on a weekday and $ 25 on the weekend, you get 2 paper spectacles. (we were a minivan of 6) and we’re unsure if we could get more, or pay for more. They sell popcorn at the pay booth as well.
EXPERIENCE: It was very thoughtful, and cute. The best part was driving through the woods and seeing lights in the trees.
It was a great bonding opportunity for our family. Some of the lights were a bit cheesy, and well, not «Christmasy» but overall it was enjoyable to my little kids ages 10 and 8. My teens didn’t seem to hate it either.
CONS: You can tune into a radio station that is in sync with the first set of lights, but it has much static. After the first 10 mins, we didn’t see the point of having it on so we just plugged our phone in our vans aux and played YouTube christmas songs, which was much better.
OVERALL: Worth visiting with kids, or those who are super duper into all things christmas. You can really fall into the spirit of Christmas, be goofy, sing carols in your car while seeing lights… Bonus tip: Get hot cocoa or a latte at Starbucks or Mc D’s to sip during your experience. Maybe bring some Christmas cookies to munch on?

Much longer than I expected, so I decided to not go with 2 stars. It was a 25 minute ride. Extremely overpriced at 25 bucks on Friday and Saturday nights (I had read 20 online). I would go on a week night if you’re going to go. The radio station wasn’t working when we were there. We arrived right at the opening and one of the employees said his boss hadn’t turned it on yet. Overall I wouldn’t go out of your way for this one, but if you’re in the area for something else and it’s a weeknight it would be worth it.

Price isn’t really a big deal. It was 25 or 17 – 20 if bought with Hershey Park tickets. (Not exact, don’t quote me on that.)
The price is per car, but it only includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses. Doesn’t matter how many people are in the car. I also have no idea is what the point of the 3D glasses.
It took 45 minutes from the exit of Hershey Park to get to the entrance of the Sweet Lights. They routed us who knows where. I presume it was an attempt at line/​crowd management.
You barely move through the show, inching forward, with some nice displays synched to music some of the time. The radio station was weak, so all you got was static at times. Which probably wouldn’t be a big deal if you could proceed through at a decent pace.
After 30 – 45 minutes of barely moving, we took the emergency exit out. I found out from others that we weren’t halfway done yet.
I truly think it would be an exciting and enjoyable thing to see with kids once, but you need to have incredible patience.
The price is fine, but the congestion ruined it.

This was my first time experiencing Hershey’s Sweet Lights. My boyfriend and I decided to buy tickets for the Trolley and I’d honestly recommend that. The other reviews I’ve read seem to be from people who drove the trail themselves — which would probably be very frustrating. Taking the trolley allowed us to relax and be able to look at all of the lights. The Christmas music and Hershey kisses samplers were a sweet (pun intended) touch. It was worth it to me — we enjoyed it. The ride took about 25 minutes, I’d say. There weren’t many people there at the time, since we went on a Sunday and our ticket time was for 6:30.

I wish they told us how many Rudolph’s. We counted. Loved the lights. Went on a weeknight and no traffic. There were 8.

First time going and it was agonizingly painful! Some friends talked us into going but I should have read the reviews. It took us 1hr 45min to get in on a Sat night. $ 25+$ 15 for old popcorn, a water and an extra set of 3D (?) glasses that you DONT need. Our 5 year old fell asleep before the first quarter mile. Soo many lights but no backdrops so at times you have 4 displays all blurring together. The first loop did have some cute displays (12 days of Christmas) but other than that it was the same rudolf, same turtle, same randomness throughout. It lacked simplicity–
Basically after waiting 1:45 to enter, seeing the same displays repeatedly, alternating between breaking and 5mph for the next hour or more. It gets one star.

This about destroyed my marriage and did ruin, probably permanently, the magic of Christmas! I failed to read the other reviews and like so many other suckers sat in traffic for two hours before we got to the display. I should have bailed once I realized they steered the traffic two miles off the direct path to manage the traffic flow. I was down to less than an eighth of a tank by the time we got in to the entrance. I actually asked the guy at the entrance what would happen if I ran out of gas, and he said th

Awful. If you feel like waiting in line for three hours, then go for it. I could care less about the price, but the wait is atrocious and so so boring. Do not waste your money or your time on this trip to dullsville. Drive around the Hershey Lodge and look at their lights then be happy that you can just leave and aren’t stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for 3 hours. No exits, no bathrooms.

In short, this is one of those things that I’m glad I did once, but probably won’t do it again. We were here on the last Saturday before Christmas, so I was expecting it to be pretty busy. We also lucked out and weather was in the mid-50’s, so a decent winter day. We left the park area to make our way over to the Sweet Lights at around 9:00pm and was told it was a 10 minute drive to the lights. About the only lights we saw for the next 60+ minutes was taillights in front of me and headlights behind me! It took us just over an hour to get to the Sweet Lights entrance. Fortunately, they were selling drinks and kettle corn at the entrance!
Once you enter, the line splits into two while you go around the large open field and view the lights. The road itself had a number of potholes. Light displays can be found on either side, which was a bit problematic. If you had a large SUV (or worse one of the trolley’s) next to you, your view of the lights could be blocked. What people end up doing is stopping to wait until their view is clear, which simply holds up traffic behind you. Once you get around the large field, the line goes back to one lane while you go up the mountain to see the rest of the displays. All in all, it took us about an hour to «drive» thru the exhibit.
The displays themselves were OK. In the large open field, you’ll find a lot of Hershey Park displays along with the 12 Days of Christmas. As you go up and down the mountain, you’ll find scenes from your favorite fairy tales, a Victorian Village, and an Enchanted Forest, which was basically various animals. With a few of the displays, we were left scratching our head trying to figure out what it was, but most of them were pretty identifiable.