Bright Nights in Stanley Park 2012
Bright Nights in Stanley Park return for the 15th year to illuminate the forest with holiday cheer. Benefitting the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, the miniature railway and surrounding area have been transformed into a festive wonderland fit for Santa and his elves.
New this year is extended weekend hours with Bright Nights staying open until 11:00pm. Matinees are also being offered Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Funds raised through the donations bins on site all go directly to the Burn Fund, which provides life saving, life supporting and life enriching services to the people in BC. This year the Burn Fund is also encouraging visitors to bring food items and baby supply donations (formula, diapers) for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.
Bright Nights in Stanley Park will be open from November 29, 2012 until January 1, 2013; Sundays to Thursdays 3:00pm to 10:00pm, Fridays and Saturdays 3:00pm to 11:00pm, along with the matinees.
Admission is $10 (adults 18-64), $7 (children & youth 3-17), free (children under 3 years), $6 seniors (over 65), and $5.50 for just the matinee train (all ages).
Advance tickets are available at Ticketmaster by calling 1-855-985-5000 or going online. Same day tickets available, starting November 29th, at the on-site Miniature Railway Box Office in Stanley Park from 12:00pm, (604) 257-8531.
If you would like to enjoy Bright Nights in Stanley Park with your friends and loved ones this year I have 4 family packs of tickets available (that each contain 4 tickets). Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite outdoor holiday activity (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw 4 winners at random from all entries next Friday, November 23, 2012 at 12:00pm. Follow Bright Nights on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Update The winners are @AngieQuaale, Michael Kwan, Monique, Coby.
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My favourite holiday activity is skating at Grouse Mountain.
snowboarding at Whistler
Snowball fights!
Skiing in Whistler!
Skating up Grouse Mountain.
I enjoy ice skating and snowshoeing outdoors. 🙂
My favorite outdoor family activity has definitely got to be Bright Lights! Looking forward to going again this year and would LOVE to win tickets! Other than that, we enjoy skating outdoors.
Snowshoeing! It’s fun and provides a great workout.
My favourite outdoor holiday activity is snowboarding!
Snowshoeing at Grouse!
Love outdoor ice skating!! And drinking hot chocolate!
Touring around in the car looking at all the Christmas lighta on houses.
I love going to Bright nights. We typically go every year with the kids.
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Snowshoeing in the local mountains!
I love walking outside with a Starbucks in hand. Clicheed I know, but I love it. 🙂
Building snowmen!
Going for walks when it’s sunny and cold outside.
Building snowmen and inukshuks with my boys!
Skating outdoors is a riot! 🙂
Making an upside down snow men…..
Skating outdoors!
We love going to Christmas carol cruises!
as a kid it was definitely going to cut down a christmas tree!
Snowshoeing
Going for walks with my wife!
Making snowmen
Bright Lights train and VanDusen Gardens lights. 2 things we never miss.
Baking Christmas goods!
Snowman making!
I love snowshoeing. We went last winter in Prince George, and also Whistler Olympic park and it was WONDERFUL!
I’m excited to go to Bright Nights this year again, as it was where my husband proposed in 2010, before I left for 3 months away from him. Special place.
playing in the snow with my daughter
Watching Christmas lights, hot chocolate while singing carols with my friends.
Here are a few of my favourite things…Watching Christmas lights, drinking hot chocolate while singing christmas carols with my friends.
sledding with the kids
Ice skating – especially at Robson Square!
wishing for snow to make a snowman and throw snowballs
Making a snowman with the kiddies.
Christmas lights sightseeing!
My favorite outdoor holiday activity is Ice-skating at Robson Square!
Skating at Robson Square!
Snowboarding on the local mountains followed by watching the carol singers/ Christmas choir inside with hot chocolate, by the fire 🙂
Going to different places with Christmas lights w my bf:)
We’ve been to cap bridge and vandusen so far.
Oh I also like tobaganing with my kindergarten students on a small hill at our school with grocery bags…
Oh I can’t wait till Christmas!!:)
Building a snowman with my kids
Snowshoeing, Christmas parade, and welcoming Sint Niklaas in New Westminster when he used to come! We’re not even Dutch but we loved this tradition. That’s just too bad they had to cancel it due to the lack of understanding between cultures.
Bright nights at Stanley park is our favorite with 2 kids under 3!
I like decorating the tree in our yard!
Tobogganing!
Burbaby herritage village with all the lights!
My favourite holiday activity is going to Bright Nights in Stanley Park and Christmas at Hycroft. I go every year!
Snowboarding at Cypress!
ice skating at Robson Square!
Sleigh Rides with hot chocolate or walking around checking out Xmas lights in different neighbourhoods..
Skiing!
Outdoor ice skating and snowball fights!
Walking outside in the crisp winter air (no rain!). I have never been to Bright Nights and would love to attend for the first time.
Going for a walk in the neighbourhod and looking at all the wonderful Christmas lights.
Outdoor hockey!!
Ice skating at Robson Square.
We love to grab coffees and hot chocolates and go for a walk at the beach!
building snowman
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Walking our dog Milo in the snow, it’s his favorite!
Bright Nights is the best family winter activity! My daughter looks forward to it every year
I love walking around downtown Vancouver with a hot chocolate, looking at all the lights and Christmas windows.
Snow tubing! So much fun!
i like to make snowmans in winter and snowball throwing
My favourite outdoor holiday activity is to hike and take in the sights with friends, or simply walk around and take lots of photos
Walking down Trinity Street when the houses are lit up!
Bright Nights and before the house in Surrey where a lot of the lights are from.
This! The Christmas train. I used to go when I was a little girl. Now we take our 3 year old daughter to both the Halloween amd xmas trains every year. I hope we are creating the same magical memories i had Z kid
Snowball fights!
My favorite outdoor activity is tubing on Cypruss and snow angels! 😛
Skating Outdoors when its snowing!
Girls against the boys in a snowball fight!
Skiing!!
Skating on a fresh patch of ice!
Walking in the brisk air on a sunny day.
snowboarding at night and enjoying a hot chocolate right after.
Skiiing
Walking in a winter wonderland, of course! With my family and our dog, there’s nothing better.
Pond hockey!
Skiing on Cypress.
Going for walks with my daughter and admiring all the holiday displays!
Looking at all the holiday light displays.
Checking out all of the Christmas lights and displays around town and outdoor skating in Whistler are two of my faves.
Favourite outdoor holiday activity is bright lights in Stanley Park
Stanley park train!
Snowball fights!
We love Bright Nights, skating at Robson Square, and Festival of Lights at Van Dusen. Thanks for the giveaway!
Browsing Ginger Breadhouse displays in hotels, touring around town the Xmas lights that people put up on houses and sing Xmas carols.
Honestly? I love watching crazy drivers after the first (and sometimes only) snowfall.
My favourite holiday tradition is watching the Santa Claus Parade downtown! My family also loves doing the Bright Nights at Stanley too 🙂
Still a great Xmas event in Van
Snowball fights!!!!
I love trimming the Christmas tree with my family ^_^
Christmas train at Bear Creek Park in Surrey. Still special to me even as an adult!
Visiting the light display at Cap Suspension Bridge
Skiing with my family!
My favourite outdoor holiday activity is shopping on Robson Street! I love the lights downtown, the music in the stores, and the atmosphere of being amidst all of the holiday buzz. All I need is a coffee or hot chocolate in my hands and I’m in bliss!
Throwing snowballs!
ice skating!
My family’s favourite outdoor holiday activity is sledding – but we also love Bright Nights!
Love making snow angels with the family!
snowball fights
snowball fights!
Hiking in the snow
Walks in the snow with steaming mugs of hot chocolate!
Skiing
Walks in the snow! When it’s dark out and the neighbourhood is super quiet..
Bright Nights is our annual tradition! 🙂
Snow tubing!
Skating, skiing, and enjoying hot chocolate on a snowy day
seeing lights in the streets
We went to Stanley Park for the Christmas train last year and loved it, would love to go again this year, it is a great part of Christmas for our family.
snowshoeing
Love walking around looking at lights! Never been to this and have always wanted too
Counting houses with Christmas lights on a drive home from visiting with friends.
Snowboarding!
cross country skiing!
My favourite outdoor activity is looking at all the pretty lights (little lights as well as big displays).
I like driving around looking at Christmas lights.
We love taking the kids to look at the holiday lights and taste testing hot chocolate all around our fave spots in town!
My favorite family outdoor activity is skiing at Big White!
Snow angels with my tiny humans!
Playing in the snow
snow ball fight!
Bright Nights in Stanley Park – it will be a first for us!
hot chocolate on my patio watching the first snowfall of the year
We love to go see the houses that are fully decorated in Christmas time!
walks in the fresh snow!
Skating!
Ice skating! 🙂
Ice skating with my daughters
Walking with the family and our dog on cold sunny days
Skating at grouse mountain
Seeing the outdoor lights.
snowboarding with friends!
sounds like fun!
My favourite outdoor activity would have to be walking at night after a fresh snowfall…so its extra quite and magical!
Snowshoeing at Mt. Seymour.
Roasting marshmallows by a bonfire with a steaming cup of hot chocolate in hand 🙂
drinking hot chocolate and baileys and walking in the snow
Skating at Robson Square!
Coincidentally, bright nights Santa visit with the kids!!
Getting bundled up and taking a walk admiring all the holiday lights.
Boarding in whistler and walking around the village with a starbucks coffee
drinking hot chocolate and ice skating =)
My favorite Christmas activities are hanging out with family playing games and going to the Stanley park train! That’s for real we go every year!!!!!!
Favorite outdoor activity:.finding a tree with the family and bringing it home for the holidays!
Ice Skating up on Grouse Mountain and then ordering a huge Poutine and warming up by the fireplace!!
playing in the snow!
skating at Robson Square! 🙂
Walks in the fresh snow along with egg big after by a fire.
Snowshoeing!
Looking at Christmas lights!
My favorite outdoor activity is the whole family going up to #GrouseMountain for the day, to ski, snowboard, skate, and drink hot cocoa of course! Love Xmas time at Grouse!
Our family loves driving around in the snow, whether it’s to look at all the beautiful lights around town, or to go 4×4 in the snow much to the delight especially of the boys. 🙂
building a snowman
Our favourite is Bright Nights…it has become our NYE tradition now that we have kids!
Building snowmen
Here are my favorite activities. Snowball fights with friends. Reading in a cozy coffee shop on a cold day. Satisfying the foodie in me with holiday foods
Going to a tree farm to choose and cut a Christmas tree.
We love to take walks in the local urban forests!
Drinking at Whistler!
We love walking down Trinity Street in East Vancouver to enjoy all the Christmas displays! Stunning!! And Famous!
Making snowmen and having snowball fights!!
Favourite outdoor holiday activity is going yearly to our local Christmas Tree lighting, followed with carols as we walk to the Ladner wharf to watch the holiday decked-out lit boats sail by. So much fun.
I love sledding with my son at Seymour and enjoying visiting Santa’s work shop in Stanley Park.
My son’s facial expression: Priceless.
I like all winter sports!
skiing anywhere with my family..or snowshoing is second..ok anything with my family.
building snow forts and having snowball fights
Wow, that would brighten my holidays for sure 😉
My favorite holiday activity? Going for a romantic, evening stroll and admiring the magical light displays in my neighbourhood!
Going to a Christmas Tree farm and cutting down my own tree!
snowboarding!
The lights at Park & Tilford gardens.
Wandering around Whistler village & snowtubing!
Smores around a firepit
Checking out the Bright Lights at Stanley Park it’s always a delight!
My favourite holiday activity is ice skating (a close second is shopping on Boxing Day).
I love looking at all the lights and decorations.
Hot chocolate consumption when the weather is truly cold and/or damp. Thanks.
Walking around the neighbourhood looking at the lights.
Walking down the beach all wrapped up against the wind.
Meeting the CP Holiday Train when it rolls into Port Moody.
Playing in the snow.
Decorating the tree in a way that the kids and cat don’t knock it down!
Walking in the snow late at night when no one is around – the silence and the sparkle of the snow in the street and Christmas lights.
I like to go snowshoeing.
Any outdoor skating rink! It brings back memories from when I was little!
Bright Nights! Been going every year since I can remember!
Snowshoeing! And walking my dog through the city to see the lights.
Bright Nights at Stanley Park and riding the train!
outdoor skating! its the only time i put on a pair of skates but i enjoy it so much more
What a way to enjoy Christmas in a fantastic setting. I bet the music will be as great as the train ride. Congrats to the winning family.
Driving around town looking at the Christmas lights
Ice Skating
Canyon Lights at the Capilano Suspension Bridge!
Bright Nights in Stanley Park! (Including ogling the firefighters.)
Snowshoeing at Cypress!
Enjoying christmas lights…anywhere outdoors…Stanley Park, VanDusen gardens, in the harbour, Capilano Suspension Bridge…as long as it is outdoors and followed by hot chocolate.
snowball fights for sure
favourite activity: avoiding the yellow snow
My favorite thing to do is go outside with my fiancé and daughter and go on a long walk together. Come back home and snuggle on the couch with hot chocolate and blankets!!
Making snow angels and snow ninjas in the ground in freshly fallen snow!
ice skating and having hot cocoa at Grouse Mountain!
I do enjoy skiing but don’t go that often any more. I love driving around and looking at the Christmas lights!!
skiing !! with the family
I love viewing beautiful night lights with a cup of hot chocolate… Mmmmyummy!
Taking the family on a Xmas light tour!
Twinkling star-gazing at Centennial Beach, cold hand and hot cocoa
Going Christmas light touring with my family.
Sounds like fun ~ wonderful family tradition. Thank you.
My favourite outdoor holiday event is actually going to Bright Nights at Stanley Park. For years I was privileged to be invited to the preview night. Last year I took two friends from California and they were awe-struck and enjoyed the whole evening, especially the train.
I love driving around looking at Christmas lights with my daughter – am I too late?
Our families favourite outdoor activity is the Santa Claus parade, we have never missed it since my daughter was born 7 years ago!
My perfect outdoor activity around the holidays has to be riding my horse when there is snow on the ground…it’s so quiet and beautiful!
I’ve only checked out the ghost train here, would love to take a ride thru the lights!
Checking out the lights in my neighbourhood!
Holiday feasts!
Lights!!!!
íGoing to Mexico!
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