Wild Adventures Announces Expansion of Fall Event

New Statues, Entertainment, Lights and More Coming to Great Pumpkin LumiNights

VALDOSTA, Ga. – On Thursday, Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Ga. announced a major expansion to the park’s annual Great Pumpkin LumiNights event that will include new pumpkin statues, thousands of new lights and displays, new entertainment, and an expansion of the event throughout the park.

“This will be our fourth year of Great Pumpkin LumiNights, and it has become an annual fall tradition for families throughout our region,” said Jon Vigue, vice president and general manager. “We are excited to expand the event this year with new additions to make Great Pumpkin LumiNights even more memorable and fun.”

The signature attraction of Great Pumpkin LumiNights are towering animal statues, including a giraffe, alligator, giant spider and more. Each statue is hand-crafted and made of stacked, carved pumpkins.

“This year, we will be adding a ferocious lion, an impressive zebra, and a ‘flamboyance’ of flamingos to our statue collection,” said Vigue. “Each statue glows bright in the night and creates opportunities for families to create perfect fall photos with each other.”

This year’s Great Pumpkin LumiNight event will also feature new light displays, including Foggy Forest, Glow Grove and Tunnel of Lights. The additions are aimed at creating family-friendly fall experience for all ages.

“My favorite part about these new additions is how they appeal to each of our guests,” said Adam Floyd, director of sales and marketing. “The light displays of Foggy Forest, Glow Grove and Tunnel of Lights are impressive, immersive and create a unique experience our guests won’t find anywhere else. But most importantly, these new expansions are just fun.”

In addition to the new light displays and statues, Wild Adventures will also debut the Garden of Giants, which features enormous live pumpkins that weigh over 700 pounds.

“Our Garden of Giants is growing now, and we’ll be sharing progress photos over the next few months,” said Floyd. “We are aiming for pumpkins that are about 700 pounds, but these pumpkins have been known to grow to over 1,500. I’m not sure how many we’ll have that will reach that size, but I’m crossing my fingers.”

Wild Adventures is also expanding an attraction that was introduced last year, the LumiNight Legends Pumpkin Gallery, which features intricately carved pumpkins of famous faces, places and more from throughout Georgia and Florida.

“Last year, we collaborated with master pumpkin carver Jim Morey to create an impressive gallery of carved pumpkins that was a huge hit with our guests,” said Elke Schultz, marketing manager. “Jim is already hard at work creating new carvings that will increase our gallery to nearly 200 pumpkins.”

Great Pumpkin LumiNights will also feature new entertainment, even more carved and illuminated pumpkin displays throughout the park as well as the country’s largest celebration of a classic fall flavor, The Pumpkin Spice Festival.

“It can be difficult sometimes to describe just how big this event is,” said Schultz. “Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing more about our new entertainment and the new treats of The Pumpkin Spice Festival. We can’t wait to welcome our guests to enjoy thrilling rides and pumpkin spice treats during the day and glowing fun and entertainment at night.”

Great Pumpkin LumiNights begins Sept. 20 and continues every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through October. The event is included with park admission or a Season Pass. 2024 Season Passes are on sale now and provide admission now through the summer as well as Great Pumpkin LumiNights and the park’s new holiday event, Wild Adventures Christmas Wild & Bright.

For more information about Great Pumpkin LumiNights and 2024 Season Passes, visit WildAdventures.com.

Wild Adventures Theme Park is located at the halfway point between Atlanta, Ga. and Orlando, Fla. off Interstate 75 and is home to more than 40 family and thrill rides, hundreds of exotic animals, dozens of concerts and special events each year and Splash Island Waterpark, named as one of the “Top 30 Waterparks” in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Wild Adventures is ranked as the Fifth Most Affordable Theme Park in America in the Theme Park Price Index published by HomeToGo and the Top Theme Park Deal in Georgia by Yahoo! Finance. In July, Wild Adventures was ranked as “The #1 Theme Park in Georgia” by TripAdvisor.