Enchant is the world’s largest holiday light event experience encompassing over 10 acres of festive programming inclusive of a dazzling installation of larger-than-life, custom designed, and story-driven light sculptures. Produced on the playing fields of major league sports stadiums and iconic outdoor spaces, the event offers an ice-skating trail, live entertainment, interactive games, Santa visits and a charming holiday marketplace, entertainment, and more. Founded in 2016 by Canadian entrepreneur Kevin Johnston, Enchant has since delighted millions of guests in major cities in the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit enchantchristmas.com
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:08 Hello my friends and welcome to Enchant.
00:11 [MUSIC]
00:17 Tony, wow, this is amazing.
00:20 Looking at all these lights in this incredible maze here.
00:23 Isn't it?
00:24 This is 4 million lights making up the world's largest Christmas light maze
00:29 right here in the center of beautiful Scottsdale.
00:32 Alright, so Enchant, this is not just here, it's all over actually the country a little bit, right?
00:36 Absolutely. There are 7 cities that have Enchant and like I said, we in Arizona are fortunate to have one here.
00:42 Well, just looking at this, it's amazing because this is a maze that we're going through
00:46 but it's also a little story too, right?
00:49 Absolutely. It's the story of the mischievous elf.
00:52 Eddie has taken 8 toys from Santa's workshop and went out and played with them outside
00:57 and now he's left them and kind of lost them.
01:00 So it's up to our guests to find the 8 toys, return them to the workshop so Santa can deliver them
01:05 and save Christmas. No pressure.
01:07 Well, I'll tell you, that's no pressure at all for people to come through here
01:10 and listen to some great holiday music because I love that you have live music
01:13 and piped in music for people to enjoy.
01:15 Absolutely. It's all the Christmas favorites and classics recorded
01:18 and then we also have a lot of entertainers that come through.
01:20 The acts change nightly of all types of different entertainment.
01:24 And then you, of course, given someone in Arizona who's never seen ice before
01:30 a dream come true of skating on it.
01:32 That's right. Yeah, it's a very unique opportunity, certainly under the desert sky here in December
01:37 to be able to ice skate. Definitely probably the most popular attraction we have.
01:41 People love to ice skate.
01:43 Okay, how long does it take you from, again, I mean, starting it to finishing it?
01:47 Well, the design started 16 months ago for this particular story
01:51 and between design and then the construction off-site and then the shipping
01:55 and then it's taken about five weeks now to build it on-site here.
01:58 So 16 months from conception to delivering the event.
02:02 Wow, and what's really great is that if you were here last year, it's different.
02:06 It is a different story. So every story in all the different cities changes every year.
02:11 So it gives folks a reason to want to come back each year and see what's new.
02:14 Well, tonight was a special night and that was honoring our military veterans and their families.
02:20 It was. We were happy to be able to host some members of the military and honor them.
02:25 And we have military discount every night.
02:27 Military veterans get a discount on tickets every night, but this was a special night to honor them as well.
02:32 Yeah, what's really nice, you're saying every night because now it's where you want everybody
02:36 getting that Christmas feeling as we get closer to the holidays.
02:39 So what's happening now?
02:41 Well, now we're daily, every single day.
02:44 Open approximately 4.30 or 5.30. Stay open until about 10.30, 11.30, all the way through New Year's Eve.
02:49 So plenty of time for people to come out as they get to Christmas week.
02:53 And they've got family and friends from out of town. A great place to come and spend some time together.
02:58 Yeah, and do some Christmas shopping too for those like me who forget.
03:02 Absolutely. We have the Christmas Village throughout the concourse with vendors of all types.
03:07 Food, beverage, gifts. So it is a great place to do some last minute Christmas shopping as well.
03:11 Yeah, and then you actually made a call to North Pole.
03:13 You said, hey, can you stop by a couple of times here and there?
03:17 And that is the famous guy himself, right?
03:19 Absolutely. Santa Claus is here as well as Mrs. Claus.
03:22 So Santa's here for photos and meeting and Mrs. Claus does a story time for the kids.
03:27 There's a kids activity area. So yeah, we're very happy to have them here as well.
03:30 Okay. I know you kind of mentioned before, but how long does it take to get through everything maybe?
03:34 People spend an hour and a half to two hours. By the time they go through the maze, they do some ice skating.
03:39 There's a dance floor also here on the field. Walking around, doing all the kids activities, eating, drinking.
03:45 So I would say a couple hours is probably a good number.
03:47 This is nice. Okay. Can you give me a little secret about next year yet or no? Is that under wraps?
03:52 You know, Santa has not told me about next year yet.
03:55 So no, I'm afraid I'm not in the know yet, but I'm looking forward to it already.
03:59 Yeah. And again, we said tonight was a special night.
04:02 We saw the color guard out there presenting, of course, flags and again, welcoming our military families there.
04:08 And that's what this is about. This is about community, isn't it?
04:11 It really is. It's about family, friends, state night.
04:15 It's small kids, some of their earliest Christmas memories, military, seniors.
04:19 I mean, you name it. This is an event for everyone.
04:22 Okay. Let's remind people of the dates again of when they can come out and see it.
04:27 It's every night, approximately 4.30, 5.30. You go to our website for tickets.
04:32 It will give you the times, but around 4.30, 5.30 to start and then goes till 10.30, 11.30 at night.
04:36 Until what day? Until December 31st.
04:39 Okay. You got to get those tickets fast and come out and check and see it.
04:42 So, all right. Let's go take a look around. Okay. Thank you.
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04:54 [Silence]