It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Houston. Holiday decorations, stores full of the hottest and coolest toys, and shopping centers sport full parking lots every weekend.
Christmas season is also one of the busiest for us, being the top limo service in Houston. We are busy day in and day out with transportation solutions for company parties, holiday charity balls, marathons, and other holiday-themed events.
One of the most common types of excursions we get booked for is our party bus to take a tour of Christmas lights for families and large groups. Houston has no shortage of fantastic, over-the-top Christmas light displays and what better way to experience the joy of the season than traveling in style with the best limo service in Houston?
Our party bus comes equipped with awesome sound systems playing your favorite Christmas tunes, nightclub-inspired LED lighting and plenty of room for sipping hot chocolate!
But booking our party bus is just the first step in a fun-filled night of Christmas light touring. You do need to know where you’re going right? Luckily we have been doing this for a long time and we have the inside scoop for you on the best Christmas lights in Houston for 2018. Just take a look at this list and no matter what part of the Houston area you are in—there is a brilliant light display near you.
Excelsior Transportation’s Hot Picks For Christmas Lights In Houston
BEST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ROAD TRIPS
Moody Garden Festival of Lights —Moody Gardens in Galveston is one of the most popular traditions for families coming from all over Texas and neighboring states. The magnificent pyramids light up at night in brilliant holiday colors and the amount of activities you get access to for one Evening Pass is a real Christmas treat! You get access to Ice Land: Pole to Pole, Outdoor Ice Skating, Festival of Lights, IMAX attractions and more! Excelsior can take your family or group down there in comfort and style, you can have fun and play all day and night, and relax on the ride home.
Magical Winter Lights — La Marque, TX might not jump out at you as a holiday lights travel destination but sleep on this event and you’ll wish you checked it out. Magical Winter Lights or MWL for short is a massive 20 acres of holiday lights and decorations with a multi-cultural theme that includes hundreds of extravagant lantern light displays. Also included with your admission is a beautiful Christmas Village, lantern renditions of world landmarks, the Houston skyline, and even the Dino Fun Zone! (dinosaurs like Christmas too!) So pack up the kids, grandparents and the rest of your family and book the best limo service in Houston for your party bus excursion to La Marque for this unique holiday experience—you’ll be glad you did.
BEST LOCAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
River Oaks — When you travel through this extravagant neighborhood, you are greeted by beautiful mansions with huge oak trees adorned with brilliant and festive Christmas lights. The lights are very traditional and saturated with so many lights, that the neighborhood is visible for miles after dark. We can’t imagine their electric bill, but it sure does make for a picturesque holiday picture. When you book our party bus, we’ll also make sure to pass the jaw-dropping display at the corner house on Mockingbird and Del Monte. River Oaks goes all out and they have earned the reputation as the best Christmas lights in Houston for quite some time.
Woodland Heights — In this part of the famous Heights district, you will find the highest density of Christmas lights of any neighborhood in Houston. You’ll be hard pressed to find a single house that doesn’t have a display; so it makes it a perfect spot to include on your Christmas lights party bus tour.
Spring Shadows — Just north of I-10 off Gessner blvd near Memorial City Mall, is a magical experience for children and the child in all of us. Since there is only one entrance in and one exit out of this neighborhood; it is drive-thru only—all the more reason to ride our party bus through this exhibit as the lines can get long. By far, one of the most popular displays in Houston so make sure to bring hot chocolate and cookies with you on the bus.
Prestonwood Forest — Prestonwood Forest is considered the “best in the west” when it comes to neighbor participation in elaborate Christmas light displays. Ongoing since the 1970s, the 40th annual Nite of Lites will be lighting up the neighborhood every night from December 8 – December 30 from dusk till 10 pm on weekdays and 11 pm on weekends. Not sure how people get to sleep there at night as bright as it is; but it sure is an amazing site to see since all the home compete vigorously for awards every year. You’ll find the display off Tomball Parkway and you can check out the visitor’s map for detailed information. Of course, we know the way there and the shortcuts to mitigate time spent in traffic, but what is traffic when you’re in the winter wonderland of an Excelsior Party Bus right?
Johnson’s Christmas Corner (Cypress) — If you want to talk about a Christmas Vacation level of excess in Christmas lights; then you need to head over to the Johnson Family house in Cypress. Located at 14811 Cypress Meadow Drive; this display combines over 70,000 lights all synchronized to music, bubble machines, and snow machines as well. As if that wasn’t Griswold enough for you—the show changes themes every night! Themes include fun things like: “Movie Night” with iconic movie themes, “Trans-Siberian Orchestra Night” (our favorite), and “Rock & Roll Christmas.” This family obviously is all about Christmas and even Santa is available on some nights to take pics with the kids. Check out their Facebook page, Johnson’s Christmas Corner for more info.
Dodd Family Holidays (The Woodlands) — Chris Dodd of The Woodlands isn’t shy about his family’s love for the Christmas season. Their Christmas light display, ongoing since 2001 is quite the visual testament to that love. Chris spends almost a month getting his display set up and synchronized just right. This amazing light show does not pull any punches—at over two hours long and a playlist of nearly fifty songs, it is by far one of the longest single home light displays in Texas. On most nights you can catch Chris outside chatting with visitors and answering questions about his labor of love. You can check out the Dodd family Facebook page for more info, pics, and videos. Music is even simulcast on 95.1 FM and we can turn it up in the party bus and really get the holidays rockin.
Any We Missed? No Problem Just Call And Book Your Favorite!
Let’s be honest, the Houston metro area is huge and naturally, we can’t list every awesome Christmas light display on one blog post. If you feel there are some we are missing, no problem! Just let us know your favorite holiday spots and we can book a party bus customized to your own Christmas lights destinations. Contact us today for a quote before we book up for the holiday season!
