Took my family to see the Boston lights show at the zoo and one of my family members is handicap there was zero availability for handicap parking and the police were blocking a good like 5 spaces being parked in that area to direct traffic so that sucked but in retrospect it was labor day weekend on Sunday night in Boston so I should have known better and probably arrived earlier to secure parking... To anyone not handicap expect a walk on a busy day/evening here . Anyways I didn't purchase tickets In advance so we had to buy them at the door and even then we were only in line for less than 5 minutes in fact the people who prepaid waited in a massive line and waited probably 15 minutes to get in. So yeah maybe sometimes not pre ordering is helpful?? Anyways the light show was AMAZING I was blown away by the amount of lights and exhibits and the length of the walk thats is pretty much non stop beautiful intracit incredible talent for those who planned, set up and executed the show and also to those who maintain it as EVERY SINGLE LIGHT WORKED EVERY EXHIBIT WORKED and they had a ton of interactive sections for adults and kids of younger ages. I think they did an excellent job of making the show appealing to someone of any age any personality type ECT. It's an affordable option for a truly appealing to everyone "something for everyone" family outing. I mean my 14 year old didn't roll her eyes once and was truly impressed which is a miracle if you have ever had or known a 14 year old girl.... lol... My 8 year old was equally impressed. I can't wait to go back next year and see the new theme. I'm not sure what the official theme is called this year but there was lots of dragons and Egypt themed stuff of course a huge variety of animals themed stuff. Also I went at 745pm and like I said took me 5 minutes to get thru the line buy my tickets and be inside but when we were leaving at like 858pm when they sell last tickets at 9pm the line was out to the road in all sections prepaid/buying at door and it was getting "over crowded" so I think 745 is a perfect time to go right now Bec it's dark enough for you to be able to truly enjoy the lights but not crazy busy. But again I went Sunday of Labor Day weekend so maybe my experience is gonna be totally different than yours. Love Franklin Park zoo during the day and now I know to love it at night as well. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!