Lights on the Neuse — Attraction in Clayton

Took my 2 year old and 4 year old, The lights were ok for the first 2 min. the the execution was terrible. As others stated the lights cut off way too quick We were in the front and could barley show the children any more than one decoration before they turned off. We bought the Santa picture package which was an additional $5, this is what really ticked me off. they give you a ticket take your pic (mediocre photography at best) then tell you you can get them next day. Well you have to pay additional fees, you cant even save a digitial print to your computer. so what the heck did we pay the extra $5 for???? So the total night was about $50 for 4 people, including refreshments and candy. I did not realize it was an elaborate set up to pay the farm workers wages and fill gas tanks. I will NEVER recommend or return. I have 4 children 1 on the way. Last year we drove to Benson to Medow lights. spent about $20 extra bucks in gas. BUT SO WORTH THE DRIVE. comparatively speaking my experience in clayton was like an overpriced nightmare. Even my kids got board with the lack of activity on the hayride!!! Lucky the Santa photo charge happened the next day because I would have blown a gasket...

My family and I visited Lights on the Neuse in Dec 2013, and I must say that this experience was not even CLOSE to how exciting they made it seem in the advertisements on tv and online!! My family and I think that it was a waste of time. The 3D house was cheezy and as far as the lights, I could've rode in my car through a neighborhood and saw better lights than these, and wouldn't have to pay $10 bucks for it!! I was very disappointed!! And they call that a candy store?? They didn't have a lot of variety of candy at all. And I could not believe I paid $5 for a photo that I didn't even get. The man gave me a card with a code on it and said I had to go online to retrieve my photo. At least Meadow Lights give you the photo right on the spot and you don't have to go through the inconvenience of going online and getting it yourself. I know where I'll be going from now on, and it definitely won't be Lights on the Neuse! I don't mean to bash this place like this, but I think it needs major...

Our family comes here every year. Staff is very friendly and you get exactly what you pay for (reasonably priced). This year we bought 8pm tickets and were excited for the tractor ride and to have smores after, only, after riding the tractor we found out the fire for smores was turned off (we were finished around 8:45pm). That was a huge bummer to our daughter who chooses to come here every year - 90 percent of that reason being the smores.

Suggestion the future is to let guests know on your website and post this somewhere at the farm. We would have chosen to come earlier. It’s an hour drive for us. Knowing this would have been helpful. There were others that asked to buy a s’mores kit after the ride which tells me,...