Glow Hartford — Local services in Hartford

Overall, I was pretty disappointed. There were a few displays set up with large lit structures. Mostly it was open space. The lit tunnel you walk into at the start is the most impressive. Definitely more geared towards kids and they'd probably find it more impressive.

It would have at least felt a bit better if it was outdoors. Being inside really ruined the atmosphere. It felt like you were in a sparsely decorated high ceilinged warehouse. I was hoping for more enclosed areas with lights, smaller displays. Or even if they had stuff hanging from the whole ceiling to at least sell the illusion.

If it was a $0-5 event the price would have been more appropriate. For $20 a person.. No thanks.

Long story short (too late), if you have young kids they might get a kick out of the place. For adults.....

The show is excellent, Not overly crowded and spectacular arrays of lighted displays. I was actually impressed with the creativity of each display of lights. You can walk through at your leisure and no rush to leave. There are vendors selling clothes, soaps, jewelry, Christmas ornaments. There are mixed drinks available for purchase for the adults and drinks for kids too. There’s a vendor inside selling delicious pizza slices too. The ability to be inside and walk through an exquisite display of lights is incredibly appealing. The parking garage is attached to the Civic Center and is very convenient. And it’s easily accessible from...

Ample place for folks to roam around and we'll laid out light figurines and structures to depict locales like UK, China India Mexico Paris etc. small train ride with tires on one corner of the event space... Commercial tuck shops to buy glass ornaments balloons etc.. cafe was open .. and also a place to get a drink in a fancy cup resembling a lit up bulb. On one end of the evalent space there was a convincing looking Santa and a Grinch right before you exit. There was also Cinderella but we may have missed other characters. Outside had a self help coat check for...