The Magical Forest

I love The Magical Forest and have been here for Christmas and some volunteering with one of my old jobs. My husband and I had our first Christmas date here and the tradition has held strong these past years. I was looking for something Halloween related for date night and remembered that during this time of the year, Christmas is out and HallOVeen is in at The Magical Forest.Walking up, you pass through security and a metal detector. Not a big deal but also sad that they have to do that. We didn't buy tickets online, we purchased them at the ticket booth. It's a coupe dollars difference but I don't know where the fees go and I'd like to make sure Opportunity Village gets all the money it can. Obv, if you're going on a busy day, the online tickets are a good grab. Since this was my first Halloween here, I was delighted by all the displays and how they "spookified" all the Christmas sets. I love meandering and looking at all the baubles and décor. The displays are great quality and fun to look at. I especially love the moving ones.I love the volunteers here as well. Everyone is so friendly and happy, even the teenagers who have to wrangle in adults who don't like to listen. The best people are always the guys at the train station. I could put them all in my pocket. This is a fantastic place to take your kids but it's also a great date night!

Like I gotta make a Yelp about this because it was really sad to see such a crowded event, but still selling tickets to get in! I went on a Sunday at 6 PMCons***Like the con is all these different social media pages posting out videos, you know Halloween trick-or-treating and you know the magical forest and making it look really awesome. ***They had my vote because of the media however it was so overcrowded and people literally climbing over other people and so many kids running around that it was kind of scary to think if you lost your kid that would be it for you or to some natural disaster emergency happen I seriously don't see people being safe for as much people contained in a small space.***VERY CROWDED *** Parking is very crowded as well, but luckily it's very big so get early there and you might get a better spot.*** You had maybe four rides the train the slides some Spinny tea cup looking things and the carousel; each line had over 50 people. I would imagine it.***Trick-or-treat handout spots had really crappy candy we ate talking about Tootsie Rolls, but like small versions and only one little candy for each child and it was mostly 3 booths. It wasn't Doors. I tried to look for those doors like I seen on social media and that's kind of why I went to give my son that experience because I don't have him on Halloween night.*** my son really wanted to ride that train so we did that and I mean we waited in line maybe for 10/15 minutes I would say the train was 5 minutes long. But my kid did tell me I don't wanna ride any of the rides too long lines so we just did the train. Got three pieces of tootsie rolls, played a game and went home.Pros The lights were my favorite part I think, but like I said it was so crowded. You couldn't enjoy yourself, especially touring the graveyard. It was really pushy pushy feeling there was no time to stop and look because people were kind of just huddled together and pushing you forward, and if you stopped and looked, you know people in back of you would get kinda annoyed.Or we had the couple in front of us that were absolutely so slow, but we couldn't get out of the way because next to them was another family of five with strollers and kids so it felt like you're also claustrophobic stuck in this sea of people. The only thing that wasn't long was the food court and water was like I think $3/$4 so that's pretty kind.All in all two stars because I got some great pictures and my kid got to ride a five minute train and he had a good time wearing his costume.Will I go again next year no it's a gimmick. In my opinion. I mean the proceeds might have a really good cause and what they stand , but I am not into price gouging and I don't know why it's $24 or even $17 on Groupon. Last year I went by the Trivoli market over in Summerlin. I know they had a pumpkin patch last year that was free and it had rides and jumpy houses and I think it was like 20 bucks for ride tickets feel like that's way worth more fun Because the lines weren't that crazy and they didn't charge ahead for everybody to get in it was free.I feel really like they should have a sold out date if they sell so many tickets so that the rides aren't extremely long for the kids, and safer. I know that they do that with Gilcrease pumpkin patch they put a sold out sign on a day I want it to go and I thought that's so wrong but I understand now that not,it's not wrong at all. They should have a cap limit because of places like this because in all reality, I feel like this place makes a lot of money and I don't feel like it's worth it at all and they're just making money off of familiesPictures are of the crazy crowds but like I said, if my son, smiling, it was worth it in the end, but not doing it next year learned my lesson

Looking at Halloween activities for the month of October, Halloveen at the Magical Forest is one of the topic rated experiences in Las Vegas for Halloween! Opportunity Village hosts an amazing event! We ended up purchasing some tickets on Groupon and went to the Magical Forest HalloVeen on the opening weekend, October 5.Current 2024 Dates are the followingOctober 4-6, 11-13, and 18-31Sunday - Thursday: 5:30 P.M - 9:00 P.MFriday & Saturday: 5:30 P.M - 9:30 P.MThe box office closes 30 minutes prior to the park closing.The event is outdoors.There are a lot of activities at Halloveen. We ended up spending the entire evening at the Magical Forest on Saturday from 6:00 - 9:30 P.M. The first thing that was always do is walk through the forest. This year, there wasn't any trick-o-treat stops along the way. All of the trick or treat stations were near the midway carnival games and rides.The Magical forest was beautiful. There were so many lights and decorations. All of the trees were decorated and there was plenty of jack-o-lanterns! There was even a mini-show performed by the bubble fairy! It was pretty cool!After exploring the Magical Forest, we ended up going on the train experience. The wait was less than 15 minutes. There are typically 2 riders per each row. The train rides takes you throughout the magical forest in a loop. It's a lot of fun!Afterwards, we ended up going to the trick-or-treat stations. Luckily, we had a map of all of the stations at Halloveen village. We didn't see any haunted houses like the prior years. It looks like the haunted houses were converted to a open food court called the Camelot Hall. There was plenty of food selections and treats inside! The 8-hole mini golf is always a must every time we visit. Unfortunately, while we were playing, a kid didn't wait for us to finish at the hole, and ended up hitting me in the leg with the golf ball. It hurt lol.. After that, we ended up stopping and went to the carousel ride instead. The wait was relatively long, about 20 minutes.Afterwards, we picked up some cotton candy, preceded to finish up some of the rides, and then went shopping at the gift store on our way out! The gift store had a lot of Halloween decorations like signs for your yard, some costume add-ons, pumpkin decorating kits, and so much more! My family and I try to make this a yearly event! We always have a amazing time!

Had a good time at magical Forest. Spent New Year's Eve here. It was decorated in Christmas theme. Most of the staff were really nice. We all loved the Christmas decorations throughout and it was just some good ole wholesome family fun... It was brought to my attention by a family member who volunteers at opportunity village, that the profits and proceeds go towards various programs for special needs individuals, which I think is utterly amazing. So for that reason alone, I look forward to my next visit and showing my support. But I also look forward to visiting them next year in October when they decorate for Halloween.

Great, safe and fun night out to celebrate the Christmas season benefiting a good cause. Can't find anywhere in Las Vegas that does a better job of providing a safe and colorful event. Groupon helps defray the admission pictures with Santa were $15 with a print but they also let you take your own photo with your camera friendly staff. Only downside is the food. Don't come on an emptyStomach. It's nice that the prices are a tad high - the food at the place below was terrible. Cold hotdog, cold kinda stale buns and COLD Mac and cheese. The cocoa was hot - straight from the dispenser. Line are long at times (but heck not like DisneyLand!!). Be patient, enjoy the lights and decorations, eat a good dinner before you come and get immersed.

I truly think Magical Forest is the most magical Christmas activity you can find in Vegas. It has that childish charm, that "hope of a Christmas miracle" feel. And it's always for a good cause. We always get our tickets ahead of time through Groupon. This time we only went after Christmas, but it was just as amazing. Pretty busy as well. Surprisingly. Make it a staple Christmas activity. It's truly magical!

Been wanting to go back here because the first experience we had was not a good one. We saw the play and then took pics with Santa and then it started to rain hard and decided to leave. So technically we didn't even get to see anything. So happy we finally got a second chance this year and it was super cute. There's so many photo opps and they even had a train. It was a very short ride but still enjoyed it very much. I loved seeing all the decorated trees from different companies and it was just super cute and simple here. I loved it here and would definitely recommend everyone to check it out if you've never been. Oh and everyone was super nice here, it was was really awesome.

First time going to the magic forest, and I was told there open on Halloween week. I sure will be here again next year! Volunteers were so nice and resourceful with all the rides. What an great night out!

Great way to enjoy a little family fun and support a great organization. Very well done Christmas light displays, a number of rides for the kids (old and young) and lots of food selections including fried Twinkies and Oreos. Lots of volunteers make the event happen each year. Good go, will do it again next year.

This is truly magical and it's a great stop during the holidays for the kiddos and family time .