Bush, Wayne Newton, Penn & Teller, Agassi, Graf, Dion, Clint Holmes, Chippendales, Blue Man Group, David Copperfield, Mac Davis, Louie Anderson, members of “Jersey Boys,” and Human Nature.ġ2: Daryl Borges, director of the Opportunity Village music program and its O.V. by HGTV.ġ3: Celebrity visitors and supporters over the years: George W. 25 and I happen know 25 cool things about the park (with some assistance from my friends at Preferred Public Relations), we’ll deal a list of 25 Cool Things about The Magical Forest on its 25 th birthday:Ģ5: The first sidewalks at the Magical Forest were installed in 1999, seven years after the attraction opened.Ģ4: The first Magical Forest was decorated by students from Bonanza High School.Ģ3: Santa is flown to the tree-lighting ceremony in a helicopter furnished by Papillion helicopters.Ģ2: Celine Dion, and Andre Agassi and Stefani Graf, are among the Las Vegas luminaries who tour the Forest with their families each year.Ģ1: The Goodmans – Mayor Carolyn and ex-mayor Oscar – host the official tree-lighting ceremony on Friday.Ģ0: More than 400 engineers have navigated the Forest Express choo-choo since the Forest opened.ġ9: Visitors have consumed nearly 40,000 funnel cakes over the years.ġ8: Between 75-100 volunteers are needed to staff the Magical Forest during the holiday season.ġ7: In 2015, more than 7,000 volunteers turned out to run the Forest during its hours of operation.ġ6: Snow – real snow – has dusted the Magical Forest four times since 1992, most recently in 2013.ġ5: Ninety-five percent of the decorations donated to the Forest have been made by Las Vegas-area businesses and residents.ġ4: The attraction has been featured on Discovery channel and NTV Japan, and has been named one of the top holiday destinations in the U.S. Given that the Magical Forest is marking No. 3 in Downtown Las Vegas, raise funding and awareness for the organization. Such holiday traditions as the Magical Forest and accompanying Great Santa Run, set for Dec. provides vocational training and community employment for those with disabilities. To remind, or maybe initiate, Opportunity Village is a grassroots Las Vegas nonprofit organization that serves adults and children who have intellectual disabilities. Adults who want the whole shebang, general admission with rides included, pay $21.99 kids pay $18.99 (for information, hit the Magical Forest website). The cost is $11.99 for adults 13 and older kids 12 and under are $9.99 (ride tickets sold separately). The park is in operation nightly at 5:3o (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas). Located on the O.V.’s West Oakey Campus at 6300 West Oakey Blvd., the Magical Forest again opened for the holidays Friday night.

Also on the grounds is nightly entertainment, and a lotta eggnog, cider and frosted noshes. The wondrous holiday attraction features the Holiday Express party train and hundreds of decorated trees and rides (including the Enchanted Carousel, which is actually, verifiably enchanted). The Opportunity Village Magical Forest turns 25 this year. The holiday attraction opened Friday night and is in operation through New Year's Day. A look at the Opportunity Village Magical Forest train station.

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