Six Flags Is Making It A Green Christmas In Their Discovery Kingdom

Dec. 21, 2009 - PRLog -- Six Flags, the premier destination for thrilling family fun, continues to expand its use of environmentally friendly LED products for its ‘Holiday in the Park’ celebrations nationwide. This year, the world's largest regional theme park company has teamed up with , Christmas Lights Etc., a leader in energy efficient Christmas lighting. The company has added two additional giant LED Christmas trees and replaced thousands of incandescent Christmas lights with energy efficient LED Christmas Lights.

This season, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom joins Six Flags The Great Escape and Six Flags Fiesta Texas in displaying Giant Everest Commercial Christmas trees lit with energy efficient LEDs. The giant 60-foot tall Christmas tree adorned with nearly 8000 dazzling LED Christmas lights is located in the plaza center and on display now through January 3rd during Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s ‘Holiday in the Park’ celebration. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom invites park guests to enjoy the majestic Christmas tree lighting ceremony each night kicking off a festive parade lead by Santa and his reindeer.

In 2008, Six Flags joined a cast of, hotels, casinos, municipalities, schools and office buildings across the nation which began transitioning from operating traditional incandescent lights to Christmas Lights Etc. LED Christmas lights and giant LED Christmas trees.    By choosing LED products, Six Flags is reducing its overall impact on the environment with greener, more sustainable holiday lighting solutions.

A recent Consumer Reports article compared incandescent versus LED Christmas lights. Energy efficient LED Christmas lights were the clear choice. With regard to energy use and cost, each string of LED lights used 1 to 3 kilowatt hours of energy, compared with 12 to 105 kWh for the incandescent, saving $1 to $11 per string. As for durability, LED bulbs were still working even after more than 4,000 hours, while the incandescent lights had one or more bulbs burn out before 2,000 hours. A longer lifespan for LED bulbs translates into an overall reduction in manufacturing and waste, as LED strings do not need to be replaced as often.

Six Flags’ choice to replace incandescent lights with Energy efficient LED Christmas lights from Christmas Lights Etc. is expected to reduce the energy consumption of their giant tree and lights by up to 80%.

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Christmas Lights, Etc. http://www.christmaslightsetc.com is a three time INC. 5000 company and leading online retailer of Artificial Christmas Trees, Lights and Décor; an ENERGY STAR partner and supplier of commercial Christmas lights and giant Christmas trees to organizations like The Walt Disney Company, Sea World, Old Navy, the University of Alabama and many others. The company’s products have been featured by the CBS Early Morning Show, Smart Money magazine, Wall Street Journal, and HGTV to name a few.