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A new after-hours event at Aquatica Orlando water park is designed to bring some light to the season. Illuminate features larger-than-life, lantern-inspired figures — primarily shaped as animals — that line the attraction’s pathway.

“Illuminate invites families to explore the park on foot, surrounded by glowing lanterns and shimmering realms full of light,” Bradley Gilmour, park president, said during a Wednesday evening preview.

Although a few of the lit-up displays are placed on the water’s surface, the park’s slides, wave pool and lazy rivers are not open during Illuminate. Visitors should leave swimsuits at home.

“We’ve done night events over the course of the wintertime here, like movies on the beach, and they really resonated with ou

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