New Year’s 2025 Ferris Wheel Lighting at Santa Monica Pier

Published on December 22, 2024

Enjoy New Year’s 2025 Ferris wheel lighting at the Santa Monica Pier! The Pacific Wheel will be lit with a multi-colored ‘Happy New Year’ from Tuesday, December 31 to Wednesday, January 1 in recognition of the New Year.

To celebrate the New Year 2025, Pacific Park on the Pier will display “Happy New Year!” in 16 different languages and in multiple colors on the Pacific Wheel.

New Year’s 2025 Ferris Wheel Lighting

Our special New Year’s light program will run from the evening of Tuesday, December 31 right through Wednesday, January 1. The Ferris wheel lights can be seen from dusk until 11:35 p.m. each evening.

If you can’t make it in person, enjoy watching the light program online at www.pacpark.com/live.

Spend New Year’s 2025 Riding the Ferris Wheel

While you’re watching the lights, how about riding the iconic Pacific Wheel itself? The Ferris wheel is a great way to see the dazzling sights of Santa Monica.

Of course, there’s also the West Coaster, the Pacific Plunge, Shark Frenzy, and dozens more rides and games to enjoy. Pacific Park is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Hungry? Grab a bite at Snackville, where we’re serving special holiday-themed treats and drinks for a limited time.

 

WHAT:
Special Lighting of the Pacific Wheel for New Years 2025

WHEN:
Tuesday, December 31 to Wednesday, January 1
dusk (around 5 PM) to midnight

WHERE:
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier

 

Pacific Park regularly programs the Ferris wheel to display seasonal programing and themed light designs for holidays and special occasions. We installed the Pacific Wheel’s state-of-the-art lighting package in 2016.It can display over 1.6 million different colors and animate patterns and icons in 24 frames per second.

Solar arrays inside Pacific Park power the energy-efficient LEDs on the face of the Ferris wheel. Pacific Park staff  curate and designe the light programs. Because each design is manually animated, some designs can take hours of programming. The aim is to provide fun, high-energy, and sometimes whimsical designs to entertain guests on the Santa Monica Pier and surrounding beaches

See the lights from home at www.pacpark.com/live.

 

 

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Feature image courtesy of @davidbinnickphotography