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Stone Mountain Laser Show

March 23rd, 2011

Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Bet you cannot understand it. 🙂

It’s true to its name, a mountain of stone. Not mountain of earth/land.

Some dubbed Stone Mountain as “the largest exposed piece of granite in the world”.

Stone Mountain is one of those ‘must-visit’ attractions in Atlanta, Georgia.

The main attraction other than Stone Mountain being a huge stone, is the Memorial Carving on it, that depicts three Confederate heroes of the Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and Lt. General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, which was completed on March 3, 1972. (It took over 50 years to carve it, although in between the project has been abandoned for years).

There are many attractions and activities for the entire family.
You might need a whole day to enjoy everything, bearing good weather.

Some of the attractions in Stone Mountain Park:

  • Sky Hikeâ„¢ is one of the country’s largest family adventure courses — a quarter-mile of suspended bridges, ropes and climbing nets.
  • Travel to the top of the mountain on the Summit Skyride and experience the most unique view of Atlanta – however, this depends very much on weather, as service to the mountain top will stop if it rains. So check the weather forecast first!
  • Ride the Scenic Railroad on a lively five mile trip around the mountain.
  • Challenge your family on the 18-hole Mini-Golf course
  • Get active with your kids at The Great Barn®.
  • Experience a movie like you never have before at Georgia’s first 4D Theater.
  • See the sights by land and water during the Ride the Ducksâ„¢ tour.

Ride The Ducks is my personal favourite. The Duck vehicles are 1940’s era Army DUKWs, converted into comfortable open-air vehicles for your viewing and listening pleasure. They are amphibian vehicles, able to move on land and on water.

Each duck has a captain, making sure your trip is an enjoyable one with information about the Stone Mountain and the surroundings.
Make sure you tip them if you enjoyed the trip!

Given the number of attractions available one might have trouble planning how to cover all of them.

It’s not easy, so you have the choice to camp in the park, and take your own sweet time to visit all the attractions.

For a single day visit, visitors have choices of the Family Value Pass, One-Day Adventure Pass, or to purchase Individual Attraction Tickets.

Probably not known to many, you can also get discount tickets to Stone Mountain Park.

One of them is from Kroger.

If you’re a fan of baseball, you can even get tickets to Atlanta Braves games with the Atlanta Braves Triple Play Combo Package, with the third choice of admission to Six Flags Over Georgia/Georgia Aquarium/World of Coca-Cola.

Starting Spring every year, Stone Mountain runs the Lasershow Spectacularâ„¢.
Seen by more than 20 million people for more than 26 years, the Lasershow Spectacular is a not-to-be-missed Atlanta tradition, so make sure you get there early to get a nice seat on the greens because you can be sure it’s packed!

The Lasershow Spectacular, Stone Mountain’s most popular draw is now improved, by being enhanced with digital, multidimensional projection that adds 3-D-like effects without the glasses.

For more information, spend time and plan your trip with Stone Mountain Park’s website.

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