LightShowTimes.com publishes schedule-focused information about light shows, musical fountains, bridge illuminations, landmark lighting, projection displays, drone shows, fireworks, and other scheduled night attractions. This policy explains how editorial content and structured operating data are handled before and after publication.

Editorial Standards

Published pages should be useful to someone planning a real visit. Writing should be clear, specific to the attraction, and based on information that can be supported by reliable sources. Pages should not be padded with generic travel advice, repeated schedule details, exaggerated claims, or descriptions that cannot be verified.

Editorial text should explain stable context that helps a visitor understand the attraction, such as what the show includes, how separate programs differ, where the display takes place, or what changes between daytime and nighttime viewing.

Current operating details should not be repeated throughout an article when they are already displayed in the structured schedule area. Keeping these facts separate makes it easier to update a page without leaving an outdated time or price inside the editorial text.

Source Standards

First-party sources are preferred for operating information. These may include official venue websites, attraction operators, municipal or regional authorities, tourism boards, public agencies, and other organizations directly responsible for the attraction or its published schedule.

Secondary sources may be used when they provide reliable supporting information, clarify a detail not explained by the primary source, or preserve information that is temporarily difficult to access elsewhere. They should not replace a clear and current official schedule without a reason.

Verification Before Publication

Time-sensitive information should be checked against the source before it is presented as current. A typical verification may include the attraction name, venue, location, operating days, exact times, seasonal date ranges, duration, admission information, weather restrictions, and any separate programs that follow a different schedule.

Dates and times should be connected to the correct local time zone. A schedule should not be copied from another season, a different year, a special-event notice, or a separate program without making that distinction clear.

Last Checked and Last Verified

Pages may display two different freshness fields because checking a source and confirming the underlying data are related but not identical actions.

A review may find that nothing has changed. In that case, the check date can advance while the schedule remains the same. A verification date should not imply that a future show is guaranteed to operate.

Conflicting Information

When reliable sources disagree, the conflict should be examined before one version is published as current. Source authority, publication date, operating season, day of the week, holiday rules, and whether a source refers to a separate show or event are all relevant.

The most recently dated page is not automatically the most reliable one. An older official schedule may still apply, while a newer article may describe a temporary event. The aim is to identify which information applies to the attraction’s current operating program.

If a conflict cannot be resolved with enough confidence, the page should avoid presenting uncertain information as confirmed. A limited or qualified statement is preferable to an exact schedule that is not adequately supported.

Changes After Publication

Published information may be changed when a source updates its timetable, announces a closure, changes a seasonal operating period, revises admission information, or corrects an earlier statement.

Structured data should be updated without unnecessarily rewriting stable editorial material. This allows the current schedule to change while useful background information about the attraction remains intact.

Temporary Suspensions and Cancellations

Outdoor attractions can be affected by weather, wind, water conditions, maintenance, technical problems, private events, public events, or other operating decisions. A published recurring timetable represents the normal schedule, not a guarantee that every listed performance will take place.

Corrections

Errors should be corrected when identified. A correction may involve a schedule, date range, venue, location, operating status, price, source attribution, or descriptive detail.

Corrections should be based on the strongest available evidence rather than on preserving an earlier published value. If an earlier entry was based on a source that has since changed, the current source should guide the revision.

Maps, Street View, and Location Media

Maps and Street View are used as location aids. They are not considered evidence of show times, current operating status, or admission information.

Street View may be omitted when a suitable panorama is unavailable, points to the wrong place, or does not provide useful orientation. A map may also be removed when its location cannot be verified with enough confidence.

Independence

Light Show Times is an independent information site. Inclusion of an attraction does not mean that the venue, operator, tourism authority, or other organization has reviewed or approved the page unless that relationship is explicitly stated.

Editorial descriptions should not be influenced by advertising, commercial relationships, or the popularity of an attraction. Current schedule information should be presented according to the available evidence.

Scope of This Policy

This policy applies to schedule data, attraction descriptions, source selection, verification dates, location information, and corrections published on LightShowTimes.com. It is intended to keep operating information separate from stable editorial context and to make changing show schedules easier to review and maintain.