Parking Lot Lighting - Orangery than normal.

[The Visionary Soul]

I was walking back to my car in the MK parking lot last night and noticed that all of the lighting in that lot has been updated including all new light poles and power infrastructure. That likely explains the color temperature difference the OP is seeing.

The new poles are not active yet except for a select few on the far side near Floridian Way. And they are white LED and much shorter. I don't believe any new sodium lights have been installed recently. The OP is probably becoming aware of how ridiculously bright that parking lot is compared to all the other lights that have already been replaced around the resort, but that's just because everything else changed, not the MK lot. Not yet anyway.

 

[fngoofy]

The new poles are not active yet except for a select few on the far side near Floridian Way. And they are white LED and much shorter. I don't believe any new sodium lights have been installed recently. The OP is probably becoming aware of how ridiculously bright that parking lot is compared to all the other lights that have already been replaced around the resort, but that's just because everything else changed, not the MK lot. Not yet anyway.

Agreed, ridiculously over bright in the MK parking lot. When we were there a few weeks ago we thought "why can they tone those down, make the light poles lower, something." Just so darn bright.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Everything you need to know. And the host is a major WDW fan and former CM.

Came back in here to post these! This guy's channel is great for technology nerds. I've always disliked bright white/cool white intense LED streetlights but couldn't put it into words as to why, but these videos explain it perfectly.

In layman's terms, traditional sodium streetlights do not illuminate as much as LED streetlights but create a wider spectrum of color for your eyes to interpret, adding greater contrast to what you see. They also give off a more natural looking light and softer shadows.

LED streetlights illuminate more but make what you see more of a dull wash with less contrast, in addition to their light looking unnatural and casting harsh shadows.

 

[The Visionary Soul]

Came back in here to post these! This guy's channel is great for technology nerds. I've always disliked bright white/cool white intense LED streetlights but couldn't put it into words as to why, but these videos explain it perfectly.

In layman's terms, traditional sodium streetlights do not illuminate as much as LED streetlights but create a wider spectrum of color for your eyes to interpret, adding greater contrast to what you see. They also give off a more natural looking light and softer shadows.

LED streetlights illuminate more but make what you see more of a dull wash with less contrast, in addition to their light looking unnatural and casting harsh shadows.

Eh, that isn't the fault of the LED technology. It's just the color temp of the LEDs they are using, and most likely the lack of diffusers. The bigger problem with LEDs is that they are indeed much brighter, and that means you need less of them. Unfortunately, most cities don't have the budgets to install new posts in different places. For example, if the old lights needed a post every 10 feet, LEDs only need a post every 15 feet, but big cities aren't going to re-do all the posts. So that over-lights everything.