There are still some finishing touches to be added, including a fountain and illuminations.
Head of Merlin Entertainments Blackpool, Iain Hawkins, said extending the Illuminations "can only be a good thing".
An historic fort in Kent is to be bathed in light when feature illuminations are switched on.
From 5 pm, the gardens are embellished with and theatre performances, food and drink stalls, special illuminations and even mythical creatures.
Blackpool Illuminations will be lit for an extra week in 2013 to extend the resort's tourist season, the town's council has announced.
Medieval woodcuts and illuminations featuring musicians become the object of intense speculation.
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Three of Team GB's Olympic medallists are to turn on Blackpool Illuminations.
He said visitor figures in 2012 had shown that the Illuminations were "the single most important reason for visiting Blackpool during the autumn period spanning September to December".
One described Blackpool's annual winter illuminations as "simply breathtaking".
Seaside historian Kathryn Ferry said the Illuminations' success needed to be understood by looking at the time in which they were created, when ordinary working people headed to the seaside in their thousands.
The Big One ride will be closed until the investigation has been completed but the Pleasure Beach will be open as usual on Friday for visitors wanting to see the famous illuminations switched on by boy band Westlife.
Kodai-ji is a historic Zen temple located in the scenic Higashiyama area and was one of the first temples to kick off after-dark illuminations (when the gardens are lit by multicoloured spotlights), allowing cherry blossom viewing to continue well into the night.
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