Like hundreds of others, Pam and Jim Ladd of South Paris waited in traffic Saturday night to take in the Christmas light and sound show on Vista Drive in Auburn.

They weren’t disappointed.

“I love it. I just like how the music matches the music,” said their daughter, Brook Ladd, 15.

The family came last year and wanted to see it again. The show is even better, Pam said, praising the music and technology the homeowners built into the show blazing from a Vista Drive yard.

As the Ladds listened to one of the new songs, “Proud to be an American,” their eyes were glued to the red, white and blue stars and lights that flashed from the roof and all through the house and yard.

“To think, this family puts that much into it for the Christmas holiday, that’s neat,” Pam said.

In another vehicle, Jim and Jenn Martin of Lewiston were watching with sons Jason and Josh.

“It’s awesome,” Jim said. “We checked it out last year. He’s got a lot more lights and stars on the roof … It’s like coming to a holiday show.”

But not everyone was happy.

Auburn police received six calls from Vista Drive residents unhappy that they could not get in and out of their homes because of lines of cars. An officer controlled traffic on Park Avenue, but no one directed traffic on the drive.

Saturday was the second evening of the Auburn lights provided by Karen and Jamie Loggins. With help from his mother and their friends, the couple built the show from scratch, stringing hundreds of lights around objects and characters on their lawn, plus their porch, windows and, this year, their roof.

Music, choreographed to lights that flash in sequence, plays in cars from a radio transmitter on the Loggins property. The result is a Christmas light and sound show some say is the best in Maine – and maybe this side of Disney.

In addition to the “shooting” stars on the roof, new this year is a Charlie Brown manger scene. A Christmas tree made of lights is 10 feet taller this year, thanks to a new 30-foot flag pole the couple had installed.

And three new arches appear to dance as the lights turn on and off. The arches, inspired by the famous Las Vegas Bellagio hotel fountains, especially come to life when the instrumental piece “Santorini,” plays.

The favorites from last year are back: the dazzling arches over the driveway, Snoopy’s on his doghouse, the Grinch, plus more lights on the house and yard.

A line of vehicles waiting to see the show was backed up on Park Avenue on Saturday night. Auburn police had traffic enforcement allowing only so many cars at a time onto Vista Drive and not letting any make left-hand turns from Park Avenue onto Vista Drive; motorists had to drive past Vista, turn around in the Park Avenue Elementary School parking lot, then go back so they’d turn right onto Vista, or come in from the Lake Street end of Park.

Several attendees said they waited 20 minutes or more to see the show. Those interviewed said the wait was worth it.

“Wow, this is great!” said Jeff Bragg of Sabattus, who brought his 71-year-old mother, Joyce Bragg. “Wonderful!” she said with a big smile on her face.

Sheila Curley of Auburn, Laurie Paradis of New Gloucester and Patricia Griffin of Auburn all rode together with Curley’s daughter, Sarah, 16. They came last year, and were drawn back this year because “It’s so beautiful,” Curley said.

“I love it. It’s awesome,” said Sarah.

Griffin said her favorite song and light show was “Santorini” and the dancing arches. “It’s wonderful for a person to do such a service in the community,” she said. “It’s a gift to others.”

Loggins, 37, a bariatric surgeon at Central Maine Medical Center who grew up in Wisconsin, said he builds and runs the show because he loves Christmas. He wants to share the season with others. “It’s our family’s tradition to be a part of other families’ tradition,” Loggins said.