Hop Aboard the Christmas Train @ Irvine Park Railroad (Plus an Exclusive Offer)

Last weekend, we took the Christmas Train to see Santa at Irvine Park Railroad.

 

I think we went at the perfect time. We were there at 5pm and got to experience the best of both day and nighttime (not to mention the lines were not extremely long yet.)

We Made it See Santa! 

Re-boarding the Christmas Train/(c) Let's Play OC!

I must say though, you know I'm the crazy lady with the camera, right?  The friendly staff was extremely patient and nice to me (even though I held up the train ride a little bit)... ha ha =) 

The Tunnel of Lights

The Tunnel of Lights at Irvine Park Railroad/(c) Let's Play OC!

It's so festive here at the Irvine Park Railroad.

Irvine Park Railroad

 1 Irvine Park Road

Orange, CA 92869

www.IrvineParkRailroad.com

November 30 - December 23, 2012
 

Christmas Train Ticket Cost:  

$10.00 per person 

Children age 24 months and younger ride free 

 

Activity Tickets:  

$4.00 Each 

Save $10: Book of 15 Activity Tickets:  $50.00

In addition to taking the night train to meet and have a picture taken with Santa Claus, activities include:

• Story Time with Mrs. Claus
• Carnival Games
• Christmas Cookie Decorating
• Christmas Coloring Corner 
• Lots of Photo Opps and more 

You might want to know:

• Parking is FREE after 5pm!
• Get your tickets early or online. We got there around 4pm and they said tickets for the earlier times were sold out around 11am. WOW! (Only 8pm tickets were available for walk-ups.) WILL CALL tickets may be the way to go but there is also a processing fee. 
• Go early.  When we boarded around 5pm, the lines were not super long, and we got to experience both day and night time. The transformation was AMAZING!
• All the activities are in the Santa Village, you ride the train to see Santa only.
• There is a refereshment stand where Santa is. 
• Are you pressed for time? Pictures are almost immediately available for pick-up, however, there may be a line so maybe have a partner stand in the line to pick up pictures and one stand in line to re-board the train.
• Boarding times for your ticket allows boarding any time during that hour for departures to the North Pole. You can return whenever you want. 
• CONTEST: They are also running a contest for TWO FREE regular train tickets (not for Christmas Train). 

 

You can see more in my photo gallery here. 

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EXCLUSIVE OFFER

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Support the Salvation Army Toy Drive

 Go do it all for FREE tomorrow, Wednesday, December 12th!

"Join us this Wednesday morning at 4:30 am for a LIVE KTLA broadcast with Henry DiCarlo to support the Salvation Army's annual toy drive. FREE Christmas Train rides and activities - click here for details!"

The broadcast begins at 4:30 am and continues through 10:00 am. Come and ride the Christmas Train and enjoy the Christmas Train activities at no cost this morning:

Ride the Christmas Train

4:30 am to 7:30 am

Christmas Train activities 

8 am to 10 am

Free coffee and hot chocolate will be served beginning at 4:30 am. There will be NO COST to ride the train this morning only and you may bring your personal camera to take pictures with Santa.

Irvine Park Railroad will continue to accept new and unwrapped toys for the Salvation Army through December 19th. Also through this date, each person that brings a toy to the train station will receive one regular Irvine Park Railroad train ticket per toy*.

IMPORTANT NOTE

This event may be cancelled by KTLA Channel 5 ONLY if there is major, breaking news. We suggest that you visit their website here or their Facebook page before you visit the park for this event.


Disclosure: We received tickets to ride on the Christmas Train to share with our readers. All opinions are my own. All images (c) Let's Play OC!

Santa's Village/(c) Let's Play OC!