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On Monday, we surprised the boys with one of the biggest surprises ever. Day Out with Thomas! We didn’t tell them where we were going ahead of time but gave some hints along the way. There were guesses of the aquarium and the zoo. But never once did Ethan think he would be seeing Thomas. As we got closer to Strasburg Railroad, Ethan spotted the puff of smoke coming from the train. He got excited and yelled “I think we going over to that train.” It wasn’t until the blue engine appeared that he flipped. They both started screaming Thomas and I knew we had a success before even getting out of the car.
After picking up our tickets, we boarded the train for our 22 minute ride with Thomas. Ethan could not get over that Thomas was pulling our train! Throughout the ride, they played all of the Thomas songs and we cheered on Thomas for pulling so many cars.
After our ride, we got in line to get our picture with Thomas. I honestly thought that this was going to be the disasterous part of our day. The line would be too long. We would get to the front and Thomas would have to leave. Children would start screaming. But none of that happened. I was really impressed with how run the whole operation was!
After our pictures with Thomas, we checked out all of the fun activities for the kids. The cranky cars were a favorite of Ethan’s the last time we visited Strasburg so he immediately ran right over to them! There is so much for the kids to do before and after your ride. Of course, there is a huge souvenir tent and we couldn’t leave without a few Thomas goodies.
We had a great Day Out with Thomas!
About Day Out With Thomas
Thomas the Tank Engine™ is pulling Strasburg Rail Road for the Day Out With Thomas™: The Go Go Thomas Tour 2013. For nine days, little engineers and their families are invited to take a 22-minute ride on their favorite engine, meet Sir Topham Hatt®, Controller of the Railway and enjoy a day of Thomas & Friends themed activities including arts & crafts, storytelling and more. Strasburg Rail Road will also offer fun extras for kids including a hand-powered Pump Car, riding on the Pint-sized Pufferbelly, a miniature steam train, and “steer” the pint-sized Cranky Cars around a track. Missed Thomas this time around? He’ll be back to Strasburg Railroad September 14-22 and again November 22-24!
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Disclosure: I received tickets to Day Out with Thomas. All opinions are my own.
I remember taking my oldest when he was about 2 years old. He loved it so much! I took the other guys a few years ago to the Strasburg one which is quite an event. We should go back again.
My kids went once last year and STILL talk about it almost daily. We missed it this time, but will definitely go again– it was the highlight of their year!
And PS- thanks for putting the freaking Thomas song in my head now… you stinker…
“red and green and brown and blue, they’re a really useful crew…”
Looks fun but my husband informed me our kids are too old (7 & 10). I DON’T think my 7yo is …she loves trains! And Thomas. 🙂
So fun! We took Owen last year and he had a blast (despite the no-nap meltdown!)
H is into Thomas BIG TIME these days! I can’t wait to go on one of these rides with him. Your pics are gorgeous!
We’ve always wanted to do this. I loved following your day on Instagram 🙂
So adorable! I missed out on this when my kids were little, and I think they’d kill me if I made them go now. I guess I’ll have to wait for grandbabies.. muhahaha…
Looks like so much fun!
We had such a great time this year, Braden was in heaven!