Here is the photo gallery of our trip to Day Out With Thomas at Conway Scenic Railroad!
Last weekend our family spent the morning at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, NH for “A Day Out with Thomas!” Though my son is not a fan of the Thomas the Train television show (yet), we live on the commuter rail line in our city and he is obsessed with watching the train roll by tooting the horn, a gazillion times a day, each and every time like he’s NEVER seen it before. That being said, we were really excited to take him for his first real, train ride.
Upon entering the “boarding area” Thomas was not in the station, so we wandered about. In the main area there were concession stands, and a tent with tables for eating with live musical entertainment. Though we didn’t visit this area, I saw signs for storytelling and movie viewing. We entered a very large tent with merchandise to buy featured event t-shirts and hats, as well as pretty much any Thomas the Train item you could think of. On site, the Conway Scenic Railroad had a locomotive that could be toured. Our tickets also included access to a free jumpy house, misting tent, hay bail maze, and another tent, aka “Imagination Station,” that had several, free, arts & crafts activities, and wooden train tables set up. Once a child visited each activity in the station, they received a stamp, and when the card was full they could redeem it for a special prize.
We had tickets to ride the train at a specified time, and we waited in a brief, quickly moving line to board. We walked through three trains until we found an open space to accommodate our family on a bench seat, with large open windows. The day was beautiful, and though I wish we sat on the opposite side of the train that had more of the scenic mountain view, it was a real fun 25 minute train ride, perfect for our toddler. Gavin gave the tickets to the conductor who punched them, received his Jr. Engineer Certificate and spent most of the ride being coaxed by us to pose in pictures.
Thomas the Train makes his way to 45 different cities all over the United States and Canada each summer. In my opinion, the destination of the Conway Scenic Railroad, really sealed the deal for this event making this a very memorable experience for our family.
Photo credits to Derek Wilmot Photography and a few nice strangers along the way!
My family was provided with free tickets to A Day Out With Thomas to facilitate this review. The opinions are my own.
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This is so phony it isn't even funny. handing out free tickets as bait to get individuals to post what is in my opinion a pre-made up story that is too detailed to have been written by just a basic anonymous visitor raises many questions. The must be desperate to boost up a poor season by having to hand out free tickets to a select few to get them to put out this propaganda. Something very wrong and underhanded here.
Thank you for commenting. I can understand your point of view. The pictures that you see in the video were taken by my husband who is a professional photographer. Your belief that this is a made up story is actually a compliment to his ability to visually capture the many details this event had to offer. I can assure you we were there. We take these reviews very seriously and feel that is really important to provide as many details as possible to our readers, so they can in turn make the educated decision on whether it is worth the price of admission for their family or not.
John, after doing some research I saw your post on your site and see your passion for the railroad, which I understand because I passionately write about different types of experiences. It appears that you might have some preconceptions about how I was provided tickets. The Conway Scenic Railroad did not provide the tickets directly, the PR firm that organizes all the Thomas the Train events nationwide did. You have your passionate beliefs for whatever reason about this venue. You were introduced by the railroad to your family, this was a great way to introduce kids with a love for Thomas the Train to share a memorable experience with their families. Everyone's experience is different, but I based my opinion on the joy that exuded from my son's face to see this train pull into the station.
I was there with her that day, so I can attest to the fact that she was there with her family :)
Thanks Robin!