Day Out with Thomas

This past Sunday we took Cameron to the "Day Out with Thomas" event at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, NH. Upon arriving we immediately went to get our picture with Thomas the Train. They had a photographer on hand where you could purchase professional photos but the ones on my camera that I took was good enough.

Thomas is a REAL life size train which ran up and down the track every 45 minutes on scheduled runs (supported by a locomotive with several passenger trains). Thomas during the trip whistles and even has steam coming out of his stack!

The tickets are $18 per person (we bought tickets a while back in April thinking that it would sell out on the same vein as the Polar Express). Even though the train was full, it was possible to buy tickets right then and there! The train ride is only 25 minutes (with 20 minutes docking for pictures).

For extra activities, we went to see the character Sir Topham hat and got a picture with him. They had a huge Gift Shop tent. Patty was able to pickup a special theme shirt, lunch box, and backpack (for preschool) for Cameron. They also had face painting, water mist tents, mini haymaze, a large turtle to pet, some animals, tracks to play with, locamotive to climb, and even a free magnet gift if you make your way around to the station. Did I mention that besides our train ride event all of this was FREE and open to the public.

Although I didn't care for the "not very scenic" train ride (it is only 1/2 the Conway trip), the event was well done, and it was an enjoyable day and one my little guy won't probably forget.

Thomas returns to the Conway Scenic Railroad this upcoming weekend 18-20 July 2008.