Polar Express | Thanksgiving Break 2017

The hotel/train station where we stayed in Williams does the daily trains to the Grand Canyon, and  they also do a fall themed train ride to a pumpkin patch in September/October & then they do a Polar Express ride during the holiday season. We got to take advantage of the Polar Express train ride during our stay--it was so well done & a ton of fun!

{visiting with Mrs. Claus before boarding the train}

 

 



{mailing letters to the North Pole}

{About to board with our golden tickets! We didn't get a picture, but it was so cute--as the train pulled up to the station the "bakers" were hanging out the window waving to greet everyone as they arrived}



{our time on the train included hot cocoa, cookies, and lots of singing & dancing!}

 

{I love this one of all 3 kiddos peering out the windows to get a glimpse of the lights as we approached the "North Pole"}

The Polar Express train ride was a surprise to the girls. They didn't know we were doing this until minutes before we boarded the train. We fed the girls an early dinner in our hotel room, and then as I was reading The Polar Express book, our golden tickets fell out of the book. Their excitement level when they discovered what we were doing was through the roof. It was so magical for them! It was a really special night!