![]() THE POLAR EXPRESS and all related characters and elements © & ™ Warner Bros. THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride photos courtesy of Stephen Mease Photography. Children with food allergies should bring their own cocoa and cookies.Īll proceeds from this event benefit VCTF. Here are the details on handicap parking. Please email Special Services by December 1st to let us know upon which train you are riding. The entire trip takes approximately one hour and 15 minutes including the boarding time of 15 minutes. Everyone should walk down Battery Street to return to their cars to avoid running into children who are passengers on the next train. Santa gives each child a bell from his sleigh as passengers exit the building. Santa appears and invites children to join him on the upper level of Union Station. The chime grows and grows until we realize it is coming from behind the crowd. Once the story is finished, the reader shakes his sleigh bell and we, too, hear “the most beautiful sound we have ever heard.” Upon reaching the 'North Pole', children leave the train, passing through a sea of elves, as they enter Union Station. The Polar Express story is read aloud, as artwork from the book follows the page turns on a big screen. During the ride, hot cocoa and cookies are served by chefs, while conductors lead a Christmas carol sing along. Conductors greet passengers as they board the train from the Wing Building in Burlington for their ride to the 'North Pole' (Union Station). Passengers are encouraged to wear pajamas. Engineers welcome families into the south entrance of the Wing Building where they’ll await their train. Kansas City’s Union Station was built in 1914 to replace the prior rail station. ![]() Here the station is lit up in Christmas Colors. Red when the chief’s football team plays or Blue for the KC Royal’s Baseball team, and even green for st. THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride adventure begins in the Wing Building lobby at the bottom of King Street, (just South of Union Station), in Burlington, Vermont. The station is often lit up in colored lights. THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride runs through rain, hail, sleet and snow! Children under 24 months before the event ride free. "Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe." -Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express™Įight trains daily: Noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7pm (Boarding times 15 minutes prior to train time.) A family holiday adventure that brings the magical story to life! ![]()
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