![]() ![]() She told her she peeked at Santa’s list and Caroline was definitely on the nice side. This girl worked at the station and I am not sure if she was an extra elf or a fairy or a snowflake or what, but she chatted with Caroline and it was SO adorable. Our regular operating season is May through October. In case you were wondering, the pajamas are from Hanna Andersson. Specialties: The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is a nostalgic and exciting tourist destination operating live steam trains in the Connecticut River Valley since 1971. The cars are decorated, there are special songs, they give you cookies and hot cocoa, and the whole last 20 minutes is a big dance party where the kids just go crazy in the aisles. It is a wonderfully done event full of good cheer – it’s well organized and everyone goes out of their way to make the kids feel special and really believe in Santa magic. Enjoy a 1 hour 15-minute train ride each way to and from Ashley, choosing one of our. Plus I saw one of the elves who host the first class cars and she looked like a legit magical snow queen. But the journey that families look forward to each year did not happen in. Claus and it‘s all set to ’The Night Before Christmas. ![]() ![]() Animals, Yorkshire and steam trains remain the pillars of Channel 5. They’re a ridiculous amount of money, but I’m not throwing Caroline a big party next year so I feel like we can swing it. The train takes families on a magical ride with Santa and Mrs. Kate Humble catches up with Sam and Lucy, who swapped suburban Essex for a house set. I think next year I’m going to spring for the first-class tickets. This year’s event will be called Christmas Adventures at Essex Station and it will be an interactive, safe, and socially distant experience where you can navigate the grounds on a self-guided. But this year I planned to stay home on ticket day and got my fastest fingers ready and bought tickets for the last train on Caroline’s actual birthday day so we could all go. Plus E was gone that whole summer/fall and I was VERY sure I couldn’t take 3 kids on a magical nighttime train ride alone. I skipped it last year because we have to buy tickets in August and last August I had a 1 month old and couldn’t get my act together. We did the Essex Steam Train North Pole Express (it’s basically the Polar Express without the trademark) two years ago and it was great. ![]()
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