Florida Railroad Museum, Florida, United States

5Dawn H 5:00 PM Dec 3, 2021

Great New Tradition To Start!
This was our first time visiting the North Pole, and it was a wonderful experience! The ride to the North Pole was a nice length (about 30 minutes). It was long enough to experience the train itself, but not too long that the kids lost interest. Upon arriving at the venue, it was a wonderment. The tents were set up everywhere with different activities for the kids and different foods, all decorated as well as all of the oak trees were decorated with lights, each in a different color/décor. There were at least 20 different fire pits to roast marshmallows over to make s'mores. All of the activities and food were different prices, ranging from completely free to being able to be purchased. Even the things that you could buy were a reasonable price, so that a family could go, have a great time, and make or buy a souvenir without breaking the bank. There was also the house where the children could visit Santa, but my year-old grandson was asleep, so we didn't visit him. The line seemed a little long, but it moved quickly, approx. 15 minutes to go in the "workshop" and see Santa. The Christmas carolers that wandered through the train cars were great, and did a great job of helping us get into the Christmas spirit. This is definitely a wonder new tradition for our family to begin experiencing year after year!

4jerry g 5:00 PM Feb 12, 2022

Enjoyable day!
Friendly folk, for sure. Made trip enjoyable, but in all honestly, for price paid, I was expecting a little more. Train cars were pretty worn out, unless that is the look they are going for - also, tons of rocking / swaying at lightning speed of 15 mph, actually to the point of "unsafe", IMO! Late getting us boarded, & some guests were getting irate. Employees handed out snacks, they were very late, & gave 1 to lady across from us, & he told me, sorry, we are about there! I said, no, I want mine, & he gave us ours! Food was the most disappointing - we neither like zucchini & had a little of the tomato / cucumber salad, then they gave us each, small helping of tators, & small portion of meat; again for price, we thought we'd get filled up, but both of us actually went away tad hungry still! Strawberry shortcake was good, play was good, & actors were good, not all was bad, for sure. Guess I could say, it was so-so.