We belong to a dinner club and it was unanimous that this was our worst event ever. This New Year’s Mystery Dinner Theater Train Ride is nothing like described on their website. They own a 5 mile track and we went 5 miles and back during our 4 hr trip. It was the Polar Express; the heat didn't work, after 4 hours on this train we could not feel our toes. About an hour into this trip we all had out coats and gloves on for the duration of the trip. The acting left a lot to be desired, they read their parts from papers that they had folded in their pockets. When it came to figuring out who the murderer was we didn't know several of the actors/suspect because they never stopped by our table to share their clues. The food was just "OK," one person served 2 train cars so the food was cold by the time we got it. We had to ask for drink, ask for coffee to go with our dessert (coffee cake). Actors walked around with steaming hot coffee all night but we were not served any drinks after 2 hrs into a 4 hr trip. It's advertised that there will be a fireworks show at midnight; the fireworks are the same thing that you set off in your driveway for the 4th of July. The train itself is run down and in very poor shape, I used the bathroom and my heel went throught he floor. One hr into it we realized that we had 3 hrs to go and couldn't get off the train. We went into this with very low expectation but still thought it would be fun, and it was worse than we could of imagined! We downloaded games onto our phones and played games at our table. The woman in the booth by us fell asleep on her husbands shoulder for the second half of the trip. What a way to bring in the New Year.
Just rode the train..... when we arrived (early) a man gave us a guided tour of all the cars and the museum and gift shop. When we started to go eat lunch he asked me if i wanted to see how the diesel engine worked...... WELL OF COURSE! He showed me inside and walked down both side next to the engines then showed me inside of the 12 cylinder engines.... I was impressed with his knowledge... that is when i found out he was the engineer. He asked me if i wanted to start the engines when it was time....OF COURSE I DID! and i did...Then the best part. He asked me and my wife to ride in the locomotive with him.... WOW! Best time ever. The restaurant there has the best pizza and subs ever.
We went to ride with Santa and my kids loved it. It was a slow train ride but the volunteers kept us very entertained. We went 5 miles in 2 hours! The kids for to have hot chocolate, cookies, and played games. Got to sit on Santa's lap and got reindeer food to feed the reindeer. Very cute and well put together. We definitely do it again.
We had 4 couples go on the adventurer and we all had fun. On this trip please know all of the characters are volunteers who want you to have a good time.
What a fun thing to do. In Octtober they have haunted train rides and at Christmas. You can listen to a storey and have a visit with Santa for the little ones.
Took my daughter and my nephews on it and they loved it. A great and fairly inexpensive afternoon for the family
train and tracks held together with (literally) baling wire and duct tape. Ride at your own risk. Equipment is so old and worn out that it all needs to be scrapped, but owners have painted over the rust to make it look good. Tracks are very poor condition and they have routine maintenance program. they used to have an operating steam locomotive, but let that turn into a heap of rusty junk.
I just finished the Santa Train ride with my 5 and 8 year olds. Terrific fun for both of my kids. First, Santa was awesome! This ride saved me from a mall Santa so we are already ahead. We will definitely do this again next year!
They used to have a real working steam train you could ride, now it's just a desiel locomotive pulling a few old cars. Not exciting, I can get on Amtrack and actually go some where but I want the nostalgia of the old time steam train back
Wonderful trip to see/ride this train operated by Volunteers. Delicious home cooked cupcakes, brownies, fudge, and cookies, along with chocolate candy, all provided free of charge! I had a great time, it was just myself and my husband, and I am a "low key" train fan. Got to tour and ride up in the cab with the engineer! The volunteers were very welcoming and thankful to the visitors. I would recommend it to families with kids for sure, low prices, friendly people, crayons at the table, a coloring contest for the kids with prizes, and birthdays were announced. There is a small museum also. The outside of the train shows it's age, but the inside is totally redone, and looks great! Trains only run on Saturday though.... The Name is actually, "St.Louis Iron Mountain Railroad"