This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Katherine D. who is the winner of the family four-pack of tickets. Not the winner? No problem! Tickets are still available by calling Ticketweb toll-free 866-468-7630, or by visiting www.ticketweb.com/dowt or www.essexsteamtrain.com.
Thanks to the Essex Steam Train for providing us with tickets to this event in exchange for this giveaway post! All opinions expressed here are my own.
The return 0f spring has a special meaning for Connecticut’s tiniest Thomas fans. That’s because for a few weekends in April & May, mini engineers can chug to Essex, CT to take a train ride with their favorite engine!
Day Out With Thomas: The Ready, Set, Go Tour 2016
April 16-17, April 23-24, April 30-May 1
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
25 Plains Road, Essex, CT 06426
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Train rides from 9:00 am-3:45 pm)
Ticket prices are $24 plus tax for ages 2 and up
(service charges and fees may apply)
Tickets include a train ride with Thomas and many additional activities!
Parking is FREE
Tickets for Day Out with Thomas: The Ready, Set, Go Tour 2016 are on sale now and available by calling Ticketweb toll-free 866-468-7630, or by visiting www.ticketweb.com/dowt or www.essexsteamtrain.com.
Start your engines! Thomas the Tank Engine is inviting little engineers to come team up with him and his best friend Percy for a day of family fun at Day Out with Thomas: The Ready, Set, Go Tour 2016.
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A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas. Departure times are every 45 minutes from 9:00 am – 3:45 pm. Passengers select a departure time when purchasing a ticket.
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Interactive story time and photo opportunity with talking Percy
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Meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway
Plus, check out these great activities (going on all day!) that are included with admission (no additional charge):
- Carnival rides (ride as many times as you want!)
- Face Painting featuring Day Out with Thomas characters
- Isle of Sodor Storytelling
- Special Thomas the Tank Engine video theater
- Coloring and creativity station
- Thomas and Megablock Play Areas
- Magic show
- Caboose the Clown, creating colorful balloon characters
- La La, with her beloved children’s music show
There are also plenty of kid-friendly food and snack items for sale.
If you are planning to go, please be sure to arrive at least an hour before your scheduled departure as you will need to take a short train ride from the parking area to the train station. Plus, there are so many extra activities included with your ticket that you will want to leave time (either before or after) to enjoy those as well!
For more information, be sure to check out our blog posts from 2013 and 2014 for all the details on this great event! Plus there is a wonderful FAQ list that can be found here.
Want to win tickets?
We are excited to be partnering with The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat for the fourth year in a row to host this giveaway! Our kids have had so much fun at this event each year and we can’t wait for one of you to experience that fun and excitement with your family!
We are giving away four (4) tickets to this year’s event. The tickets will be for Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below. See below for all the details. No purchase necessary.
Enter our GIVEAWAY for four tickets to the event and bring your whole family along! One winner will be chosen. See details below:
- PRIZE: Four tickets to Day Out with Thomas: The Ready, Set, Go Tour 2016. The event will be held at Essex Steam Train & Riverboat in Essex, Connecticut. Winner’s tickets will be for Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm. Prize valued at $96.
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One (1)
- TO ENTER: Use the Rafflecopter tool below. Enter your email address and select the “Easy Entry”. The email addresses that are collected for this giveaway will only be used for the purpose of contacting the winner and will never be distributed or sold. Entries submitted without a valid email address will not be considered valid entries and will be excluded from the drawing. Only one (1) contest entry per household.
One (1) winner will be selected at random from all valid entries. The winner will be notified via email and announced on Facebook. Please make sure you check your junk mail folder for our email. If no response is received from the winner within 24 hours, a new winner will be chosen. - No purchase is necessary to win. Odds of winning are based on the number of entries. This contest is open to United States residents 18 years of age and older.
Thanks for offering this give away!! We have wanted to take our boys for some time!! We have never been and outer boys eat and sleep trains. We have an 8 foot model train table in our basement and over 200 trains etc. it’s nuts! This would be awesome! Good luck to all!!
My grandson loves riding the regular trains as well as the circus train
Good luck! Such a fun event. Sounds like it would be a perfect outing for your grandson.
This would be such a great family day for my 3 kids and I! Thanks for all the amazing ideas you guys come up with to keep our kids learning and enjoying life! You two are awesome!
We’ve never been, but I think my son would love this!
We’ve never been, I think our three year old son would love it!
What a great offer! My youngest lovely trains!
Thanks for a great giveaway! This would be our first time attending
We went 2 years ago and loved it but couldn’t make it last year. My son saw the ad for this event while I was reading the newspaper yesterday. Now it is the only thing on his mind.
Thanks for the chance. This would be our first time attending. My 2 year old is obsessed with trains right now.
We have gone the last three years with our little ferroequinologist
This would be our first time! I think my two and a half year old would love it! Thanks for the chance!
First time!
This would my sons den one time and my daughters first! Such a wonderful event!!
First time!
Love your site. And it would be our first time. My son has been asking to go on his first train ride and of course we are fans of Thomas, too. Thanks for offering the giveaway! 🙂
My kids would be so thrilled!! They saw commercial on TV and went bananas????!! Weather I win this for them or not we will defiantly make a day of this!!
We”ve never been. Fingers crossed 🙂