Irvine Park Railroad 2011 Christmas Train Giveaway!

It’s the season, once again for Irvine Park Railroad’s annual Christmas Train! Take your family and friends and hop aboard for an enchanting night ride through historic Irvine Regional Park to meet Santa Claus.

The train will depart every 15 minutes from the brightly-lit train station and drop passengers off at the North Pole. It truly is a totally magical event for the kids. I have tickets to give away, make sure to enter below!

For those of you who haven’t been before, Christmas Train tickets may be purchased online to ride the train at a specific date and time. When you arrive you can then get in line and board the train any time during the hour for which you purchase tickets. You can also buy tickets in person.

While waiting to board the train, there are many activities for children to enjoy in Santa’s Village located next to the train station. Prices vary per activity. They open one hour prior to when the Christmas Train runs and include:

Story Time with Mrs. Claus * Christmas Cookie Decorating * Carnival Games * Santa Claus Moon Bounce
* Christmas Coloring Corner * Picture Stands

At the North Pole, visitors may purchase coffee, hot chocolate, freshly-popped popcorn and cookies from the Elf House Snack Bar.

Visitors may take their own pictures with Santa or you may purchase a picture taken by Irvine Park Railroad. Each 5” x 7” photo will be presented with an Irvine Park Railroad border and available for pickup shortly after being taken.

After visiting with Santa, hop back aboard the train and enjoy the colorful Christmas lights and decorations, as well as the magical “Tunnel of Lights”, on the ride back to the station.

When visiting the Christmas Train, remember to dress warmly, bring a camera and arrive early to avoid crowds.

Christmas Train Dates & Hours

December 9, 10, 11: 5:00 – 8:00pm (activities open at 4pm)
December 15, 16: 5:00 – 8:00pm (activities open at 4pm)
December 17, 18: 2:00 – 9:00pm  (activities open at 1pm)
December 19 – 23: 4:00 – 9:00pm (activities open at 3pm)

The cost to ride the Christmas Train is $10.00 per person. Children younger than 24 months ride free.The parking for Irvine Regional Park is $3.00 per vehicle on weekdays and $5.00 per vehicle on weekends. Parking for the Christmas Train is free after 5:00 PM.

Hooray! It’s a Tiny Giveaway!

One lucky winner will win 6 Christmas Train tickets and 8 activity tickets! And 3 runners up will receive 4 regular train tickets, 4 OC Zoo tickets and 1 Wheel Fun Bike Rental!

Please leave a separate comment for each entry option. Giveaway will run through Tuesday, 12/6/11 at 5pm PST.  I will email the winner, so you must leave an email address under your name in the comment field (won’t be published.)

1. Simply comment & tell me your favorite part of the holiday season – 1 ENTRY

2. Fans of Irvine Park Railroad and Tiny Oranges on facebook will receive an entry. Please tell me if you are a fan and leave a separate comment for each – up to 2 ENTRIES

3. Follow @IrvineParkRR on Twitter – 1 ENTRY

4. Follow @TinyOrangesOC on Twitter – 1 ENTRY

[Disclosure: My family receives complimentary tickets to the Irvine Park Railroad.]

172 comments

  1. My favorite part about the holiday season is being able to spend time with family.No matter how busy we are the rest of the year, we always make time in December.

  2. My favorite part about the holiday season is that my kids are out of school and I get to have them home. They are growing up so fast and I want to spend every moment with them I can.

  8. My favorite part of the Hoilday season is Family time. I am Happy that we can all get together and spend that quality time together that we are unable to do because of work and school.

  16. My favorite part is watching the joy my son gets from seeing all the beautiful lights and decotations!

  32. Favorite part of the holidays are the Christmas Lights! My boys light up when they see them around town and at our house. Hearing my 3 year old say “It’s so beautiful” is priceless.

  36. My favorite part of the holidays is all the holiday baking and sharing it with friends and family!

  40. My favorite part of the holiday season is having the family here Christmas morning when our children wake up with such excitement!

  53. I love family time during the holidays! I’ve liked the two pages and followed the other two on twitter! fingers crossed, hope to win! 🙂

  59. I love the joy on my kids faces when they see the train!! we have never been to the christmas train!!!

  62. Favorite part of the holiday season is watching my daughter experience it all as a 4yo. Her wonder and excitement is contagious!

  66. I love to walk around with my children and see how excited they get with Christmas decorations and to teach them about giving to others

  69. My favorite part of the holiday season is doing special activities with my children like decorating the tree, watching holiday movies, and giving gifts to others.

  74. My favorite part of the season is seeing my daughter get excited about decorating the tree. And setting out her grandma’s old Santa’s that move and play music.

  77. My favorite part of the holiday season is celebrating my son’s birthday, who was born on Christmas day and is my best gift ever.

  90. Being with my family and watching the smiles of the young and the old as they share the season and traditions thats have been passed opne through out the years.

  95. I love getting to spend time with my family during the holiday season. Last year I was also blessed with my daughter who was born on 12/21. She gave my hubby, son, and and I an extra reason to celebrate.

  100. I love seeing it all through my almost 2 1/2 year olds eyes. His face lights up at all the fun decorations and it is just so incredible to experience the magic with him!

  103. I follow on Facebook. I love this time of year because of all the lights, the music and the smile on my daughter’s face is HUGE!

  107. My favorite part of the holiday season is seeing the many locations decorated for the holidays during the December month.

  113. I love celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and watching my children light up when they see the tree overflowing with gifts.

  117. Getting together with family and friends to celebrate. It’s the only time of year I get to see some of my family members!

  122. My favorite part of Christmas is seeing how happy my daughter is because it’s all so new to her. It’s ‘magical’ as she says!

  134. My favorite part of the holidays is spending time with my family and calling up relatives far away to wish them happiness and joy.

  135. My favorite part of Christmas is spending time with family, watching holiday movies with my kids, tagging our Christmas tree as a family, and baking holiday cookies!

  144. everything. i LOVE the holidays and the fun times with my littles. i am such a sucker for holiday lights!!!!!

  147. My new favorite part about Christmas is seeing my son get excited when he opens a new present. It is such pure joy!

  159. Favorite part of the holiday season is the celebration and praise of a Savior being born for sinners like myself! 🙂

  162. My favorite thing about Christmas time is definitely all of our family traditions we do. Christmas lights, cozy days baking cookies, and more. <3

  167. My favorite part of the holiday season is spending time with my family. And also, just seeing happy faces around when people do their holiday shopping and beautiful decorations outside.

  169. I love going to church with my family, remebering the gift God gave us, and seeing church so beautifully decorated and singing the lovely hymns.

  171. My favorite part of the holiday season is now the look on my son’s face during the whole month of December…when he sees lights, sees his elf, Santa, etc…I am a kid again! 🙂

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