Santa’s Paradise Express on Strasburg Railroad (Lancaster, PA)

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This weekend marked the very beginning of Santa’s Paradise Express at the Strasburg Railroad!  Running every weekend up until Christmas, we had a chance to check out this holiday tradition TODAY.

What a wonderful time!  The weather could not have been more perfect (though the train is fully enclosed, so inclement weather would not have been a problem).

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Santa actually visited each and every train car en route and paused for pictures with each family.  He also gave every child a small toy!

Strasburg Railroad provided us with tickets so that we could check out Santa’s Paradise Express and report back to you about what we thought!  All opinions are 100% ours.

38 thoughts on “Santa’s Paradise Express on Strasburg Railroad (Lancaster, PA)”

  1. Oh wow this looks so magical I would love to take my hailey & gabriel on this. They love the Polar Express, this would be so cool for them to see..

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  2. I would LOVE to take my son on the train ride with Santa! It is his first Christmas and this would be awesome to do with family members!

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  3. This looks like a blast… we tried to go and see Santa today at the mall the line was two hrs long! Not good for a soon to be 3 yr old – needless to say we left and someone was so sad! I would love to take her on the Strasburg train! What a great way to enjoy Lancaster and see Santa at the same time! Hope I win :) btw: i love your site!

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  4. we make a holiday trip to pa each year for hershey park/ lancaster/dutch wonderland…this would be awesome! our three kids, 7 and 3 ( and one month old) would love it!

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  5. We are a train family, and it is very much part of our family fun together. Please consider our family, thank you so much!!
    Rose

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  6. I am a HUGE fan of your blog and have been a follower on your site, FB and via email for a few months now. I have saved SO much money because of you and I am so thankful ( i think my husband is thankful to you also, ha!) I also followed you for hours on Black Friday and snagged some great deals. Thanks for all of your hard work and lack of sleep :)
    I am VERY interested and excited @ your Strasburg Santa’s Paradise Express giveaway! We have taken our two boys, Kyler and Brayden….ages 2 and 5 every yr to Strasburg for Thomas and just love it. What wonderful memories. We just researched today @ taking the kids to see Santa and then I noticed your post! I am off to suggest your page to all of my FB mommy friends :) Please consider us for this amazing opportunity. Thank you. PS…I just suggested your page to 65 of my friends…ho ho ho. :)

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  7. This is the first year my son understands santa/christmas/elves. Its going to be a great holiday. This would make it all so magical for him!! Fingers crossed :)

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  8. Wow great post and giveaway i never knew santa went to the train station.. That would be a nice time for my lil girls they are age 5 and 4. Samantha age 5 and Aiyanna age 4.

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