You can take your family on the Polar Express to the ‘North Pole’ this season
Thanks to the Cape Cod Central Railroad, we're only sort of kidding.
Santa Claus’s North Pole is only as far away as the imagination—or, in the case of the Cape Cod Central Railroad, about a half-hour out of Buzzards Bay.
The railroad kicks off its new Polar Express Train Ride, a trademark of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and the only one in Massachusetts, on Friday. The holiday rides run through Dec. 23 and start and end in Buzzards Bay.
Each trip is set to the sounds of the motion picture The Polar Express, which was based on Chris Van Allsburg’s book of the same name. Once aboard, dancing elves will serve hot chocolate and cookies to kids and families dressed in pajamas (seriously, it’s encouraged) as a recorded reading of the book by actor Liam Neeson is piped through the train cars, one of which is capped by a glass dome.
The ‘North Pole.’
A half-hour later, the train will pull into the decorated North Pole—the exact site of which railroad officials won’t disclose—where Santa will be waiting and waving. He’ll hop on the train for the ride back to Buzzards Bay, and he’ll greet each child and give him or her a gift of a silver sleigh bell.
Ticket prices range from $29 to $84, depending on class of service and date of travel. For more information, visit www.capetrain.com/polar-express-train-ride, or call 888-797-7245.
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