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| - My nephew love trains. And saying that he loves trains is quite an understatement.
Seeing the smile on his face thewhole time playing with the model trains, riding the trains, anything/everything trains was PRICELESS!
My family had planned this event and, honestly, I was like "Santa Train? In Vegas?"
I didn't ask too many questions, obviously, but, since I was off that day, I went.
It took about 30 mins to drive to Boulder City which for me is a road trip in itself.
We had an hour before the "train ride" so, we got to check out the museum they had. It was crazy to think that this was someone's hobby because they had full blown towns with 3, sometimes, 5 trains going at the same time. One of the towns even had a mini replica of a McDonald's!
I had a chance to even buy a few stocking stuffers for the kiddies. And by stocking stuffers, I mean, toy trains...duh.
As we waited in line for the train, a line quickly formed behind us. Lemme tell you that I'm glad we were 1st in line because there were soooooooooooo much people. Didn't realized how into trains people were! lol
It was great to get first dibs on seats on the train considering I didn't want to sit in the outdoor section of the train...it was freeeezing ballz out!
It was a short ride but, any time seeing the kiddos all happy and excited is always worth it. They even had Santa and Mrs. Clause take pics with the kids! It was great.
All the workers are volunteers and tickets only cost $5. If it wasn't so far, I'd love to come here with friends. Its an experience, to say the least.
It's something you would never expect right outside of Sin City.
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