Disney has done it again. The house of mouse has teamed up with Amtrak and Hewlett Packard to bring you Christmas in July (also, May, June, August, September, October and November). No jacket required.
In support of Disney’s new Robert Zemeckis vehicle “A Christmas Carol” staring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Colin Firth- a capture-motion 3-D event, they are putting Charles Dickens’ classic tale on wheels, or tracks as the case may be. If I’m not being clear, I’m talking about a train.
What’s great about this free family-friendly destination is that it will be stopping in 40 cities as it makes its way from Los Angeles to New York City, meaning at some point it will be a short daytrip for most of America.
The train itself is not just a promotion for the upcoming film, but also a traveling shrine to author Charles Dickens made up of artifacts on loan from London’s Charles Dickens Museum.
Who knew Disney holiday magic delivered?
Los Angeles- May 22-25
Los Angeles Union Station
800 N. Alameda St.
Grand Canyon (Williams, AZ) – May 29-31
Williams Depot
233 North Grand Canyon Blvd
Santa Fe, NM – June 2
Santa Fe Depot
410 S Guadalupe St
Albuquerque, NM – June 5-7
Albuquerque Amtrak Station
214 First Street Southwest
Denver, CO – June 12-14
Denver Union Station
1701 Wynkoop St
Salt Lake City/Ogden, UT – June 16
Ogden Union Station
2501 Wall Avenue
Sacramento, CA – June 19-21
California State Rail Road Museum
111 I Street
San Francisco/Redwood City,CA – June 26-28
Port of Redwood City
675 Seaport Blvd.
Portland, OR – July 1
Portland Union Station
800 Northwest 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA – July 3-5
King Street Station
303 South Jackson Street
Spokane, WA – July 7
Spokane Amtrak Station
221 W. 1st Avenue
Whitefish, MT – July 10-11
Whitefish Amtrak Station
500 Depot St
Fargo, ND – July 15
North Dakota State University
1301 12th Avenue North
St. Paul, MN – July 17-19
Amtrak Midway Station
730 Transfer Road
Chicago – July 24-26
Chicago Union Station
225 South Canal Street
St. Louis, MO – July 31- August 2
St. Louis Union Station
550 South 16th Street
Memphis, TN – August 4
Memphis Central Station
545 South Main Street
New Orleans, LA – August 7-9
Riverview in Audubon Park
6500 Magazine Street
Houston, TX – August 11
Houston Amtrak Station
902 Washington Avenue
San Antonio, TX – August 14-16
San Antonio Amtrak Station
350 Hoefgen Street
Dallas, TX – August 18-19
Dallas Union Station
401 South Houston St
Oklahoma City, OK – August 21-23
Oklahoma City Santa Fe Depot
100 South E. K.Gaylord Blvd
Kansas City, MO – August 25
Kansas City Union Station
30 W. Pershing Road
Omaha, NE – August 28-30
Durham Museum
801 South 10th Street
Detroit/Darborn, MI – September 4-6
Henry Ford Museum Greenfield Village
20900 Oakwood Blvd
Indianapolis/Bagersville, IN – September 9
Downtown Bargersville
24 North Main Street
Louisville, KY – September 11-13
Louisville Union Station
1000 W. Broadway
Cleveland, OH – September 18-19
Cleveland Brown’s Lot
1085 W Third St
Albany/Rensselaer, NY – September 22
Albany Rensselaer Rail Station
525 East Street
Boston, MA – September 25-27
South Station
2 South Station
Baltimore, MD – September 30
B & O Railroad Museum
901 W Pratt St
Washington DC – October 2-4
Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Atlanta/Duluth, GA – October 6
Southeastern Railway Museum
3595 Peachtree Rd
Spencer, NC – October 9-11
NC Transportation Museum
411 S. Salisbury Ave
Savannah, GA – October 13
Savannah Amtrak Station
2611 Seaboard Coastline Dr
Miami, FL – October 16-18
Gold Coast Railroad Museum
12450 SW 152nd St
Jacksonville, FL – October 20
Jacksonville Amtrak Station
3570 Clifford Lane
Charleston, SC – October 23-25
Ansonborough Field
Washington and Concord Streets
Philadelphia, PA – October 27
30th Street Station
2955 Market Street
New York, NY – October 30 – November 1
Grand Central Terminal
42nd Street and Park Avenue
Dates, pictures and map provided courtesy of the Walt Disney Company.
