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All aboard for the biggest and best Thomas & Friends® celebration to date! Little engineers everywhere are invited to celebrate with Thomas when the #1 Engine and his best friend Percy™ pull into Illinois Railway Museum August 15 and 16, August 22 and 23 for Day Out with Thomas: The Celebration Tour 2015, presented by Fisher-Price and sponsored by MEGA Brands and all inclusive Hard Rock Hotels.
This fun-filled event offers little engineers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy, stars of the popular Thomas & Friends series. In addition, children will meet Sir Topham Hatt™, Controller of the Railway and enjoy a day of Thomas-themed activities including arts & crafts, storytelling and more. The tour, now in its 20th year, will make 42 stops across the U.S. and Canada and is expected to welcome nearly one million passengers in 2015. This year also marks Thomas the Tank Engine’s 70th anniversary and fans are invited to partake in some special celebratory activities!
This year, Thomas & Friends celebrates 70 years of friendship. All aboard the Best Friends Express for an unprecedented year of Thomas-themed programs and activations as the #1 blue engine celebrates friendship with fans around the world.
WHO: Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy
WHAT:
WHEN: August 15 and 16, August 22 and 23
TIME: 9:00 – 6:00
WHERE: ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM – 7000 Olson Road Union IL 60180
Tickets for Day Out with Thomas: The Celebration Tour 2015 are on sale now and available by calling Ticketweb toll-free 866-468-7630, or by visiting www.dayoutwiththomas.com or irm.org. Prices are $21 for a ride on Thomas The Tank; $10 for Percy; plus tax for ages 2 and up (service charges and fee may apply).
For more information and directions, contact the Museum at 815-923-4000 or 1-800 BIG-RAIL.
For information on Thomas & Friends, visit www.thomasandfriends.com
Follow Thomas & Friends on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thomasandfriends and Twitter @ThomasFriends #DOWT #ThomasObsessed
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My husband does model railroading and has a Thomas
my son loves Thomas!
This would be a fun event with my toddler.
My boys have gone every year for the past four years! It has become a tradition and is so much fun. We love Thomas :)
I would love to win for our son - he loves Thomas and trains! We have never been to the Illinois Railway Museum either and would love to check it out.
I don't know what little boys would enjoy more watching jousting live or riding a real Thomas!!! Great giveaways.
My boys love Thomas the Train!!!
This is such a wonderful idea! i would love to take my youngest nephew! he is a die hard Thomas fan
My son loves Thomas. I've heard such great things about this event.
We would love to go. We've been trying to go to this for three years and something always comes up. My daughter and nephew are four they would really enjoy this so much.