Florida Railroad Museum

"This is a nice place to visit for anyone. I paid to operate the locomotive. It was a definite bucket list check off. The staff are mostly volunteers and are very personable. The track is about 6 miles, and they offer both ac and open view cars. They have restrooms on board for passenger convenience"

"It was a cool rainy afternoon, so we decided to check out the museum. The train ride was nice and relaxing, looking out the window. The little museum was nicely done. We had the chance to talk with the conductor, and he was telling us about all the special events they do. Sounds like a lot of fun."

"Having been on the Miami Polar Express last year, we had no idea what we were walking into with Parrish's experience. Now, I want to express that this is just our experience and does not take away from anyone else's opinion of this place. With that being said, we will not be back. We did it, don't need to do it again. The ticket says to be there 45 min prior. You most def. do not need to be there that early. I mean do not wait until the last min. but 45 min early is a stretch. You are walking on rocks and dirt so that was uncomfortable and then you wait outside in the grass/dirt for the train. Need I mind you, it's cold outside (again, had no idea we would be waiting outside.) The train is very old, smells like old wet wood and is in need of some upgrading. The fuel smell there and back gave me such a migraine that I felt like I was going to vomit. The restrooms were out of service. They tried decorating the train but it was very underwhelming. They do provide snacks and drinks on the train. Which I thought was odd because in the "gift shop" prior to boarding you can buy snacks/drinks there and there is a sign on the door that says "no food/drinks allowed on the train." When we arrived at the "North Pole" it was decorated very well for Christmas. It was almost like a mini fair ground. Again, with the dirt everywhere by the end of the night my 9 year old's feet were black because he wore crocs. There is a hay ride, very underwhelming, just riding by trees. There is a centipede ride for the little kids. There were 3 small, very small, bounce houses. My 9 y.o was not allowed on them. It was for the very small children. There are activities, smores, fire pit, fair food to buy (didn't know we needed to bring $$), Santa and a foam party. The kids were absolutely soaked from the foam, we had no clue they were doing this so we did not bring an extra change of clothes. Once you are dropped off you are stuck there for over 2+ hours until the train returns. It is very cute there but not enough to do for 2+ hours. As an adult, I did not care for the smoke smell either from the fire pit or people smoking themselves, children fighting/screaming/crying everywhere, walking on dirt the entire time, and being stuck with no way to leave. The Miami experience is cleaner, cheaper and classier by far!!"

"The Polar Express train ride is a fun evening for littles or special needs individuals. We took our special needs friend and he loved seeing Santa. All in all it was a fun evening. Free hot chocolate and cookies for everyone. They had a couple of fun little rides for the kids. A “snow” (bubbles) machine that was a hit with the kids, food vendors, fire pits, Santa, and an area to sit at tables and eat or listen to singing. The negatives for us were the strong smell of the train fuel on the way over. And then when you get to the “North Pole” you are stuck there for 2.5 hours whether you want to be or not. If I could change anything I would have a train running at the half way point for whoever didn’t want to stay the whole time. It was late and we were done and ready to go long before the train came back for everyone. You kind of feel stuck. Overall great job to the staff! Everyone was very friendly."

"Great day celebrating my sons birthday! The volunteer staff members were amazing, friendly and knowledgable. They shared a lot of information about the history of the trains. Would recommend at least one visit here. Will be back for the events they told us about! It was nice to ride the open rail cars on a beautiful day."