Summer arrival for Santa Special tickets behind seasonal chill?
The reason behind this week’s unseasonably chilly weather may have been revealed by staff at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway – a cold blast from the North Pole, as Father Christmas arrived to drop off tickets for this year’s Santa Specials, which go on sale tomorrow, 1 August 2015.
“As Santa’s annual global expeditions normally take place in the middle of winter, we don’t tend to feel the blast of North Pole air that he brings with him, but his arrival in the middle of summer seems to have created a temporary drop in temperature,” comments marketing manager, Danielle Ramsey. “Holidaymakers in the region need not worry, though, as now he’s dropped off the Santa Specials tickets, he’s heading back home to supervise the elves making this year’s crop of Christmas presents, so we’re hoping that normal summer weather conditions will resume from tomorrow!”
The first of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Santa Specials will leave the platform just 120 days after the tickets are released for sale, and with many travellers making their Santa Special trip part of their annual festival celebrations, key services are expected to book up fast!
“Every year, we hear about the nightmare before Christmas faced by parents who spend hours waiting in line to see Father Christmas in shopping centres around the country – our Santa Specials avoid all of the queuing, as children take their turn to visit his special carriage during the journey, and of course, there’s the added benefit of enjoying a comfortable ride through the autumnal colours of the North York Moors National Park,” adds Danielle. “Indeed, from 2015, we’ll be introducing special collectors’-edition Santa Hats for all children riding on the trains – a unique souvenir of their trip!”
The round trip takes around an hour, and includes delicious mince pies, warming hot drinks (and a little alcoholic tipple for grown-ups!). Children receive a trail sheet, colouring pencils and a drink of juice, and will be given a present by Santa himself when they visit his special carriage during the journey.
Services depart from Pickering on 28 and 29 November, 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 December with services at 9.45am, 11.20am, 1.40pm and 3.15pm. Passengers can also travel from Grosmont on 28 and 29 November, 5, 12, 19, 20 and 21 December and from Whitby on 6 & 13 December. Tickets are £16 per person. Special Santa Trains – where some of Santa’s elves who have finished their quotas of toymaking early will be entertaining passengers en route - will also run on 21 December from Pickering and 22 December from Grosmont, priced at £20 per person. Tickets can be booked online from 1 August 2015 at www.nymr.co.uk, or by calling 01751 472508.
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Jay Commins
Pyper York Limited
Tel: 01904 500698
Email: jay@pyperyork.co.uk
