All aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine is inviting little engineers to join him and his best friend Percy for a day of family fun at Day Out with Thomas: The Friendship Tour 2017. Children everywhere can spend the day with their friend Thomas when the #1 Engine and Percy pull into Orange Empire Railway Museum on April 1-2, and 8-9. Day Out with Thomas: The Friendship Tour 2017 is presented by Mattel.

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This fun-filled event offers children 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, they will meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway and enjoy a day of Thomas-themed activities. The tour, now in its 22nd year, will make 42 stops across the U.S. and Canada and is expected to welcome nearly one million passengers in 2017.

Photo Credit: Day Out with Thomas
In celebration of this year’s theme, Day Out With Thomas: The Friendship Tour 2017 will feature an array of friendship-inspired activities. Attendees will be able to participate in events that encourage and celebrate friendship including photo opportunities, crafts, and a fun activity that invites kids to collect passport stamps throughout the day to receive a trio of Day Out With Thomas friendship bracelets. The 2017 tour theme is in line with this year’s Thomas & Friends global brand campaign, ‘Set Friendship in Motion’ – a campaign that ties together content, social integrations, and event activations across the entire Thomas & Friends franchise to highlight the importance of first friendships and the development of key friendship skills in toddlers.
WHO: Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy
WHAT:
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A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas and Percy
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Photo opportunity with talking Percy engine
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A Meet & Greet with Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway
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A Thomas & Friends Imagination Station featuring a variety of activities.
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Fun, friendship themed activities including crafts, photo opps, friendship bracelet giveaways, and more
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Storytelling, video viewing and live music
WHEN: April 1-2 and 8-9
TIME: 9am-4pm
WHERE: 2201 South A Street in Perris, CA 92570
Tickets for Day Out with Thomas: The Friendship Tour 2017 are on sale now and available by calling Ticketweb toll-free 866-468-7630, or by visiting www.ticketweb.com/dowt. Ticket prices are $21 plus tax for ages 2 and up (service charges and fee may apply).
For more information and directions, call (951) 943-3020. or visit http://oerm.org/thomas/
For information on Thomas & Friends, visit www.thomasandfriends.com
Follow Thomas & Friends on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thomasandfriends and Twitter @ThomasFriends. #DayOutWithThomas
We have a winner!!! Congrats to Julie W. who will win a family 4 pack to see Thomas & friends!
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I would love to win this for my boys! We were lucky enough to take our older son to see it 5 years ago, but because of the cost, I figured that my youngest would never get to see it =(. Please pick our family to win!!!
My three year old son would love to attend this event! Hoping to win the free tickets!
My girls would love this!
My 3 year old and his best friend will love going to this!! Thank you for sharing!!
How amazing this is going to be! Thanks for sharing!
Two by four by six by eight, winning tickets would be so great! My littles love Thomas!
Thank you for sharing this with us and for the opportunity to win. My kids would absolute enjoy it.
My two year old son would be soooo excited to see Thomas and ride “his” train! Thanks for the great post wth all the info!
My kids would love this!
Our little guy is just getting into making friends and Thomas. He would love to attend this event and meet Thomas and his friends and make new friends. Thanks for the opportunity.
My autistic son loves Thomas and has since he was 2. Our little girl just started her love of Thomas not long ago!
I would love to win these tickets and take the kids to “sodor”!
Went last year with my toddler! He would love to take his friends!
My son LOVES Thomas and this would be such a great event to take him to and share with him before he becomes a big brother in just a few months. PS Love your blog
My son is in love with Thomas. This would be an awesome event to take my son to and share with him before he becomes a big brother in just a few months. PS Love your blog
We attended this with our oldest 2 years ago and he LOVED it!!! Such a great way to spend a day!
ready!!!
Thomas see u soon!!!!
ready to go!!!
My two boys love all things trains – especially Percy and Thomas! ❤
My two boys love all things trains- especially Thomas and Percy ❤
What an awesome thing to do for my little guy’s 4th birthday! So hope we can go!
Thomas is my son’s favorite! I can distract him from anything just by mentioning Thomas or pulling out his book(s). It has been Really Useful for getting him to comply 🙂
Looks like fun!! My son would love to go!
We are big fans of all things Thomas & Friends! It would be a dream come true to ride around the Island of Sodor!!
Both of my boys LOVE trains and Thomas! We would be so happy to go!
They’re 2, they’re 4 (I don’t have a 6 or 8) they’d love to go see Thomas doing some shunting and pulling freight haha. Obv we’re fans. This would be so fun for them.
This looks so cool! My son would love this opportunity!
My son with autism is obsessed with trains. He would love to see Thomas!
My 3-year old son would love this. He’s obsessed with his thomas the train book and would love to ride a real train.
Our kids love trains! I love how toy trains occupy our littles for so long.
We would love to go to this with our two little ones! ❤
My kids would love to go to this so awesome
My kiddos would absolutely love to spend a day outside with Thomas and Friends!
This looks like such fun! My son would love it!
My kids would love this!!
OMG!! My 3 year old son is obsessed with Thomas the Train!! This would make his year!! All’s, my daughter would have a blast too!!! 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚆🚆🚆🚆🚆🚆
My son would absolutely love this!!
How fun! We would love to spend the day with Thomas!
We would love the opportunity to meet Thomas along with Percy & Sir Topham Hatt!! Sounds like a fun and exciting experience!
I have three little dudes who would love to hang out with the Thomas crew! How fun!
We would love to spend some time with these very useful engines!!
How fun! We’d love to see Thomas!
We love Percy and Thomas and all the characters. We’d love to go
Choo choo!