yes, you always need to ask one of the conductors (usually the head conductor) he checks with the engineers on the appropriate train. It is only offered on IIRC 2 trains....
You must get on at the Main Street Station, and you must get off after one trip around the park at the Main Street Station.
If the train is stopping at New Orleans Square station and taking on water, you can not ride that trip...may have to wait until next time around.
have been doing this for years...
Just wondering if it is still being done, since things change from one trip to the next.
you sure get lots of looks and questions after you get off, after riding up front.
Even my daughters have always enjoyed this. It is something special that most folks just don't know about...even die hard Disney fanatics
IIRC the two engines that you can ride up front on are the E.P. Ripley and the C.K. Holliday, which were the first two
Disneyland Engines and were constructed at the Park...the other 3 engines were former work horses at various railroads around the country in the early 1900's.
they were purchased by Disney and rebuilt, converted for use at the Park...now they all burn left over "french fry" oil...
