Disney's The Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour

[accpro77]

Has anyone done the "Disney's The Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour" at WDW? My eleven year-old son and I are really looking forward to it as our father and son time during our WDW family trip next week. I'm interested in hearing your reviews and experiences. Thanks.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

I did that a few years ago......you and your son will love it!

You meet at the gate and they bring out a Engine and consist.........lots of steam train and Disney train history, including the story of the Disney missing engine.(yes one they bought for WDW never made it to Florida)

It is really cool to see the Steam trains at the round house, which at WDW is rectangular, with the Monorails on top!

Enjoy the tour!

AKK

 

[Dan Murphy]

A great tour!!! You will both love it. Make sure to bring your camera. This tour, in addition to being able to take pictures onstage, allow many to be taken backstage also. A few areas no, but most yes. Don't forget the discounts...AP, DVC and Disney Visa, all 15%.

 

[marthachick]

I'm really bummed. We had reservations to do the Steam Train tour in November but I got a call yesterday saying that they will be doing track maintenance then and needed to cancel our tour. DS23 is very disappointed as he's been a train nut since he was about 3. They are refunding our money and have offered us a complimentary alternate tour. Now we have to decide between Keys to the Kingdom, Backstage Magic and the Marceline to Main Street Tours.

 

[DisneyFive]

The behind-the-scenes part is fantastic. However the history lesson afterwords (up in the train station) took way too long, probably about an hour and a half at least just for that part.

I would do the tour again, for sure, but I would skip the history part at the end. We got into the park after the tour fairly late around 11 to 11:15 in the morning

Dan

 

[Dan Murphy]

I'm really bummed. We had reservations to do the Steam Train tour in November but I got a call yesterday saying that they will be doing track maintenance then and needed to cancel our tour. DS23 is very disappointed as he's been a train nut since he was about 3. They are refunding our money and have offered us a complimentary alternate tour. Now we have to decide between Keys to the Kingdom, Backstage Magic and the Marceline to Main Street Tours.

If they are offering complimentary, and you have the time, I would definitely do Backstage Magic.

 

[marthachick]

If they are offering complimentary, and you have the time, I would definitely do Backstage Magic.

That's what we're leaning toward, Dan if we can work it out time wise. Thanks!

 

[marthachick]

Ok, I misunderstood. The Backstage Magic Tour was not a choice. So we picked Keys to the Kingdom. We are very excited about this. Also, this week I got 2 vouchers in the mail for a future Steam Train tour for up to 2 each. They don't expire until the end of 2019! How cool is that! Another reason to plan a trip! Disney sure knows how to do things right!

So my question (now) is, how early can we get in to MK for a 9 a.m. KTTK Tour?

 

[Dan Murphy]

Buses start running from the resorts about 6:30 AM.

 

[d-train]

This sounds like a great tour, my son loves trains too!
Do you have a link with more info you could share please?
Thanks so much!

 

[marthachick]

So we did our KTTK tour today. DH was a bit skeptical about the tour, but by the end of the tour, he was completely won over! Our guide was Nick & he did a fabulous job!

 

[Disney_Alli]

I did it with my dad back in 2010. We really enjoyed it. Some of it was a little over my head but then everyone else on the tour besides my father and I were members of the Carolwood Foundation in California and my father has been collecting scale models since his teens. As such the conversations on OUR tour were a little more technical than would be the norm. I'm sure any Train fan would really enjoy it. We made a day of it by dining for lunch at Whispering Canyon Cafe and then heading over to what was then the Spike Room to the the trains from Walt's set in his back yard.