Ripley's Big Red Christmas Train in St. Augustine, FL

We did this tour because it was dog friendly and gave my mobility limited dad a way to see St. Augustine. Though not really the fault of the tour, the guide was difficult to understand and screaming children on the train made it difficult to hear even when he was understandable. Consequently, we did not learn much history on the tour. We probably could have gotten a similar experience driving a similar route in our own car although it was nice to have a hospitable driver to drive us around! If I were to consider a dog friendly tour again, I would probably choose the Pineapple golf cart tours.

Benjay (sorry if it is misspelled) was absolutely amazing! The first driver left us even though he knew we already paid and just needed to get our tickets. So the lady at the front desk was so amazing and transferred our tickets so we could get the next train. I am glad we did because benjay was amazing. Told us facts about St. Augustine and made jokes. My kids loved it as well and their ages ranged from 7-12.

Sat. 3/14/26. My husband and I rode the 5pm train tour. Our conductor Preacher was very friendly, and extremely informative about people, places and things along the. We learned so much, and it will be great to share the photos we took with the information we have learned. We will come back and ride again. Preacher youbare amazing! God Bless Lori & John from Iowa. 💜

Excellent narration, friendly driver, dogs allowed on this train unlike others in town.