Michael Ann Effron

Review of Grand Canyon Railway

A must do for families who don't get a chance to r...

A must do for families who don't get a chance to ride trains. The middle schoolers liked it, the 40 something parents liked it and the grands liked it. Coach seemed to be the happening place. Our host was fabulous any questions about the grand canyon village ... she could answer. Plenty of information given to enjoy the scenes on the way there and how to get the most of your time at the canyon. The host we had on the way back was new however, and that wasn't nearly as fun. Most people were tired and resting so it didn't matter so much then. One thing I would change?...I wish we weren't prepped for the robbery. We were told there was one when we bought tickets, which was fine. About 10 min before our host told everyone exactly what was going to happen and even had us get money out. Not so fun - that made it seem even more fake than it really was. I appreciated that robbers rode up next to the train but it kinda killed the mood when our host said they had made it safely on board (they were still outside our window). Aside from the disappointing performance we had a great time :) go for it!!