Tweetsie Railroad Review

Tweetsie is a great place for young kids and families. We purchased season tickets after our first visit with no regrets. My son loves the train, while my daughter loves the animals and shows. It's a kitchy, old-fashioned good time family theme park and we love it.

Wonderful time with our 2 year old. She loved everything about Tweetsie. You can bring the stroller which I recommend for toddlers as their legs get tired. Staff was wonderful always smiling and happy to help. Food, drink, and gift shops are well worth it. You will pay a bit extra, but that's expected. My husband and I have been going since we were kids and we will keep the tradition going. Thank you for a great time in a safe kid friendly environment. See you at christmas!!

Lots of family fun! If your kid likes trains, they'll love this place.

It's went downhill over the years. A lot of the rides didn't work. Very expensive.

Wow what a great place to bring the family. My son loved everything about the place. It is a bit pricey but it's worth the memories it created. Just look at that smile.

My family and I have so many wonderful memories of this place. My grandparents took me here every year as a child and I only recently got the opportunity to return and it hasn't lost its charm in the smallest way! The staff has always been friendly, courteous, and willing to help! The cowboys and cast members make the old western atmosphere come straight to life!

Tweetsie goes all out for Christmas. Lights everywhere, the timing of the train is down to a science, and what ever you do go to the fudge store and get a hot chocolate!!!!!! Thank you to Tweetsie and entire staff GREAT experience.

Had a blast & enjoyed the last day for Tweetsie Christmas

Pros: very clean, beautiful scenery

Cons: overpriced ($160 for a fam of 4), in reality this park is best geared for kids 5 and under, once you enter the overpriced park, approx 70% of the attractions behind the gate are an additional fee (retail shops, eateries, gem mining, face painting, etc). What the $160 actually got us was a ride up a chair lift, one 3-mile trip in a coal locomotive with a couple of third-rate acting vignettes that were barely audible, a handful of rides that seemed transported from a small town kiddie fair, sifting sand in Tupperware bowls for tiny flecks of fools gold, and attendance at some chintzy 10 minute shows that my 9-year old and his friends could have performed more entertainingly. In short, don t waste your money.

Love taking my family to this place. Very fun environment that is tucked into a nice mountain view. Highly recommend dropping by when Thomas the Train is onsite. :)

Fun place for kids, fun train ride/show. A bit pricey but there is a real steam engine and that is great.
FYI, The hills can be a bit much

Worth a visit. Great fun for kids and adults. Plan to visit an entire day.

It's a great place to take the kids and the people are great also! only complaint is it seems a little over priced for what there is to do it hell every thing is now days!

DOES NOT HONOR PROMOTIONS! I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FOR GROUPS! Called for group rate pricing in May, and was mislead. Lady I spoke with said there had to be 15 paying people to receive group rate. When we showed up with over 30 for our Cub Scout Pack, they would not honor it and said we had to make reservations in advance, but is not what lady told me on the phone. So we tried to reason with the lady at ticket office, and she was like it was our problem not theirs. Plus in the past year, they have increased their in park concessions by over 25%. They now want $9 for a kids meal. Tweetsie is now way more expensive than Carowinds!

Same old fun, my kids love it. Ride operators have a big impact on fun. Some enjoy their jobs, others don't. Ticket prices continue to increase and seem a bit excessive

I love it every thing is so clean, employees are so polite and they make kids believe. I have a 5 year old and she love it!

Hasn't lost it's charm in all the years I've been going.. 30 something years.

Very well maintained, clean and extremely friendly staff. At this time of year they have -Real- hot chocolate, like the stuff served on the Polar Express (movie), made in small batches and the -Real- apple cider (hot) is delicious as well. Food is also available at Tweetsie. They make fudge here too, it's so good!

We did The Ghost Train this year and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The whole place was themed with decorations, lights galore, smoke machines, costumed staff, lots of activities and attractions... Just awesome.

The Ghost Train entering the "town" is absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever seen. This is a real, coal powered steam engine decked out like it just rose from the grave, crew and all. I felt like I was at a rock concerts grand opening, like a little kid that gets all giddy and goofy, I literally got chills and made it a point to be at that spot a few more times just to see it come around the corner again! My son and I talked about it all night afterward; sorry dear...(for my wife, we drove her nuts watching videos we took and making our own Ghost Train sounds late into the night) we just really liked it!

My 10 year old loved the train ride and I would say he was just about the right age for the scare factor on it. There is a haunted "forest" walk (not really in the woods, just themed as such) and it was pretty good, I admit I was relieved when my son wanted to take one of the early exits as it was a little much for him and one of the "monsters" was kind enough to point us in the right direction. We didn't do the haunted house which I heard was much scarier than the haunted forest.

The carnival rides here are included with your train ticket are a lot of fun. Give yourself at least 3 hours to enjoy as much of this wonderful place as possible.

We will be back! Thanks to everyone at Tweetsie Railroad!

We took our children to Tweetsie Railroad for Day Out With Thomas and everyone had an amazing time! We came into the park after 3, so we were able to get in the next day on the same ticket, which gave us lots of time to check out all of the rides and attractions! I love how you can get up close and take pictures with Thomas the train! Even though the website said we could only ride the train once, the employees told me that if it wasn't crowded, we could ride again. So, we road the train three times! There were lots of different Thomas the Train activities to do, as well!

This place was very nice. Geared to younger kids mostly. Pack your own drinks and food, their prices are outrageous! A large soda and kid size drink $11.00. Other than that the staff is friendly and the place is clean.

We have been taking our son, who is now 5, every year since he turned 2 and absolutely LOVE IT! We always go during the special event days such as Day out with Thomas or Ninja Turtles! The staff is always so friendly!!!!! Can't wait to go this Sunday!

The rides are for younger kids, & the lines are never too long. It's perfect for families!

An interesting amusement park for a fun family day with the kids. The train ride was amusing and informative.

I love Tweetsie! I went as a child then took my children. Now I'm taking my grandchildren. It's just enough. The kids love the train and could ride it all day!

All the kids love it there and the rides they enjoyed

Dont matter the age or day.. You could have a great time here.

Wonderful place for family fun. Not sure teens would be as impressed, (no extreme thrill rides or high tech adventures) but the 12 & under group absolutely LOVE it. Considering how old this park actually is, owner's have done a fantastic job keeping it updated and in perfect repair.
Lots if fun to keep you busy for the day. Built on a mountain side so be sure to wear comfy shoes! Manual wheel chairs and strollers are available, a bit difficult to push at times due to the steep inclines.

Good place to take family we took our youth they all had a good time everybody did

Haven't been there since I was a kid took my son he had a ball reminded me of when I was his age

It was awesome... will go back next year for the ghost train.. make up.. costumes.. decor.. music.. staff was great!!

The Tweetsie Railroad is an amusement park for tourists and rail buffs alike. With 2 operational steam locomotives and several other rides and places, this is truly a great place to spend a day of fun at. I gave this 4 stars, because I think that the park should lower its admission prices.

This place is a great time for kids. You can do everything in a day. The price is pretty steep, though.

Clean and affordable fun for kids. If your a train lover then the Tweetsie is great.

More fun than I ever expected! The kids, hubby and brother loved it!

Had a Great time... Very Old western theme throughout the park.. Will Return in the summer to enjoy during the daytime..

Definitely better for little kids, up to 5th grade, in terms of the entertainment and lack of anything scary. The ghost train was more entertaining to watch drive by than it was to ride. We didn't want to stay and won't be going again.

We had a blast. Everyone was so nice and thoughtful

My son had a blast. This is a place for every child who loves trains and cowboys.

Great place for the family. Beautiful scenery. Staff are friendly and the train conductors are awesome

Ain't hardly changed in 25 years .. my first amusement park and proud to say my little mans first amusement park he's 21 months but walked the whole thing ! Good stuff

I love Tweetie. Few memories l have when mama took up before she died. We didn't go all time. Just when mama knew Fred Kirby was going be there. I'm red headed. He loved red heads. He always try get Indians cut off my pig tails when we took ride on train. I didnt go hardly after turning 12. Without mama it wasn't the same until l had my own child Took her when she was 4 first time. Fred made the train ride 110% better.

Awesome place to take your kids! My grandmother took me when I was little and I'm proud to be carrying on the tradition with my granddaughter! We love it and will be back every year! 60 years and still going strong! Thank you Tweetsie!

Great family fun! We have been visiting each year since our first child was born and it never seems to get old. Tweetsie is what an amusement park was prior to "mega parks". Tweetsie is a must experience!

I wish I could go again here. One of the most beautiful place I have ever been

Very well organized attraction, appealing to younger kids.

Tweetsie Christmas is magical! Our family loved the experience!

We went up there to look and see what it was all about and two men were very rude we will not be coming here when they open back up.

Wonderful place to take children. Lots of things to do and see. The train ride was the best and most entertaining. I love this park. Would definitely go back and have told all family that they just have to go.

Great, safe and fun experience for the whole family!

Awesome experience. It's been 20 years since I've been an I got to take my daughter there an we had a blast!

Wow the ghost train event was awesome. Such a great family experience and memory. Fun for the whole family. Spooky but awesome!!

I had a ball I truly hope that I get to go back soon

Magical place to bring your family! Excellent cleaning and protocols if you're worried about that.

Was nice and clean, but over priced for what there is to do. The train ride was nice but the show was not entertaining at all. Was like watching people goof off at home.

The Ghost Train did not disappoint! The rides were fun, the staff was friendly and super helpful, and the haunted houses were scary. Best family experience we've had in a while!

I have been taking kids and grandkids to tweetsie for years, today's visit was disappointing. Two of my grandsons favorite rides were not working and he was upset, normally I would rate tweetsie four stars.