Hippity Hop: N.C. Transportation Museum hosts Springtime Family Fun with Easter Bunny
Published 12:00 am Saturday, April 5, 2025
- Riders enjoy a visit from the Easter Bunny on a train at the N.C. Transportation Museum. – Submitted
SPENCER — The Easter Bunny returns to the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer for four fun-filled days of egg-cellent activities, train rides and egg hunts.
Families should be delighted as the Easter Bunny rides along on the train to greet passengers and create fun memories.
The event will occur on April 12, 13, 18 and 19 during regular museum operating hours each day at varying times. Take a leisurely 25-minute train around the museum’s 60-acre property with the Easter Bunny on board the train handing out treats for the kids. Visitors will experience additional activities such as crafts, inflatable games and operating model trains as they tour the museum’s exhibit buildings.
Returning this year is the opportunity to enjoy breakfast, lunch or snacks with the Easter Bunny on board the moving train inside a railroad dining car. Breakfast will include bunny-shaped pancakes, sausage and fruit cup with juice. Lunch includes bunny-shaped turkey sandwiches, carrots with ranch dip, fruit cup and juice. Snacks include a decorated Twinkie with a bunny Peep, goldfish crackers, a fruit cup and juice. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are available at designated times on board the Easter Bunny Express train.
Children and their families will love participating in the bunny trail-stop which at the last stop includes a special take-home treat. Professional photography packages are available during the event, but visitors are welcome to take their own photos as well.
“The Easter Bunny Express is one of our many fun family-oriented events that we offer each year,” Executive Director Kelly Alexander said. “It gives us an opportunity to share our state’s transportation history at a time when families are together enjoying the holiday.”
Easter Egg Hunts will only be available on April 18 and 19, weather permitting, and are included with general admission on those days. The egg hunts are divided into age groups and offered in the morning and afternoon. Participants will turn in their eggs for a special treat, so visitors are encouraged to bring an Easter basket.
General admission with the Easter Bunny Express train ride in coach seating is $19 for adults, $17 for seniors and active military, $15 for children 3-12, and free for children under age 3. Admission without the train ride is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and active military, $7 for children 3-12, and free for children under age 3. Prices for Meals with the Easter Bunny onboard the train’s dining car vary and are available on the museum’s website.
Museum members enjoy free or reduced prices depending on membership level. Advance ticket purchase is encouraged for everyone who intends to ride the Easter Bunny Express train as a part of their experience. Meals with the Easter Bunny are available in limited numbers for pre-sale, with walk-up tickets available only while meal supplies last.
For more information on this event and to purchase advance tickets, go to www.nctransportationmuseum.org/easter-bunny-express/. The event and train ride will be held rain or shine. Taxes and fees apply and will be shown on the event ticketing screen at the time of purchase.
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