The Polar Express train ride returns to New Orleans this year. Find out what's new in 2024. The rail experience is based on a beloved book by Chris Van Allsburg and an animated film with Tom Hanks..

The Polar Express Train Ride is a live re-enactment of the 1985 children's book by Van Allsburg in which a Michigan child awakes on Christmas Eve to find a train outside his home and rides to the ...

During the train ride, kids dressed up as the characters from “The Polar Express” movie, walked from car to car to talk with other kids about what they wanted for Christmas.