Tour Includes:
- A brand new tour and experience for 2024!
- Immerse yourself in nostalgia with our festively decorated vintage trolley
- Enjoy holiday lights from downtown to our main destination: the amazing new Lights in the Valley immersive display
- Hear our holiday host tell historic seasonal stories, lead holiday trivia, carols and more
- Enjoy a crackling fire, hot chocolate, cookies, family trolley photos, and 10% off at the Local Store
From the seasonal warmth of The Local Store, we’ll depart on our festively decorated (and heated!) vintage trolley to explore the shimmering holiday lights of downtown Eau Claire and the dynamic new Lights in the Valley display, with tons of cheer in between. Details »
It’s “all aboard!” as we ring the bell for the Holly Jolly Christmas Trolley! From the seasonal warmth of The Local Store, we’ll depart on our festively decorated (and heated!) vintage trolley to explore the shimmering holiday lights of downtown Eau Claire and the incredibly dynamic “Lights in the Valley” display, with tons of cheer in between. Our holiday host will guide and entertain with holiday stories, trivia, and music on the way to an impressive and immersive, brand new display on the city’s Southside. “Lights in the Valley” is a nearly one-mile drive-thru animated holiday spectacular with 200,000 color changing lights and nearly 500 custom-built props and trees all coordinated to a musical mash-up of both modern and classic Christmas tunes. And there’s no need to pay for separate light display tickets (typically $20/car), because for this ride it’s all included with your trolley ticket (and we get bumped to the front of the line!).
From there we’ll return to downtown Eau Claire with even more festive fun en route, including prizes awarded for those who know their holiday movies and music! Once back enjoy a crackling fire, free hot chocolate, cookies, and maybe even a family holiday photo with the trolley. All that plus, with your trolley ticket you receive 10% off any item in The Local Store on the night of your ride, as well as a buy-one-get-one free drink ticket for The Lakely next door, usable through the end of the year!
Tour lasts approximately 75 minutes and is open to all ages, however we do ask that any very small infants or children typically requiring rear facing car seats do not ride. Also consider the length of the tour when including small children. Regarding accessibility, our trolley requires entry up three steps from the curb, with a solid handrail on both sides.
IN THE CASE OF HEAVY SNOW: It’s possible the trolley and/or the Lights in the Valley display may need to close in particularly icy or heavy snow conditions. If this happens, tickets may be refunded or transferred to a different tour.
