Christmas Kickoff at Union Station

Today we went to Union Station and I just can't believe how magical this place is during the holidays. It is so much fun. Giant Christmas trees, lights everywhere, fantastic picture opportunities, trains and so much more.  It is by far my favorite place to visit during the holidays in Kansas City!

We started our day off with brunch at Harvey's.  They have a brunch buffet with a lot of yummy options.  Kids under 4 are free which made this a great deal for us.  My kids eat a ton and were eating prime rib and shrimp for free!  Yes, please!

Then we wrote letters to Santa and mailed them in the big mailbox that goes directly to Santa. Kahlan asked for a My Little Pony castle and Noah asked for a big dinosaur toy which is actually a specific toy that I had to look up commercials for until he could see the one he meant!  I love that they are starting to have very specific opinions and wants.

We rode the holiday train (cost is $5 per kid or free with membership) and looked at the free model train exhibit. The model train exhibit is free and runs all year. Kids love this.

We saw the Let it Snow show at the planetarium  ($3 per person, free with membership) which was really cool.  We all enjoyed it quite a bit.  Fun Christmas music and lights.

Finished our trip with Science city.  (13.50 per adult and 11.50 per kid or free with membership)  The kids really love this place and there is so much for them to do!


We had so much fun today and I really recommend getting the Union Station membership!  One trip during the holiday season can almost pay for itself.  A family of four membership is $95 and for a limited time you get 4 Royals rally posters valued at $22 each so a total of $88 value.  Hello Christmas presents!  We were planning in buying 2 anyway and just renewed our membership so now we are members through April 2017!

With our trip just today we would have spent $10 for train rides, $12 for the show, and $50 for science city.  Thats $72 of our $95 cost (not including the 2 royals rally posters we were planning on buying which would have been $44).  We've been to science city a couple times this year already and plan on returning to do some other holiday stuff later in December making our membership well worth it! 

Also, included in your membership is one bag of free popcorn at the movie theater, discount on the traveling exhibits, and the ability to schedule your time for the holiday express train and santa!