Santa’s Workshop

For a 4 hour day to humor a 2, 4, 6 year olds, it’s ok. It’s shameful they can apply a coat of paint to the rides, or pick up sticks or rake the area to clean it up. The kids who work there do a good job and try hard. The shows are good for the kids as well. Didn’t try the food. My wife was upset the Christmas ornament cost $ 18 but they need to make some money to pay the bills. Overall for $ 23 it’s good for a half a day. Just wish it was kept up better. I was there 30 years ago and man things change!

We went to Santa’s Workshop last weekend and had a wonderful experience both days of our visit. The place was adorable and old-​fashioned, but I found this very charming for a Christmas based amusement park. There were live shows of Christmas characters all day long and the staff was very nice and did their best to provide excellent customer service. The park wasn’t crowded and my daughter was the only one on some rides, which is nice because there aren’t any long waits and she could enjoy more of the park. We also had close seating to the adorable shows. All except three of the rides are made for children who are under 48 inches and under 75 pounds. They have a fair amount of rides and allow children to go on them as many times as they’d like. There’s still plenty to see and do for older children as well. They have farm animals and young reindeer, buildings in a Christmas village and shows. Nothing in the park felt rushed, even a visit to Santa. For the price of $ 22 per person, I think that it’s very reasonable since amusement parks with more rides charge much more and seeing an hour and a half movie costs over $ 10 these days. They allow you to come back the next day for free. We spent over 7 hours there between the two days. The food in the restaurant there was good and reasonably priced as well. We also went to the character breakfast, which was great. We got close seats to the entertainment and the characters danced with my daughter. The price was $ 16, which I feel is very reasonable because it’s a breakfast buffet with all types of breakfast foods and you can eat all that you like and the hour of entertainment was definitely worth something. Eating any breakfast out these days cost over $ 10, unless it’s fast food. I am so glad that we went there and would love to take my daughter there again some day! I would highly recommend a visit to this place for anyone traveling in the area with small children or who love Christmas-​themed activities!

This place is a hoot. A pricey hoot, but a hoot. I gave it a middling rating because although it’s a decent enough place for young children, it is overpriced and pretty threadbare. Yes, the $ 20 admission isn’t much, but the place is so worn down, I feel like it’s a little high.
There are plenty of activities and rides for small children, although those over 12 are going to have a hard time finding things to do. We particularly enjoyed the train ride though. They advertise a their post office at which you can drop off your holiday cards, and they’ll be postmarked, «North Pole.»
Ours arrived marked «Plattsburgh.»

This place is one of the memories I have of my early childhood. I have not been back in a long time. In fact I just thought about it as I was doing a review of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Amusement Park.
I had completely forgot about Santa’s Workshop in North Pole, NY. It appears that it is still operating. You probably want to visit in the Summer hours since it is located in the middle of the Adirondack Mountains which can be awful cold in the late fall and winter.
I gave Santa’s Workshop 4 stars for the memories but I took one away because I have not been there for some time.
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