I received complimentary tickets for this event. These opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation.
Sometimes you just got to have a little fun on the weekend like watching a murder scene unravel right in front of you on a train ride on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad.
This month my daughter and I went on a little road trip to Nevada for a ride on the Murder Mystery Dinner Train. The summer wasn’t over yet and I wanted to make sure we had some fun before all the homework with school began.
The Murder Mystery Dinner Train show is produced by the Brewery Arts Center where passengers can learn about Nevada’s history aboard a vintage V&T Railroad steam engine and interact with the cast to help solve the mystery of who stole the gold and also who KILLED Mr. Big. This train ride starts at the Eastgate Depot in Carson City and heads into the Carson River Canyon for a 45 minute ride.
The murder mystery action begins as soon as you board the train. It all starts with Mr. Big running around the train with a KNIFE in his back. As the train is in motion the murder play unfolds before your eyes and you are left to figure out who did it!
The other characters in the story include Rose Montague who is on her way to audition somewhere in the Comstock, Elliot Hathaway who met Rose in San Francisco and wants to manage her talents and Rusty Perkins who happens to be Mr. Big’s right hand man.
As the train makes it way through the canyon the characters act out and the passengers can interact making the ride even more enjoyable.
During the ride the passengers are encouraged to look for clues in solving the murder mystery and finding the gold!
So during and after the train ride everyone is left wanting to know. Was the murderer Rusty Perkins, Mr Big’s right hand man?
Or was Mr. Big’s murderer Rose Montague or Elliot Hathaway?
Take a peek of Rose Montague in action with the other passengers.
After the train arrived back in Carson City we were welcomed with a Western BBQ and a cash bar. After we enjoyed our meal the murderer was announced!
I really enjoyed participating in this murder mystery dinner train ride with my daughter. She thought it was fun too! I would ride it again but next time I would bring the whole family. In fact I think I might be interested in riding the Polar Express.
Murder Mystery Dinner Train Tickets are $75 per person and include the shower, dinner and one drink ticket. Fares also include an 8 percent historic preservation fee. For the latest train updates or to purchase tickets visit www.vtrailway.com.
To view more pictures I took during my ride, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32839660@N04/sets/72157646480712710/
This looks like so much fun and your dinner looked delicious. It would be fun to take a ride around Nevada and wonder who is the person that did it in this murder mystery.
How fun! My hubby and I have done a bunch of murder mystery dinners, but never one on a train before!!
This looks like a lot of fun! I have always wanted to go to a murder mystery dinner- one on a train sounds even cooler.
I want to do something like this so bad!! And on a train? Way cool! The Polar Express trip sounds like fun, too!
This has to be the coolest thing ever. I have always wanted to do something like this and wish they had one in my area… Maybe I will have to plan a trip.
This seems like it would be such a fun time! I would love to do this!
This sounds like such a fun adventure!! I’d LOVE to experience something like this!!
I’ve never tried something like this but my dad used to give these tickets as gifts. It sounds like a really fun experience.
This looks like such a good time. I love murder mystery dinners and being onboard a train makes it even more fun! 🙂
This looks like so much fun! There is a train around where I live that does this and I have always wanted to go!
This is really cool. Talk about dinner and a show. Plus, it’s on a train, and we all know that trains are cool.
Mystery theater and dinner on a train? Awesome. I love old trains.
This is so cool. I’d love to do this with my husband. It looks like so much fun!
I’d love to take the family to this. The kids would love it!
Oh I would love to do something like this! I’ve been to a mystery dinner theater but I love the idea of it being on a train, what fun!
That seriously sounded like so much fun!!!! I want to go so bad!
Oh, I am so jealous, this sounds and looks like so much fun. Totally want to do it.
This is just too cool! I need to see if we have something like this in the area!
What a fun adventure. I would love to do a murder mystery on a train. it sounds like so much fun and the scenary is gorgerous.
I really enjoy murder mystery dinners, so this would be really fun! Did you guess correctly?
That looks like such a fun event! I have never been to a murder mystery on train before.
after reading ‘and then there were none’ in high school I could never bring myself to go to a murder mystery dinner. Glad you enjoyed yoruself though!
I would love to partake in one if these someday! I think it’d be a great date type of activity.
What a fun day! I would love to do this with my kids.
That looks like so much fun! I have only been on a train once and it was so fun, would have been more fun for a dinner like that!
That sounds pretty cool! I went to a murder mystery dinner once, but never on a train.
This looks amazing! I have a friend that manages a Murder Mystery Theater here in Phoenix, but it’s not on a cool train!
this looks like SO MUCH FUN!! my kids are finally where they can stay over at friends houses OR come with us for things like this!
Oh how fun! Sounds like you guys had an amazing time. I would love to go to something like this.
This is so much fun. I would love it.
This sounds like fun. We went on a murder mystery dinner several years ago but it wasn’t on a train or anything fancy. We went to the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. It was a ton of fun.