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Time for a party!

April 5, 2019

Here at EnterTRAINment Junction we LOVE celebrating birthdays! In fact, we have the perfect way to help you celebrate -whether the birthday guest is turning 1 years old or 99 years old – our facility has everything you need for the celebration of the year!

When you have your birthday party at EnterTRAINment, you are guaranteed to have a good time. It’s such a unique venue and your guests will have the option of visiting the train journey, the funhouse, or both! Everything is taken care of so you don’t have to worry about planning the big day or worry about clean up! (That’s a relief!) Our staff is friendly and knowledgeable and will help your party run smoothly. There are also a variety of packages and themes to choose from so it’s perfect for a girls or boys birthday party! They also offer add- on options so you can customize the party just the way you’d like it!

If you have a big group birthday party, don’t forget to check out our Gold Spike package which includes fifty do-it-all admissions, 2-1/2 hours in two party rooms, and food for all guests.

If you have questions or would like to book your party, please call Chrissy at 513-898-8000 ext 203 or email her at cpotter@entertrainmentjunction. You can also reserve a spot online and our coordinator will get in touch with you so be sure to book your birthday party today!

Did you know?

Our highest mountain on display is over 16 feet tall.

Our Train Journey uses 1,968 gallons of scenic colored dirt and grasses costing over $26,000

Our mountains are carved out of 58,000 square feet of spray foam!

We have over 2 miles of G track with 1 mile hidden inside mountains.

There are over 100 scratch built bridges and trestles modeled after real-life structures.

Over 130 talented craftsmen volunteered over 200,000 man-hours to create our display.

EnterTRAINment Junction was conceived in 2003, train construction began in June of 2007 and opened for business in August of 2008.

The entire display is built to be historically accurate showing railroads in 3 distinct time periods.

Opening for business in August 2008, we’ve continuously added more to layouts each month.

Over 1,800 gallons of water is used with 3 storage tanks for waterfalls and rivers.

The control panels that operate each track have over 20,000 solder joints with 8,000 lines of programming to operate multiple trains on the same track.

The walkway through our exhibit is 850 feet long.

Our train display is 25,000 sq. ft. – about ½ of a football field.

Each tunnel leads you into a new time period through your journey.

Our scale is ½” = 1 ft. So, a 6 ft person in life is modeled as a 3” person in our display.

We have hidden 10 dinosaurs in our display – can you find them all?

All of our volunteers leave a personal touch on the items they work on – you can even see a photo of some in their buildings!

The seats in our museum are from Dayton train station from 1900.

We’ve had visitors from all 50 states and 37 countries!

We recently added a Bates Motel to our display – have you spotted it yet?

The tilt in our tilt room is 25 degrees.

During construction, we had to dig into the ground to build the Ames Room.

When you take a picture with flash on a camera of the steamboat, you’ll hear thunder after like it was a flash of lightning.

During your journey, we simulate night and day with 15 minutes of daytime followed by 5 minutes of night.

The switchback line has 2 trains. The one going up the hill has no logs and the train going downhill are fully loaded with logs.

The Coney Island amusement park display is a replica of Cincinnati’s Coney Island as it looked in 1965 – complete with working rides.