Amtrak and Crayola Team Up to Promote Family Travel and Creative Exploration

Savings for children and crayon-inspired locomotive designs inspire summer travel

WASHINGTON – Summer travel season is right around the corner, and Amtrak and Crayola have joined forces to create fun-filled experiences designed to inspire creativity and exploration. This perfectly paired brand partnership includes can’t-miss offers and vibrant locomotive designs encouraging creativity on the go.

Need an extra incentive to book a long-awaited spring or summer get-away? Both companies have fantastic savings for children that enable the backdrop for unforgettable family memories, coupling the magic of train travel with a colorful, interactive Crayola experience:

🏷️ Offer: First, it’s all about the journey! For those heading to the Orlando area, here’s a sweet deal for travel on the Amtrak Auto Train. Now through August 31, 2025, children can travel free in Coach Class or in First Class private rooms.

🏷️ Bonus Offer: Next, it’s about immersive experiences with Crayola, where children can enjoy free admission to Crayola Experience—the most colorful family destination for creative, interactive play—with any Amtrak child ticket. This Amtrak-exclusive offer puts imagination into action in a whole new way and is available from May 8 to August 31 at Easton, PA, Mall of America, MN, Orlando, FL, and Plano, TX, Crayola Experience locations. Amtrak travelers must show proof of a child ticket at Crayola Experience check-in counters during the above travel dates for free entry through Sept. 30.

🔍 Details: The Auto Train offer is valid for travel from Lorton, VA, to Sanford, FL, and Sanford, FL, to Lorton, VA. Three-day advance purchase required. Customers can also book using the Amtrak app. Terms and conditions apply. To learn more, visit Amtrak.com/Crayola.

🚆 Colorful Displays: If these great offers weren’t enough to inspire travel, there’s more. Starting today, two ACS-64 Sprinter electric locomotives powering Amtrak trains will showcase captivating Crayola crayon designs. These rolling displays of vibrant creativity are sure to capture attention along the Northeast Corridor from Washington, D.C. to Boston.

🚆 One locomotive is draped in Violet Blue and features the collection of eight beloved retired crayon colors that Crayola recently brought back for a limited time—a first in the company’s 122-year history—to help color the world once again. The second locomotive is enveloped in the color Dandelion – a golden yellow and one of the fan-favorite, “unretired” crayon colors. The locomotive also stars crayon character “Dan D,” the Crayola Ambassador of Creativity.

Both locomotives prominently display the message “Creativity on the Go!” highlighting the Amtrak and Crayola partnership and encouraging kids and adults alike to bring their imagination to life and colorfully express their creativity, anywhere, any time.

“We’re thrilled about our newly minted partnership with Crayola, arriving just in time for the summer travel season. Both Amtrak and Crayola are iconic brands, which together can unlock unique, memorable experiences for children and adults alike,” said Jessica Davidson, Amtrak Vice President of Digital and Brand Marketing. “Between special savings and imaginative locomotive designs, we are excited to foster extraordinary journeys and inspire creativity across America.”

“Our collaboration with Amtrak is the perfect example of how Crayola is bringing our celebration of color and creativity to new and unexpected places,” said Anna Roca, Head of Global Partnerships & Promotions for Crayola. “Featuring our Limited Edition colors and immersive family destinations, this partnership commemorates the colorful and creative impact these colors have had on generations of consumers, celebrates the enduring value of childhood creativity, and inspires creative moments for our fans.”