“Who doesn’t love Christmas in June?”

Nicole Rivelli, team member of Walt Disney Studio’s Special Events,

posed this question when asked about the timing of Disney’s “A
Christmas Carol” Train Tour stop in Sacramento.

This weekend will mark the seventh stop for Disney’s train on its 40-city tour.

Sacramento native and president of the Walt Disney Picture Group, Mark
Zoradi, wished everyone a “Merry Christmas” as he introduced the
interactive walk-through train tour being held at the California State
Railroad Museum.

The train is filled with costumes, flat-screen TVs with commentaries
from all the characters, including Producer Robert Zemeckis, and a
behind-the-scenes peek of how the digital 3D film was made.

One of the most appealing attractions is the "Face Morph" station.
Children and adults use Hewlett Packard Touchsmart PCs to take a
picture of their faces and have them morphed into characters from the
film.

A 50-foot by 50-foot-tall 3D theater allowed attendees a 10-minute
preview of the film, which is still in the process of being filmed.

“I think Robert's goal was to stay true to what Dickens wrote, so when
you see Disney's "A Christmas Carol," it's going to be like seeing "A
Christmas Carol" for the first time.” Rivelli said.

The train tour will continue to travel the country, hitting 26 states
altogether.

“It's a five-month tour, so we started in May. We're going to have
Christmas all summer, but when we end, it'll be in November – right
when the film releases – so it's all kind of culminating up to the
film release,” Rivelli said.

Since its start in Los Angeles, the attraction has gotten phenomenal reactions.

"L.A. had five-hour lines. Denver [and] Albuquerque had three-hour
lines. So I think that being able to see … Disney … when they would
normally have to come out to Orange County to see it, or all the way
to Florida, the fact that we're bringing a little Disney magic to
them, they love it,” Rivelli said.

"It was definitely an easy decision to make it stop in Sacramento,”
Rivelli said. “I mean, look at it, the old town is the perfect
backdrop for this train.”

The Disney train tour highlights a part of history from Dickens’ time
and brings a book to life that has played a huge part in classical
literature.

The train tour will end in November, right in time for the movie
release on Nov. 6.

All images photographed by Fino Balanza