Offer something truly memorable this Christmas
Santa’s Bus brings a unique take to family friendly, interactive Christmas fun. It’s Santa encounter, but not as you know it: designed to be different, and to delight all ages.
We can cater for town centres, Christmas lights switch on events, Stately homes, shopping centres and any UK visitor attraction looking to stand out from the crowd. Our team of ‘elves’ will be on hand all day to make everything run like clockwork.
Front windscreen ‘photo booth’, with optional branding
Our classic American school bus has a split screen at the front, with two super bright, high-resolution screens behind the glass of each side.
On one side, Santa is driving the bus. For the passenger side, we use an iPad to take photos of families or groups of friends, and freeze this image into the window.
Visitors can either take a picture of this on its own or stand in front of the bus, with this in the background. These photos can be taken on their own phones, or our staff can use iPads and email/text the pictures to them.
The windscreen ‘photo booth’ is free for visitors, who queue up to take part. We can photograph up to 10 people per group, with an estimated 60 to 100 groups included per hour.
Use a branded design of your choice above the windscreen to capture in group photos (in place of the Santa’s Bus logo here), at no extra cost. Perfect for any pictures shared via social media.
Inside the bus: Santa’s Grotto
The interior of the bus is a beautifully lit and decorated unique space, which can host up to 12 people at a time. Groups will be shown to the cosy seating, where they will enjoy a ‘satellite link up’ with Santa himself, on our unique porthole screen.
This is a pre-recorded video in which Santa will give all the visitors advice on the snacks and drinks they need to leave out on Christmas Eve for him and the reindeer. Each group will then be given a carrot and small bag of reindeer food to take away with them for the big night. Each visit will take around 3 minutes, and will be managed by our staff using allocated timeslots to avoid having to wait around.
A Christmas Augmented Reality (AR) experience
The whole of the ‘stop sign’ side of the bus has been mapped for an augmented reality experience, viewed free on both Apple and Android phones. A QR code on a stand can be scanned by visitors, and will open their phone camera with an AR programme. And just like magic, dancing reindeer will appear on the side of the bus, as well as a sleigh, Christmas trees, candy canes and a snowman all accompanied by festive music. We keep this playing on a loop, so that children can enjoy it for as long as they like. The more tech savvy visitors can screen record to share on social media.
Festive crafts and letters to Santa
There will be a stall where children can decorate a Christmas bauble to take away and write a letter to Santa.
To find out more including daily cost please contact scott@yellowbusevents.co.uk