So pray tell me, what is this magical experience? Once Upon a Bus are excited to announce an exclusive 2 day immersive ‘Yuletide’ Storytelling experience on the beautiful Once Upon A Bus combined with an outdoor Christmas market at Cookham Dean Cricket Club on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th December between 9.30 and 5.30 pm with a percentage of the sales to be donated to Thames Hospice in memory of the creators of Once Upon a Buses dear dad who passed away there last Christmas.

What is included in the Ticket PricesTicket prices are £17 per adult and £17 per child plus booking Fee.
Small Babies in arms free, Early bird tickets available until 01st October 2023!
Enter CODE: BIRDY23 to receive 10% off total booking cost.

Your experience includes entrance into the magical 'Yuletide' decorated bus. Upstairs you will be taken on an interactive storytelling experience by the storytelling woodland elves for 45 minutes . Included will be carols and a the famous poem 'T'was the night before Christmas'. Children and Adults will be encouraged to summon Father Christmas to the Bus and afterwards each family will visit him in his Grotto on the lower deck of the Bus. And of course your little angels will have been on their best behavior and treated to a quality gift! We are allowing 'additional' family members who do not come for the storytelling experience to be allowed at no extra cost into the Grotto to experience the conversations and the excited faces of your children when they chat to Father Christmas! (Each experience lasts 1 hour 15 minutes-including waiting to see FC!)

How do I book tickets?
All tickets for the Once Upon a Bus experience are booked via the Bookwhen system - click here to book

Experiences are limited to 35 per session.
Show times
9:30 -10:45
11:30-12.45
1:45-15:00
3:45- 17:00

Christmas Market Only: £2 on the gate.

There will be a Christmas market with local stalls and plenty of children's activities, Entrance to the market is £2 if no ticket has been purchased on the bus. 

Will there be food and drink?
There will be a BBQ and drinks available at the bar!