Riverfront Trolley Assoc

So much fun for your entire family we wrote it all the way both ways. A great time and super inexpensive

Wow! What a delightful deal! $ 1 for a ride as long as you wish, a history tour and a beautiful antique trolley car with all the fun one would expect. Not commercialized and truly a work of the community. My son and I loved it!

This is such a fun little ride. Our conductor was very well informed and we could tell he loved his job. We learned so much about our favorite little town away from home. He broke up the heavy load of information with whimsical jokes here and there. Astoria has a amazing amount of history! We also learned a lot about the filming of The Goonies, one of our favorite cult classics.
The trip is just short of a hour, but there are many stops along the way. If you enjoy drinking all of the fabulous brews and wines Astoria has to offer, take the trolley around and you won’t have to worry about driving.
The trolley is a beautiful piece of history itself. Watching the conductor work it was pretty cool. They have a little shop on the trolley too. The history alone is more than worth the dollar price. Ride all day for two dollars. Awesome!

«Great ride, educational»
While in Astoria, don’t miss the opportunity to take a ride on the trolley. It runs along the water front. The engineer is also your guide. He is a wealth of information on the history of Astoria. Goonies house, kinder garden cop house, and more. Be sure to ask questions, he’ll know the answer. The trolley is pretty unique, when you reach the end going one way, stand up, grab your seat back, and pull toward you, the seat is now facing the otherway. There are many stops along the way.

So fun for our 3.5 year old. I liked the history tour of the town. Round trip was under an hour and it was packed, so sometimes a few people had to stand up for a bit.

HOLY MOLY! This was AWESOME! For $ 1.00 you get an hour ride of the beautiful and historical riverfront. Our conductors were entertaining, funny, and very knowledgeable. Throughout the ride you are given a tour filled with useful information about Astoria… did you know this is where cable television got its start in Oregon?
I thoroughly enjoyed this and still can’t believe it was only a dollar. The trolley is over 100 years old and that just adds to the experience. The conductors are also volunteers and simply do this for fun — how cool!
I recommend this for families, kids, and everyone of all ages. You can sit or stand and get on or off at anytime; $ 2.00 will let you ride all day. Keep in mind the trolley only runs during Monday — Friday. I will definitely do this again.

$ 1 for a hour ride along the waterfront of Astoria on a 100 year old trolley car Old 300?!
I am IN!
Not only it is education, relaxing and great value! Chill and enjoy the scenery…
You can just pay $ 2 for all day ride with hop on and off… I will suggest to ride the trolley to the end and then walk back and stop by some of the attractions.
The trolley can get really busy if cruise ship is in port… but other days it is just great way to travel in town if you don’t feel like walking!

Can’t get much better than $ 1.00 for a trolley ride thru Astoria waterfront and an education. We enjoyed the approx 1hr ride and seeing the film locations for Free Willy, Goonies, and Kindergarten Cop.

The best trolley ride I ever took (in any city)!. The most unique thing is that the trolley had no costly catenary system (overhead electric wire) but is powered by a «slug» trailer, a generator running on bio fuel — ie. cooking oil that feeds current into the old trolley mechanicals. What a solution to power a trolley! In fact, when the conductor found out we all had come to town on a cruise ship, he said all us passengers ride free instead of the usual dollar. Plus, the narration was worth the trip.

«Screw women and children! Me first! I don’t care if you got to the trolley stop first! It’s all about meeeeeee!»
That’s what I think the a-​holes who arrived at the trolley stop after my group were thinking. I mean, forget the fact that we got to the stop first and have four kids with us that may need to sit down. No, by all means, the rest of you are bigger jerks therefore YOU should get to shove your way past us and take all the seats, leaving us to fend for ourselves. Freaking jerks, I swear.
Despite the overwhelming assholery going on, we enjoyed the trolley immensely. While the kids may have gotten a little bored half way through, my dorky friend and I were having the time of our lives! Sure, I’ve seen most of this stuff before because I have to go to Astoria multiple times a year, but it was still tons of fun.
For one dollar per person you get to ride as long as you want. All the windows open so on a fine day like we had you can enjoy the wind and warmth.

I really enjoyed riding the Astoria trolley and hearing some of the history of the town while riding along the waterfront. many locals ride the Trolley around town. The fare is one dollar. The Trolley is completely restored back to when it was new. Keep the Trolley going!!!

We’re spoiled with our cable and street cars in SF, so we didn’t rush to ride the trolley while moseying through Astoria one afternoon. But we did get the heck out of its way as it approached us. This is not a fast-​moving transport, so we could practically see what the guy in charge of that particular journey was telling his passengers. Everyone seemed to be having a great time. Very cool!

Astoria is full of surprises. For a buck, you can ride along the waterfront on a sensational, historical trolley car. The attendants tell stories about the history of each place as you go by, and where to eat etc. Be sure to do this if staying here.