Meet Popular Nickelodeon Characters Dora the Explorer and Her Cousin Diego at Tweetsie Railroad June 22-24 (2024)
June 21, 2012. Hola, amigos y amigas! Meet the popular stars of Nickelodeon’s hit animated preschool series, Dora the Explorer™ and Go, Diego, Go!™, at Tweetsie Railroad during a family fun-filled three-day weekend June 22-24. Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego will meet, greet and pose for pictures with fellow adventurers from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the weekend.
Dora is a 7-year-old Latina heroine, whose adventures take place in an imaginative, tropical world filled with jungles, beaches and rainforests. Diego Marquez, Dora’s cousin, is an 8-year-old action-adventure hero who loves nature and animals. Dora and Diego explore their world just as preschoolers do everyday and their television shows actively engage audiences using a variety of learning techniques.
Tweetsie Railroad offers these special events and guest appearances in addition to the daily features of Wild West family fun. Hop aboard the famed steam-powered Tweetsie locomotive for an unforgettable three-mile adventure through the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Visitors can also spend the day walking the streets of a Western town, experience the long-ago era of cowboys and Indians, take a spin on a variety of rides, visit the animals at the Deer Park Zoo, be a part of the toe-tappin’ live entertainment and shows and take a scenic chair lift ride to Miner’s Mountain and pan for gold.
Tweetsie Railroad is open seven days a week through August 19. The park returns to the weekend schedule (open Fridays, Saturday and Sundays) from August 24 through October 28, including Labor Day Monday. The 2012 season ends Sunday, October 28. The park’s regular hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., but will be open until 9 p.m. on July 4 and July 7, 14, 21 and 28 for Cool Summer Nights. In addition, the park will be open at 8 a.m. both Saturdays (June 2 and 9) for the popular Day Out With Thomas™ event.
The Ghost Train® Halloween Festival will take place Friday and Saturday nights September 28 through October 27 from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and price of admission is $28 for adults and children, with children 2 and under admitted free. Daily admission to Tweetsie Railroad is $35 for adults and $22 for children ages 3 through 12. Children 2 and under are admitted free. Print at home tickets and Golden Rail Season Passes are available at Tweetsie.com.
Tweetsie Railroad is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains on U.S. Highway 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina. For more information about the 2012 season at Tweetsie Railroad, visit Tweetsie.com or call 877.TWEETSIE (877-893-3874). Find Tweetsie on Facebook or follow Tweetsie on Twitter @TweetsieRR.
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Dora Márquez (voiced by Kathleen Herles) is Diego's cousin and the protagonist of Dora the Explorer, who sometimes helps with rescue missions. Boots (voiced by Harrison Chad) is a monkey who is Dora's best friend and companion.
Diego Beltrán Márquez de León is an 8-year-old Latino action-adventure hero with a heart. His goal is to save and protect the animals and their environment. Athletic and fearless, he is always at the ready no matter what the situation. Diego loves learning new things.
Wrapping up. Most Dora the Explorer anime fans have been speculating about Dora's boyfriend. Many have concluded that Dora was in a relationship with Diego or Pablo. But the truth is Dora doesn't have a boyfriend, and Diego, the boy she is fond of, is her cousin.
She is indicated to be 7 years of age until the Season 5 episode Dora's Big Birthday Adventure, in which she turns 8. In Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Dora is now 10 as a few years have passed. During Dora and the Lost City of Gold, she is 6 in the beginning and after the time skip, she is 16.
However, while Dora's the oldest kid in her family (her younger brother and sister, Guillermo and Isabella, are fraternal twins), Diego's the youngest kid in his family (he has two older sisters named Daisy and Alicia).
Dora Márquez is the main protagonist and hostess of the television series Dora the Explorer, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and the 2024 reboot, as well as a supporting character of the spin-off series Go, Diego, Go!.
Diego Márquez is an 8-year-old Latino action-adventure hero with a big heart. His goal is to save and protect the animals and their environment. Athletic and fearless, he is always at the ready no matter what the situation. Diego loves learning new things.
Isabela Moner as Dora Márquez, a 16-year-old jungle explorer and the main protagonist from Dora the Explorer. She is Cole and Elena's daughter and Diego's cousin. Moner also voices Dora in the spore scene.
Dora's best friend Boots is a furry, fuzzy, five-and-a-half-year-old monkey who speaks English. He is sweet and loving, and he likes to hold Dora's hand and follow her lead like a worshipful younger brother. He is playful, giggly and happy, and he loves to make Dora laugh and to surprise her.
Alicia Márquez is a main character and the deuteragonist of Go, Diego, Go!. She did appear in Dora the Explorer, though she mostly appears in every episode of Go, Diego, Go!. Alicia is Diego's older sister, however, not his oldest, as Alicia and Diego have an older sister named Daisy, making Alicia the middle child.
Dora the Explorer follows the adventures of the 7-year-old Latina heroine Dora and her friends in an imaginative, tropical world. Go, Diego, Go! stars Dora's 8-year-old cousin Diego, a bilingual animal rescuer who protects animals and their environment.
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June 21, 2012. Hola, amigos y amigas! Meet the popular stars of Nickelodeon’s hit animated preschool series, Dora the Explorer™ and Go, Diego, Go!™, at Tweetsie Railroad during a family fun-filled three-day weekend June 22-24. Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego will meet, greet and pose for pictures with fellow adventurers from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the weekend.