The show has five alternate endings. The viewer chooses the ending they want to watch by selecting which character dies of dysentery. The ending was decided before each show based on votes from the audience members as they walked into the theater. Two endings were performed one night (the night rest of the show was shot) and three were performed the next.
An audience member yells out the last name Dikrats as a suggestion for the recorded version of the show. Dikrats is StarKid backwards, and was the name the troupe went by in the plot of Apocalyptour.
The five main characters used different first names and a different last name during each show based on audience member suggestions. The version on YouTube was shot on July 26, 2014.
Jeff Blim, who played the Father in the show, wrote the musical himself.
Trail to Oregon, along with Twisted and Firebringer, is one of the only Starkid shows you can buy the rights to.