The sale of those sleeper tickets includes meals. Silver Service sleeper tix are crazy expensive. Maybe they are undervaluing coach tix if they are still losing money on the consist. I have seen coach tix priced crazy cheap and then they jam those cars to capacity. Its nasty and dirty in those...
This pure mushy slop was my dinner out of DC 2 weeks ago on the Silver Meteor. The train was only rolling 3 hrs out of origination in NYC and the only edible item on flex, the beef, was already out. When you pay over $700
for a sleeper from DC to Orlando, I expect better. Amtrak needs to step...
We were there 2 months ago. It was pouring rain so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. It felt haunting. Multiple old engines and cars in a building essentially falling down around it. There is definitely a spirit presence there. On the bright side, we did get to see the roundhouse in...
1. Get the Meteor up and running. The Star takes too long with its western dips for those headed all the way north or south; 2. Staff retraining and emphasis on courteous customer service. Some have it down and others do not. Maybe incentivize this with bonusing on compliment cards; 3...
Anyone ever told you were "ineligible" for bid up? They offered the opportunity and I accepted and placed a bid up offer. It confirmed I had successfully placed the offer. The night before trip back I received an email stating we were "ineligible" for a bid up. It wasn't that we lost or were...
9211 is a V1. More room by far in a roomette. That overhead storage is big enough to accommodate 2 med sized suitcases and a duffle or backpack. There is also more space for upper bunk to ceiling. VII roomettes are smaller without as much storage space. If you can ignore the commode, the VI is...
No public taxis or vans seem to meet the Silver Star in Orlando. Best off with an Uber. Once the train pulls out it turns into a ghost town pretty quickly so plan ahead. Leaving on Silver Star today from Orl to DC. We checked out the station several times to be prepared.
Considering the prices they are charging they need to reconsider that asap. Microwave dinners is not what people paying the premium prices for sleeper accommodations will tolerate for very long. As a kid that was one of the high points of our family train trips from NY to Florida. This is our...