I read somewhere on the internet that the Empire Builder Chicago to Seattle offers a free glass of champagne when boarding and/or a free wine tasting the second day. I am staying in a roomette. Should I expect or hope for either of these?
Thanks for all your help on my least thread. We booked the trip on the Empire Builder, Toledo to Seattle, and then a few days later on the Coast Starlight Seattle to San Francisco.
I called Amtrak to find out my roomette assignments but now I realize they don't mean anything to me because I...
Thanks for all the advice! We are pretty much set on the train WB Chicago - Seattle, then two nights in Seattle, the coastal train from Seattle - San Francisco, and then three nights in that area.
I have traveled to every continent except Antarctica in the past decade and I'm looking forward to...
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Also another general question - is the California Zephyr a better journey overall? I had orginally wanted to do Empire Builder since I had never been in those states before but if the scenery is much better on the Zephyr we would be open to that.