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There were no assigned seats in BC on the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner when the hubby & I rode it in October (and only 1 free drink/BC passenger). In fact, we weren't able to sit together until a passenger who had boarded at an earlier stop got off at Bloomington, IL (about 1 hour...

And maybe just a salad as the only appetizer option at supper, instead of the 3 appetizer options at dinner on the Western LD trains.

You will get more storage space inside a Viewliner roomette than you would in a Superliner roomette. Thank goodness your travel plans gave you a choice!

Which station is CVS?

Sushi gyros with lots of rice (so similar to a taco or burrito from Chipotle or Qdoba, except for the protein)? ;)

Reminds me of the scene at the end of the film "A Christmas Story" where the neighbors' dogs ate the roast turkey, so the family ends up eating roast goose for Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant -- the only place in town open that day.

Hopefully Amtrak fed you supper after you boarded the Cardinal.

Assuming CL = Cardinal, I believe that train uses Viewliner cars.

The Entenmann's version was sold in an 8" square foil pan inside a cardboard box, but I'm sure the taste would have been similar. Walmart around here also sells a "gooey butter cake" in their bakery department, and that comes in smaller portions, so a bit closer to the linked product on Amazon.

Our local supermarket used to sell something called "St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake" (made by Entenmann's), which sounds similar to Amtrak's Butter Cake. The Gooey Butter Cake was sold alongside the other packaged breakfast pastries, and probably at least some people in my hometown warmed it...

I didn't see anything about at-seat delivery being free for mobility-impaired passengers in the linked article from The Points Guy; of course, it would be nice to see the official text of the announcement from Amtrak itself. At-seat delivery ought to be free for mobility-impaired passengers...

I'd love to see this expanded to Midwest Corridor trains, too! At least the "order from your phone" part. Unless one has mobility issues, getting up and walking to the Cafe Car is useful exercise -- even in a car which is split Business Class/Cafe.

The Grounded Life Travel channel on YouTube has videos demonstrating the difference between roomettes/bedrooms/family bedrooms/accessible bedrooms on Amtrak, including the differences in top bunks between Superliners and Viewliners.

The hubby and I live about 2 hours SW of Chicago (via I-55 or the Lincoln Service tracks), and about an hour S of Aurora, so not that far from you and @pparish . A small world, indeed!

As a crocheter, some of my "dream trips" are geared around trips to huge/famous/very well-stocked yarn stores, and one such yarn store is the Spinrite Yarn Factory Outlet in Listowel, ON, just a little ways N by bus from one of the intermediate stops on VIA's Windsor-Toronto Corridor route. It...

I appreciated the linked article, as I had no idea of what "HEP" was previously.

You sound like someone my anime-loving daughter (in her late 20s) would enjoy meeting!

Those would be Viewliner I sleepers.

The vegan Blue Corn Tamales on the Cafe menu are a pretty decent meatless option (and a LOT more digestible than the Angus cheeseburger!).

I've signed up for the rewards programs at hotels I've stayed at, and then preferred those hotel chains in future bookings, because they usually give rewards points for each stay. I currently participate in Wyndham Rewards (because there were Super 8 motels near our kids' colleges) and Hilton...