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Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions! David

Greetings everyone, I am in the planning stages of booking a trip from New York City to New Orleans and back on the Crescent, probably sometime in July. The Crescent has, of course, been running perpetually late into NOL. My questions are, if the Crescent is running very late, will they keep...

Greetings everyone, I have some questions regarding changing a reservation on a NE Regional train, not the Acela. I am booked on train #95 on Friday,going from New York City to Washington DC. On the Amtrak site, in the ticketing section, it tells you how to change a reservation, but it...

Greetings all, I have been watching the train status of the Crescent lately and have noticed that seemingly every day it has arrived significantly late into NOLA, 1,2 and 3 hours plus late. Anyone know the reason for the constant lateness? I don't think I've seen it arrive on time since...

Thanks for all the info guys! David

Greetings all, I have a couple of quick questions about the viewliner bedrooms. First, are they comfortable in terms of space for two adult males, average size? Second, how does one climb up onto the upper bunk? I viewed the virtual tour on Amtrak's site but I couldn't see any kind of steps...

I also would recommend Tracks, which is downstairs from the Amtrak area in the Long Island Railroad area. The food is really good, and not at all overpriced for a NY place. We often have a meal there before an Amtrak trip. It is never real crowded there and is sort of hidden away in a corner of...

I too would recommend the Hotel St. Marie. It is just off Bourbon Street, but it is quiet. It has lovely rooms with lovely antique style decor. The prices are quite reasonable, and it is close to many restaurants, bars, etc. I would see no real need to stay near Union Station. I have been to...

Thanks everyone for all your info! I think we will probably stay in Hollywood and take taxis or shuttles into Fort Lauderdale.

Hi everyone, Me and a friend of mine are considering an Amtrak trip next year to Florida, probably Fort Lauderdale and maybe Hollywood. We will be departing from NY Penn station,and would be taking either the Silver Meteor or the Silver Star. Our plan is to spend a few days in each area. I'd...

Thanks for the info everyone. I always get a little anxious when navigating through an unfamiliar train station. 'Glad to hear there Philly station will be easy to figure out. David

Greetings all, I have a couple of questions regarding the Philadelphia 30th street station. I have traveled through this station many, many times but have never gotten off the train there or switched trains there. In a few weeks, I will be taking a regional train from NYC to Philly, then...

I recall seeing somewhere on this forum recently, that there was some sort of "Amtrak exploratory train" that did a test trip departing NOLA and went to Jacksonville, FL. a couple of weeks ago. It was to determine the various levels of interest at the cities along the route. It would seem to me...

Thanks everyone for your replies. My dates for the trip would be after the dining car would be back on the Silver Star, and would most definitely not be any time near Mardi Gras either. I am looking for sometime this summer. I compared several dates, and the Crescent was always higher. I...

Greetings all, I have been researching a couple of trips, NYP-NOLA (on the Crescent) and NYP-FTL (on the Silver Star), and was quite surprised at the discrepancy of the prices for the same exact dates. The Crescent trip had a roomette priced at $1140.00 round trip, and the trip on the Silver...

Thanks for all the info everyone! I guess I will probably arrive at the South Station. Next step is to decide on my hotel. David :D

Greetings everyone, I am planning a trip to Boston next spring and have a couple of questions regarding the 3 Amtrak stations there. This will be my first visit to Boston and my first Amtrak trip in 2016. First, is there one of the three stations that is considered to be the "main" station...

Greetings all, I will be taking some trips to Atlantic City this summer, and have decided not to take the Greyhound bus from Port Authority. Just for a change, I want to take Amtrak down to Philadelphia, then get a NJ transit train over to Atlantic City. Is this a crazy thing to do? I always...

I have done this trip many times, in both sleeper and coach,NYP-CHI, on both the LSL and the CL from WAS. The price is often much better on th CL from Was-Chi, so sometimes I take a NE regional to WAS, and then get the CL to Chi. Yes, it takes longer than flying, but it is very relaxing without...

Greetings all, I am planning a trip for this summer for myself and a friend of mine. One of the places we are considering is New Orleans. I have taken the Crescent many times by myself, but this will be the first time for my friend. I just did a search on Amtrak for the trip departing NY Penn...