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Early would be great as we do want to get to the park as close to the gates opening as we can. We're ballpark nuts, so we want to be able to explore a bit before the game. This may sound silly, but it's more about the park/experience than the game for us. We'll enjoy the game, too, especially if...

I appreciate the feedback from both of you. We've been comfortable enough in coach on the Capitol Limited (and surprised, actually, by how much space there was), and if there are separate "long-distance" cars with a little more legroom, I'll take my chances...at least on the way to Philly. Maybe...

Thanks! That's just the info that I needed. OK, one more question...well, two. We only reserved coach seats. In your opinion, does the business class seating make a big difference on this train? If so, am I able to upgrade once onboard if it's still available? Thanks again! ee

We've planned a trip from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in late August by way of The Pennsylvanian, and never having traveled on it before, I have a couple of questions. We've most often ridden The Capitol Limited which has a nice car with a panoramic view where there are seats with little tables...

Thanks! I thought that it would be fine, but it never hurts to ask. (For example, I know of at least one airline "hub" that, for a time, had some serious issues with baggage even though most of the other airports the same airline flew into weren't a problem.) I just wanted to be sure that...

We'd prefer to check our main luggage from Pittsburgh to New Orleans (just keeping a small overnight bag with us), as opposed to retrieving it in Chicago and having it stored for the day, then rechecking it. I assume that we shouldn't need to worry too much about our bags making it from the...

I'm going to get one of those insulated wine totes with the gel packs, too. Every little bit helps. ee

It wasn't on the train, just in the baggage closet. Even though it wasn't technically my fault (and it was just water), I still felt bad about other peoples' baggage getting wet. Live and learn... ee

Thanks to you all for your info (and especially thanks for correcting my "out of date nomenclature")! I assumed it wouldn't be a problem, but sometimes you can get surprised. If we were starting our journey from Chicago, I'd just bring a cooler of my own, but we leave out of Pittsburgh the night...

We're in a sleeper car to New Orleans on our wedding anniversary, and we'd like to bring a bottle of bubbly for the occasion. Will it be any trouble to get ice from our porter or the dining car to keep it chilled? I know this sounds silly, but I like to be prepared and warm bubbly is not what I...

I suppose my handle is a bit of wishful thinking in some ways...I'm only mildly eccentric. Although I guess for my rural Ohio homebase, I am not your usual neighbor. Hubby and I love to travel and to eat, especially if it's something new to us. If we had the budget for it, we'd make Anthony...

I'd been thinking about that as I couldn't remember whether there was a baggage area on the coach cars or not. We're not very good at packing light, so it's a treat to be able to bring our multiple bags and not get charged a whopping fee like on the airlines. If we'd have to cram them in around...

Thanks for the detailed info, Alan! That should work out really well for us. ee

Thanks! That'll make life a lot easier. I think it's so cool that we can just take our bags into the sleeper car with us so that we don't have to pack an "overnight bag" for on the train. ee

We're traveling from Pittsburgh to New Orleans by the Capitol Limited to Chicago, followed by the City of New Orleans (and returning the same way) with tickets in sleepers for all but the first leg of the journey. My question is whether there is somewhere we can store our bags for the day while...

Thanks! And yes, we are more than happy to have one last lunch in NOLA before boarding, food is probably the number one reason why we go there!! Thanks for the heads up about the restroom facilities (or lack thereof, I should say). We love NOLA and have spent many wonderful trips there, most...

Thanks so much for the info, Alan! That's exactly what I needed to know. This is only our second amtrak trip, and the first was just Pittsburgh to DC, much less complicated. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to find that our dinner was included with our roomette returning from DC. ee

Is there anywhere to get an answer about which meals are included before you arrive at the train? (So that we know whether to eat before boarding, pack snacks, etc...) We're on the City of New Orleans, leaving Chicago @ 8pm, arriving NOLA @ 3:32pm, so I'm assuming just breakfast and lunch...