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Garry, I'm an Aussie living in San Francisco. I have done that awful flight many, many times. My suggestion is to stay overnight near the train station and get the Coast Starlight to Emeryville the next morning. This would be a much nicer trip than a thruway bus and then a train arriving...

It's OK I've read enough to not expect a cruise ship (my favourite being Seabourn) I'm even looking forward to a gruff crew member or two...... :) After the election I hope that Amtrak gets a shot in the budget to bring them up to standard. I also wouldn't mind paying a little more for the...

Thanks everyone, We'll enjoy breakfast if the CS is on time, if not we'll have something before we leave home. If the train is really late (3hrs) when we get to EMY we can just go home and come back later, I live about 20-30min at most from the station across the Bay bridge. We don't mind...

Hi Everyone, Our very first Amtrak trip is coming up in 5 weeks and we're soooo excited !!!!! We are doing a circle of the whole country, CS - EMY/LAX, SL - LAX/NOL, CRESCENT - LAX/NOL, LSL/CZ - NYP/EMY all in bedrooms. I've been lurking and reading everything. Thanks to all of you for all...

I read it...... :)

I'm still waiting for my first rail holiday ( 2 months ) so I don't have a good idea of the layout yet. I'm no Angel, I was young once and consider myself open minded and I would prefer to smell weed rather than cigarettes...... but don't you think the odor would attrack some attention and...

I'm sorry but which century does the OP live in. Where does any public transport allow or provide a smoking area? I'm amazed the AT still has it. I think that Amtrak tries to provide such stops is very generous, a bonus not a necessity . There is no problem or true complaint here. I think...

I'm new here and waiting for my first Amtrak holiday. Now I know I'm hooked! I'll be constantly looking for mooners the whole time I'm on the train.

Don't worry I do the same. My first train trip is 3 months, 2 weeks and 1/2 day away but I'm not counting....... :)

I live in San Francisco and was down at the ferry building, which is about 10-15min drive depending on traffic from my place. Redwood city is about a 40-45 min drive from downtown SF and there is some limited parking available right at the Amtrak Office. It is a bit tricky but there is a...

Great to hear you had a fabulous trip. My first Amtrak holiday is in three months, two weeks and a few days, not that I'm counting. Our entire holiday is based on the train travel and my partner and I can't wait. We have six nights in total on board the train circling the country , thankfully...

Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought, it didn't make sense when I read it.

I'm new to Amtrak and AGR and I may be misunderstanding some information that I have read. I have reservations in Oct and I have read that the points are credited when the tickets have been issued and picked up. I have also read in the Program Information to allow 3 weeks after travel to have...

Fly into Oakland airport would solve that problem. Anthony

I chose 48+ My first Amtrak trip is coming up in October. EMY - LAX, LAX - NOL, NOL - NYP, NYP - CHI - EMY. 6 nights in total with the longest continuous trip is 3 nights from NYP - EMY and we have a bedroom all the way. Both of us Can't wait, I'm sure it's going to be wonderful. Anthony

Definitely a bedroom. I couldn't go without a private bathroom and a bit of space and the bedrooms look nice and comfortable.

I'm glad to see this topic. My partner and I have booked a substantial first Amtrak trip in October and I was a little worried that it may not be friendly. After talking to a few people and now reading this thread I feel good about the trip. I also feel good that I now know that we will both...

Sorry, I may have mislead you. I'm not on a tight budget but a tightish time frame. I'm wanting to bring along some creature comforts for the room. Believe me the lounge car and tipping the crew will always do well. We normally cruise and like to have a champagne on the balcony at sailaway...

Thanks everyone for all the great advice. I really appreciate it. I travel a lot usually by plane and this holiday is the first time in many years that I have been this excited about a holiday. This train adventure has made us feel like kids again. The only plane is from San Francisco to Los...

I am guessing they are the car and room numbers.