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Here in the UK you can buy booze practical 24/7 except on a Sunday, when visiting family in Australia last they also have drive through booze shops that sell all levels of the stuff, from beer to liquor . .

Thank you, the cart ride sounds fun, our sleeper is in the transdorm so I imagine it will be quite a trek . .

Thank you, should have said that we have booked a roomette

Hi all, anyone know how early can check your bags at chicago for the CZ, would have liked to do it well early so we can go and get some lunch before it sets off

my lord it all sounds very nice, I am sure I will be able to find something veggie for the other half . . .

Going to get some nice wine to have after our tea (that's dinner to you in the US) while sitting in your little room watching the world in by, but imagine what will be dark by then, so scrabble it will be ..

Thank you, we have plenty of time as we are in chicago for 3 days, we will more likely be hungover so the metro deli sounds good as does the pharmacy, never bought booze from a chemist so that will be something new for us .

Hi All, we are booked to take the CZ in 2 weeks (the excitment builds) and was wondering about lunch, I noted that on the Amtrak website it states that the latest boarding time to receive dinning service is for lunch is 1430 , the train is due to depart at 1400, It may sound a silly question...

Thank you all, am looking forward to my penthouse

Hi All, Anyone know if the bigger train stations have shops that sell stuff from the Amtrak online store, Regards Cheryl. :)

Thank you I will have a look Cheryl :)

Hi All, We have changed our plans and have decided to go all the way to San Fran on the CZ and have booked a roomette. From our e-ticket our car is 0540 - room 020. I have had a look and can not find any info that refers to these rooms, only found them going upto 10 in a layout I found. Is...

your trip sounds fantastic, I have had some super help and info from the site :-)

I have enjoyed following Hamstergate, it has made me smile, glad they got home safe

sounds like you had a fantastic time..

Hi All. thanks for the loverly replies. Ed you may like to know the trains in India have not changed at all, more than likely using the same rolling stock. We will certainly be going for a swim at Glenwoods hot springs, it will be a nice way to relax after a 3 hour segway adventure when we...

Hi All, This is our itinery for our big adventure, its taken some time to sort out but finally sorted and hotels and trains booked. we go at the begining of Sept for just over 3 weeks. Its soooooo exciting and we can hardly wait, we have never been to the States before. We are doing our trains...

Missing the train, good lord there will be no of that.... I have already told Him Indoors that we will be at the train station an hour before departure time to make sure that we dont miss it. All the fab replies are making me even more excited for our trip. I will post our itinery for helpful...

Thank you for the replies, I have a million more questions to ask in relation to planing our trip. :)

Hi all, We are making headway on our planned trip across the USA this year but have noticed a odd thing. Part of our trip will be from Chicago to San Fran stopping for a night in Glenwood Springs, the Amtrak site says that it arrives at 1.53pm but then leaves the next day at 1.53pm, is this...