Well I had just booked a portion of "Saxman's USA Amtrak Tour 2009" using the Crescent to go from Slidell, LA to Washington DC a few days ago. My departure date was to be Feb. 4th. Well this morning I just received a phone call from Amtrak saying they just found out the Crescent will not be running several day in February between Atlanta and New Orleans, including the 4th ):. I have not called them back yet, but from the message she left, they will only be running the full route on Feb. 1st, 6th, 7th. and 8th. I'm sure there are other days, but sounds like its annulled past ATL for the weekdays. I'll call Amtrak tomorrow to get the full scoop, but this just changes everything for me and my USA Amtrak Tour 2009. Since I'm taking the Sunset Limited to New Orleans the day before, I have to make sure that I take that on a day it runs, to spend one night and continue on the Crescent. Unfortunetely I had already booked another sleeper on the Sunset for the 3rd, so it looks like I'll have to change it to the 6th, so I can leave on the Crescent on the 7th. Not to mention I had planned the trip to end up in Wisconsin Dells right on Feb. 13 before Valentines Day to see the girlfriend. Looks like that won't happen now either. :angry: On the good side I have not made any other reservations yet, and since February is not a peak travel month, some low bucket sleepers are still available. It's also good, I have no times commitments in any other city I plan to stop over in. Hopefully I don't run into any other cancellations in trying to book "Saxman's USA Amtrak Tour 2009."
If you don't know about my Tour 2009, please visit this thread on it.
If you don't know about my Tour 2009, please visit this thread on it.
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