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metcarl
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My husband and I and our two daughters are taking the Empire Builder from Chicago to Whitefish in July.
We've traveled once before on Amtrak, from Chicago to New Orleans and loved it, despite the crappy food, cramped quarters, and lack of cleanliness. My kids can't wait to go again.
On the trip to New Orleans, we had two roomettes which were adequate, but we briefly saw the family room and thought it would allow us a little more room. However, I did not see the sleeping arrangements and am worried that the bunks for the kids might be too short to comfortably sleep in. My 11-year old can sleep anywhere, so I'm not that worried about her, but my 14-yr old has a bit more trouble sleeping. The good thing is that she very short and petite (2nd percentile for her age group at about 4'9"), so it might be ok?
While I'm leaning towards a family room, if all four of us are in the bedroom during the day, I wonder if it will feel more cramped than the two separate roomettes? However, on the train to NOLA we weren't often all four in our rooms at the same time except for overnight.
The price for the roomette is about $2-300 more than 2 roomettes, but not a huge factor for us.
We've traveled once before on Amtrak, from Chicago to New Orleans and loved it, despite the crappy food, cramped quarters, and lack of cleanliness. My kids can't wait to go again.
On the trip to New Orleans, we had two roomettes which were adequate, but we briefly saw the family room and thought it would allow us a little more room. However, I did not see the sleeping arrangements and am worried that the bunks for the kids might be too short to comfortably sleep in. My 11-year old can sleep anywhere, so I'm not that worried about her, but my 14-yr old has a bit more trouble sleeping. The good thing is that she very short and petite (2nd percentile for her age group at about 4'9"), so it might be ok?
While I'm leaning towards a family room, if all four of us are in the bedroom during the day, I wonder if it will feel more cramped than the two separate roomettes? However, on the train to NOLA we weren't often all four in our rooms at the same time except for overnight.
The price for the roomette is about $2-300 more than 2 roomettes, but not a huge factor for us.