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AmyNewbie
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Can you help a newbie. We are planning to take our 3 kids on the EB this summer from Chicago to East Glacier (my youngest is obsessed with trains). I've been reading all posts about the EB and this route, etc., but I still have some questions:
- Is the EB routinely late in the summer too, or is that just a winter thing?
- To get from Glacier Park Lodge (where we will stay 2 nights) to Many Glacier Hotel for our last night, do we have to rent a car? Any other options?
- Trying to decide what to do after spending a few days in Glacier. Do we hop back on Amtrak to Seattle for a few days and then fly home from there? That's an additional $1,000 for our family to take EB to SEA - is it cheaper to rent a car and drive to Seattle instead? Or should we just take Amtrak back from East Glacier to Chicago? Is there an airport that is closer than Seattle that we should consider to fly back? Since this will be our first train trip longer than 6 hours, I'm a little nervous about taking it both ways in case we aren't able to sleep well enough.
- I read that we should really do EB train East instead, but I can't find a Family car available in that direction during our dates. Has anyone with a family of 5 ever stayed in two roomettes instead of a family car?
- If we do ride the EB to Seattle and stay a few days, is the train station in Seattle downtown? I'm hoping we wouldn't need a car and could easily get to a downtown hotel.
- OR if we return on EB, is there a hotel near Chicago Union Station, and is it in a nice part of Chicago where we could stay for a few nights and hang out downtown without a car or having to ride buses?