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Hello,
I am considering booking a cross country train trip for my honeymoon and was hoping to get advice from well seasoned train travelers. My fiance and I love the idea but are a little worried about the practicality of it, with delays and less than luxurious accomodations. We've taken short train rides but nothing long distance on Amtrak. My questions are:
**We would be taking the train from Pittsburgh to Chicago, where we would board the EB. The layover in Chicago is about 5 hours. I checked dixielandsoftware.com and it seemed that the latest train arrived about 3 hours late in Sept./Oct 2010 and 2011, which is when we would be traveling. What are the chances of missing the EB if the Capitol Limited is late? Or should we just fly to Chicago?
**We are thinking a two day layover in Whitefish and then on to Seattle for 3 nights, then taking the Amtrak Cascades to Vancouver for another 3 nights. Is this too many trains? With less than perfect on-time arrivals, are we setting ourselves up for lots of waiting in train stations?
** Is it better to book online or to speak with an agent on the phone?
** Is the CZ scenery so much better than the EB? Will we be disappointed on the EB? I really want to go to Seattle and Vancouver and can't afford the extra time going via San Francisco.
** Are there any preferred deluxe bedrooms on the EB that may be more isolated or slightly larger that I could possibly request? The fiance is a light sleeper, which is why we are concerned about the practicality of train travel.
** Is it true that the refund policy is full refund prior to the start of travel if you don't print the tickets?
**Any other thoughts about honeymooning on Amtrak? Others think I'm crazy but I'm hoping for some constructive advice from those on this board. Thanks so much!
I am considering booking a cross country train trip for my honeymoon and was hoping to get advice from well seasoned train travelers. My fiance and I love the idea but are a little worried about the practicality of it, with delays and less than luxurious accomodations. We've taken short train rides but nothing long distance on Amtrak. My questions are:
**We would be taking the train from Pittsburgh to Chicago, where we would board the EB. The layover in Chicago is about 5 hours. I checked dixielandsoftware.com and it seemed that the latest train arrived about 3 hours late in Sept./Oct 2010 and 2011, which is when we would be traveling. What are the chances of missing the EB if the Capitol Limited is late? Or should we just fly to Chicago?
**We are thinking a two day layover in Whitefish and then on to Seattle for 3 nights, then taking the Amtrak Cascades to Vancouver for another 3 nights. Is this too many trains? With less than perfect on-time arrivals, are we setting ourselves up for lots of waiting in train stations?
** Is it better to book online or to speak with an agent on the phone?
** Is the CZ scenery so much better than the EB? Will we be disappointed on the EB? I really want to go to Seattle and Vancouver and can't afford the extra time going via San Francisco.
** Are there any preferred deluxe bedrooms on the EB that may be more isolated or slightly larger that I could possibly request? The fiance is a light sleeper, which is why we are concerned about the practicality of train travel.
** Is it true that the refund policy is full refund prior to the start of travel if you don't print the tickets?
**Any other thoughts about honeymooning on Amtrak? Others think I'm crazy but I'm hoping for some constructive advice from those on this board. Thanks so much!