Just for the record, the CONO usually has pretty good OTP.
New Orleans has some really dangerous areas. I wandered in one of those last time I visited, and you can bet that gave me a spook! :unsure:
Amtrak expierimented with combining the Diner and Sightseer Lounge (SSL) for the CONO into the Cross County Cafe (CCC). After passengers and crew in the CCC were overwhelmed with crowding, Amtrak put the SSL back in and they are now coonverting CCCs into a new configuration as a regular dine. Even onconverted CCCs now offer full dining service.
Wonder why you didn't book a Sleeper for CHI-NOL?
The reason for no sleeper on the first leg is partly money (never enough) and partly I think I will be excited enough for my first Amtrak ride that I will be awake most of the night watching the scenery! On the trip back I am sure we will be wiped out and need the sleeper after 2 nights in the French Quarter and our 2 days of bowling in Baton Rouge in the USBC National Tourney.
Another question...how late are the snack and the bar car open? I am sure my buddy and I will want to be enjoying a few adult beverages on the way down! We will be sure to have some of our own snacks, but just wondering how late we will be able to enjoy a few beers.
You are going to "Red Stick" for Nationals? KEWL!
Taking the train to NO is the only way to go. You'll have a blast there....got your room already? I use the Holiday Inn French Quarter-Chateau Lemoyne, it is handy to stuff and not too noisy. Just a walk to anywhere and reasonably priced.
I won't make it to Nationals this year, my partner had surgery, and our team had one pass away this year, so we would be needing two replacements and I would need a doubles partner, so we are not going this year. My doubles partner's daughter is on the La. Tech Women's Bowling team, a senior this year, she has bowled all four years on a full ride scholarship. Thye had a tourney in Arlington, Tx. last month at the Hall of Fame and Museunm. I got to see the second 300 I've ever seen....a college girl from Vanderbilt did it there, every shot was a pocket hit!