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ctrunfree
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Hi folks
Just a heads up for anyone travelling like we did in coach class from New Orleans to Memphis. Sometime between when we bought our tickets a few months ago and last night the Amtrak decided to no longer offers dining car facilities to travellers who haven't booked a sleeper. So don't get too enthusiastic above the online menu on the Amtrak website, you won't be getting any of that. Nor will anyone else, for that matter, as it appears Amtrak has ditched their chefs and now offer much reduced offerings even to sleeper ticket passengers-some of those we spoke to last night we're very unimpressed by the quality and value of the new dining car offerings. There was a lot of people complaining, so much so that they were going to allow some coach customers into the dining room after 10pm (no good to those getting of at 10pm at Memphis, however).
You can still get synthetic hot dogs, small pizzas etc from the snack bar but you'd have to be desperate to eat those (we we're, as we'd skipped lunch before boarding in New Orleans in anticipation of a slap up dining car experience).
Overall a disappointing experience. Staff were surly, and we were also surprised by how rough the ride was for most of the way, which made navigating the corridor akin to walking across a ship's deck in very rough seas. I'm flying from now on!
Just a heads up for anyone travelling like we did in coach class from New Orleans to Memphis. Sometime between when we bought our tickets a few months ago and last night the Amtrak decided to no longer offers dining car facilities to travellers who haven't booked a sleeper. So don't get too enthusiastic above the online menu on the Amtrak website, you won't be getting any of that. Nor will anyone else, for that matter, as it appears Amtrak has ditched their chefs and now offer much reduced offerings even to sleeper ticket passengers-some of those we spoke to last night we're very unimpressed by the quality and value of the new dining car offerings. There was a lot of people complaining, so much so that they were going to allow some coach customers into the dining room after 10pm (no good to those getting of at 10pm at Memphis, however).
You can still get synthetic hot dogs, small pizzas etc from the snack bar but you'd have to be desperate to eat those (we we're, as we'd skipped lunch before boarding in New Orleans in anticipation of a slap up dining car experience).
Overall a disappointing experience. Staff were surly, and we were also surprised by how rough the ride was for most of the way, which made navigating the corridor akin to walking across a ship's deck in very rough seas. I'm flying from now on!