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Mhaecker
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I saw you could take a cooler as a personal item that is 12x12x12, but can you take a bigger cooler as a carry-on if it fits the dimensions of the carry-on criteria?
The OP could be taking a single-level train. My feeling is that if it's reasonably sized (not huge, but necessarily tiny), it should be fine. I've seen coach passengers with coolers much larger than 12x12x12, and there's never been a problem.How big of a cooler do you think you can reasonably carry up stairs by yourself without struggling or slowing everyone down behind you?
Fair point, but out here in Superliner country I cannot even begin to count the number of times other passengers have had to wait while someone who over-packed slowly huffed and puffed and stalled their way up/down the stairs.The OP could be taking a single-level train. My feeling is that if it's reasonably sized (not huge, but necessarily tiny), it should be fine. I've seen coach passengers with coolers much larger than 12x12x12, and there's never been a problem.How big of a cooler do you think you can reasonably carry up stairs by yourself without struggling or slowing everyone down behind you?
We're not comparing "Coach vs. Bedroom". The question was simply about how large a cooler you can take in coach.It seems you are comparing Coach vs. Bedroom (?). I can speak for the (8-times-a-year) AT bedrooms = as much as you can fit in the room! LOL Also, we get two connecting rooms and open the wall. Cooler full of picnic food (18x12x14), Laptops (for RedBox DVDs), gym bags for clothes, niece also takes a blanket and pillow. Plus (also a 6-bottle carry case with red wine, white, Rum, champagne, vodka, lemoncello. Yes, takes 3 trips up & down the stairs, but on the Sleeper, not much stair traffic.
Well - the confusion is that there's a single indication on the Amtrak website that a cooler that's less than a 12" cube is allowed as a personal item. There's nothing else that indicates that it's the strict size limit for a cooler - whether it's as a personal item or a carry-on item. It has to be an "Ask Julie" inquiry that mentions "cooler".It seems you are comparing Coach vs. Bedroom (?). I can speak for the (8-times-a-year) AT bedrooms = as much as you can fit in the room! LOL Also, we get two connecting rooms and open the wall. Cooler full of picnic food (18x12x14), Laptops (for RedBox DVDs), gym bags for clothes, niece also takes a blanket and pillow. Plus (also a 6-bottle carry case with red wine, white, Rum, champagne, vodka, lemoncello. Yes, takes 3 trips up & down the stairs, but on the Sleeper, not much stair traffic.
Where do you put everything between trips up the stairs? On the luggage rack out of everyone's way?Yes, takes 3 trips up & down the stairs, but on the Sleeper, not much stair traffic.
What are you talking about?We load 2 push-carts....transfer in to the vestibule in the center of the car (almost always 5340) where you get on. Then make a few trips to transfer in to the rooms. Tons of open space. In the Sleepers, not much traffic on the stairs...virtually none when we board. There's not that many bedrooms on a car. We only have 1 person in each of our rooms...so few people. Coach has tons more people involved...all trying to board at the same time. Sleepers on the AT start boarding at 2:30...and it doesn't pull out till 3:30-4:00. We never run in to anyone boarding. FYI: We were bringing two flower arrangements for the rooms...no plant material allowed on-board. The reason is another funny story!
Sounds like a fun trip!!!#1. I was replying to @Guest_Mhaecker re the size of a cooler...and that it all depends on if you are in Coach or Sleeper.
#2. And to @SarahZ re where do you put the stuff.
#3. and now to @Ryan. The carry-on of liquor is because we meet people in the other bedrooms and hold our own Happy Hour in our rooms for them since the AT discontinued their wine & cheese reception . The LapTop is for RedBox DVDs since the AT further reduced amenities by discontinuing movies. The large cooler is for a lot of food and champagne as we "host" a pre-boarding picnic at both ends for anyone that we meet while waiting. The flower arrangements were just for fun, as are the Xmas lites we string on the Xmas eve trips every year. Having done the AT for 15+ years, and now 8 times-a-year since retiring 4 years ago...we've seen it all. Uh-oh...shouldn't say THAT! LOL As to why? @Ryan...cause we can and cause it fits!
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