Fairly new with Amtrak travel. Did do one trip last year in a roomette and loved it, so planned another, longer trip for this winter. Wanted to get away from the cold and snow, so decided to take a 3 night trip on the Texas Eagle. I planned this months ago, so got low buckets for my hubbie and me--2 roomettes across from each other. We wanted the extra room, lower berths for sleeping, and two-sided views.
So, this morning, I was checking our end of January 2012 trip from Chicago to Los Angeles on the Texas Eagle. We are currently reserved for: CHI-STL coach; STL to LAX in two roomettes.
We were so looking forward to a relaxed, quiet experience in our roomettes for the entire trip. Now, it appears that track work is being done (another poster is also discussing this right now, I see) and now we have a bus bridge (that's what they call it?) from Longview TX to Fort Worth TX--right in the middle of our trip. I was so looking forward to staying on the train the entire time, so am a little disappointed.
And I can't really change our trip dates, as we have already have purchased our airline tickets home. And not sure how long track work will be done either, of course.
I am actually thinking now of saving a little money and just sharing one roomette with hubbie from STL to Longview, since it's only 12 hours--approx 8pm to 8 am. We won't have any need to have views on both sides of the train if it's dark for the entire trip. And then we'll get our 2 roomettes from Fort Worth to LAX as previously planned.
A little disappointing, but oh, well. We'll deal with it. Suggestions? Reassurance about the 5 hour bus trip? Will we be able to board the train in Fort Worth as soon as we arrive? Will be get breakfast on the train before boarding the bus at 8:30 am? Obviously we won't get lunch--or will boxed lunches be provided when we arrive?
Thanks for any and all insights!
So, this morning, I was checking our end of January 2012 trip from Chicago to Los Angeles on the Texas Eagle. We are currently reserved for: CHI-STL coach; STL to LAX in two roomettes.
We were so looking forward to a relaxed, quiet experience in our roomettes for the entire trip. Now, it appears that track work is being done (another poster is also discussing this right now, I see) and now we have a bus bridge (that's what they call it?) from Longview TX to Fort Worth TX--right in the middle of our trip. I was so looking forward to staying on the train the entire time, so am a little disappointed.
And I can't really change our trip dates, as we have already have purchased our airline tickets home. And not sure how long track work will be done either, of course.
I am actually thinking now of saving a little money and just sharing one roomette with hubbie from STL to Longview, since it's only 12 hours--approx 8pm to 8 am. We won't have any need to have views on both sides of the train if it's dark for the entire trip. And then we'll get our 2 roomettes from Fort Worth to LAX as previously planned.
A little disappointing, but oh, well. We'll deal with it. Suggestions? Reassurance about the 5 hour bus trip? Will we be able to board the train in Fort Worth as soon as we arrive? Will be get breakfast on the train before boarding the bus at 8:30 am? Obviously we won't get lunch--or will boxed lunches be provided when we arrive?
Thanks for any and all insights!
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