lisa-upnorth
Disney Lover
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2009
Don't worry i have been in coach with snoring people before.That said-you can keep nudging him if he gets too loud !
You can find a picture of the coach seating on the Silver Meteor on this site:
maps.thefullwiki.org/Silver_Meteor
The aisle between the sets of seats is very narrow, about the width of a single seat. I wouldn't be to concerned about having your kids sleep across the aisle
Hope you enjoy the train as much as we do. We have gone from Philly to both Orlando and Orlando on the train and love it!
I would NOT buy another seat -since they are not assigned seats. You sit where you want (at least we always have) so someone could chose to sit by him.
The coach seats on long-distance trains, such as the Silver Star and Silver Meteor, are generally assigned by the coach attendant. They could well put a single traveler, or third member of a three-person party, in your unoccupied sixth seat.
Seats on corridor trains - such as the Empire Corridor from Albany - are unassigned.
Just looked at that website and it looks like the seats are right across from each other, so I won't have a problem seeing the kids the whole time and they look nice and close. Perfect. That was my only real worry. I think we'll be just fine.
It looks like there is no arm rest between the seats, am I right? That would be good, when my kids try to sleep on a plane they want to lean on me but the damn armrest is in the way. Looks like this will be more comfortable.
And I really hope we can purchase an extra seat, because I couldn't imagine trying to sleep next to a stranger that close
This whole 5th person thing wouldn't be a problem if my too cool-for-Disney- stepson was coming. We always have 6 when we travel, which makes everything perfect. I had no idea how traveling with an odd number could be so difficult.
Thanks for all of this advice.
I posted here in April, but we are still trying to decide whether to take the train or drive. We would board at 3:38AM and arrive in Orlando at 12:55PM. Not a bad trip for us considering we have to break the trip in half and spend the night on the road going/coming back-I have back issues and can't drive the whole trip in a day.
Here's our issue:We have tickets for MVMCP our first night,December 16 and can't afford delays-tickets are non-refundable. I'm terrified we will have extreme delays that day! Our two children, dd11 and ds5, are typical children and delays would be extremely stressful. I also worry about having enough for them to do while on the train, but I don't want to pack the house (I do this when we drive and we never use half of it!) The goal is to be relaxed and refreshed when we arrive so we will enjoy the party that night-not worn out and frazzled!
Please help us decide what to do!!!!!
PS Did I mention our tickets would only cost us $308.00 RT for the 4 of us!?!?