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    All about the Autotrain

    No idea how they're doing it now. We go to the dining car. In 2021, it was delivered due to Covid restrictions and they offered everyone a time, but I don't remember how they did it.
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    All about the Autotrain

    We had three dining times on the way down on 8 Jan, but only two on our way back on 31 Jan. Train was completely full heading south, but not heading north. So, with the two dining times, they do 6 and 8. We do 7 when there are 3 times.
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    SHADES OF GREEN at Walt Disney World Resort Information & Questions

    We always used to use the path, but for our last trip two years ago, we used SOG transportation because I had a knee injury a few years ago and I was limiting my walking time as the parks were about all I could handle. We made it to Epcot for early entry and to other parks for rope drop with no...
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    All about the Autotrain

    OMG. You are the one that brought up maybe she changed clothes. Why do you care what I noticed? My entire point was high heels on a moving train.
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    All about the Autotrain

    My understanding is they don't use the bucket pricing anymore but they do use supply/demand pricing. Also, everything has gone up in price. I notice it with things I order from Amazon on a regular basis and in the grocery store. Our trip we just did was cheaper northbound than south and the...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Okay, I wouldn't have posted it if I thought or saw that. She did not change. She boarded the next car when we boarded ours so we walked out with her and her husband. She also had the same pants and shoes on in the morning when she walked past us when we sat down in Lorton. That apparently...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Something else we observed. A woman walked into the Sanford Station in dress pants, heels, blazer and designer blouse carrying her designer purse (looked like alligator) and a LV weekender bag. All I could think of was "how uncomfortable for train travel" and "heels and walking between train...
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    All about the Autotrain

    We got to Sanford around 1215 on 31 Jan and people were still leaving. We found out why at 1230 when workers started down the line handing out magnets/checking in cars. One of the ramps for loading/unloading ramps was broken and they had about 20 cars stuck until they could fix it. They did...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Boarding today in Sanford to return home to VA. Train didn't appear on the tracking map (assuming issue with the onboard gps) so had to follow status on Amtrak site which just says it was scheduled for 10:02 (3 min late) and saw it pass through Folkston on the railcam yt channel around 540 am...
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    All about the Autotrain

    We rode the auto train south on Monday and got into Sanford yesterday about 1045. Ride was typical. We had crew #1 which we weren't really impressed with. Our car attendant lost track of time and didn't show up to set up our bed until 945 even though we had requested 9 and he said no problem...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Amtrak has made some changes/additions to the breakfast menu. chrome-/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/menus/routes/Auto-Train-Breakfast-Dinner-Menu-Sleeper-1023.pdf
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    All about the Autotrain

    We're back on the AT SB on 8 Jan with a return NB on 31 Jan. We're in a bedroom again like we have been for at least the last 4 rt's. We're using AT MasterCard Reward points. We paid for priority offloading on each end after using it on our last trip last Nov and loving it. We did coach for...
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    skipped nassau

    That's why I came here. I highly doubt the Wish docked at CC since no RCI ship could. The only report has been one person on Cruise Critic reporting it with nothing to back it up.
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    All about the Autotrain

    In 9 trips, we have never experienced that. Our last trip was SB in Nov and NB in Dec.
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    All about the Autotrain

    I have a 2014 Toyota Highlander and it's gone three times no problem. Just google measurements for your vehicle and mine and compare them. They will fold the mirrors in. Also, when you make reservations, call and they will ask for the make and model. I do know if I bought a new Highlander...
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    All about the Autotrain

    We always get there early and our car has always been in the last 1/3 offloaded. As I said above, our next RT, we booked priority both directions for the first time ever. It's "random" except everyone I know that has been early has had to wait a while. We've done 9 round trips.
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    All about the Autotrain

    We recently booked for our Oct/Nov trip to FL (cruise and family visit) rt in a bedroom using points. Gotta love having the BOA Amtrak MC. This will be the first time we've done two years in a row in probably 10 years. DH has an aunt and cousin who live near Tampa so we're going there first...
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    All about the Autotrain

    I wouldn't count on it. You'll have to wait til you get there. We've never done it. We just sit in the station and read/eat/use our laptops.
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    All about the Autotrain

    We just booked our next trip to FL on Halloween day. We also decided to grab a priority offload for the southbound. We haven't booked northbound yet (Nov 19) because we're short points, so we'll check in a month and see what the points are then. We do bedrooms so the point count is high...
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    SHADES OF GREEN at Walt Disney World Resort Information & Questions

    We had a great trip and instead of dinner at La Hacienda on our last evening (16 Dec), we managed to get a 330 'Ohana ADR for my oldest DS birthday dinner. On our last day (16 Dec) we went to Epcot and ran into our DS and DDIL and rode a couple of rides with them. When we took the monorail...




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