I kept checking DIS to see if you updated because I am SO SO SO intrigued by Auto Train and wanted to read what you thought of it! I still think it's the perfect compromise of not having to drive all the way but also not being on the train for over 20+ hours (at least from where I would take it at Penn Station).
How cute that the car attendant laughed when you entered again! I love the fact that you can just sleep lying flat when you buy a room. It was too expensive for us to consider it, and although sleeping on the Amtrak seats is actually MUCH more comfortable than sleeping in a car, we were the tiniest bit achy in the morning. I can't even imagine what it'd be like to sit next to a STRANGER and try to sleep!
Oh cool! It's non-stop to Florida??? We made a bunch of stops for people to get on and get off or to switch engines at one point. We even had to stop once because there was a flood in one of the bathrooms in one of the rooms. I think it'd be nice to get straight there!
I remember how as we rode farther down south, the bathroom started to smell a little because it was just a lot of people using it one after another. Thankfully, riding down wasn't that bad. We had a car mainly with Disney people and families, so they were courteous. Going back on the way up, it was worse! If it were the other way around, we probably wouldn't have wanted to ride back up! The private bathroom is one reason why I think having a room is awesome!
I had read that the Amtrak food wasn't really the greatest. Some people said it was fantastic and others said it was just edible and that was it. Thankfully, we brought sandwiches on board going down and bought Earl of Sandwich for the ride back up. We wouldn't have eaten in the dining car anyway because the entire train was PACKED. Since we were closer to the front, by the time they got to our car, they announced that all time slots were gone! They said there was enough food and we could buy it to bring back to our seats, but we couldn't sit in the dining car. That was fine by us since we would've had to split up anyway. We wouldn't have wanted to leave all our belongings at our seats without anyone there to watch them.
Ahhh, what a cute Disney diary!