Ivette1980
Mouseketeer
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- Jun 8, 2008
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I often read that people don't think that they can 'do it' meaning travel by train
You CAN!! It is much less stress than driving-and to me flying!
No bag fees either!You wanna take 2 giant suitcases per person-go for it!
Seeing the sights makes it like another vacation and not just transportation! We love it!
As for the delays-yes, it has happened to me. The worst was about 6 hours late and that was 13 years ago.You are sleeping through most of the time the train is stopped so you don't realize until you wake up and find out. That I would say is a worst case situation and not as common as some lead you to believe.To see stats for yourself, do what I do and check out their report on the latest train times at http://www.amtrakdelays.com
The week before I left every train I checked was running on time or within a 1/2 hr. We arrived on time to the minute!!
I can't say enough about how much fun and stressfree it is compared with other travel!
Thanks so much for this report. I'm actually close to Penn Station but just found out (I guess I live under a rock) that there's an Auto train in VA somewhere, dont know if DH would want to drive to VA when we're literally two stops on MTA from 34th St or a five min cab ride anyhoot ... On your trip, how often did the train stop? Were you able to get off train or are you literally stuck on it the entire ride??