Amtrak Coast Starlight Train Journey LA To Seattle June 2025 UPDATED Day 2 and Arrival at Seattle

[AlohaNow]

Thank you for another great TR of an Amtrak journey! I did Denver to Salt Lake City earlier this year and will take my first ride on the Pacific Surfliner in October to get from San Diego to Anaheim for OBB. I always appreciate the details and photos you include!

 

[BriannaRuth]

Sunday 28 June Day One Departing LA.
Part 2

It was really interesting to have the National Parks staff explaining what we were seeing.

My daughter goes to college in Portland and we live near Seattle. She takes either the Coast Starlight or the Cascades back and forth for breaks and sometimes I take it when I go visit. It's so convenient. Once we splurged and got her a roomette when she returned home after a rough finals week. Now I've always wanted to do that!

Very cool that you got to hear the National Parks staff while you were onboard. I've heard they are sometimes there but have never seen them.

How did you find the food to be overall? It looks pretty decent in the pictures.

As I previously said I then spent the afternoon in the observation carriage listening to the talk by the national parks people. There was an announcement, I guess by the conductor for a male passenger to collect his luggage from the dining car.

I guess what had happened was that when he left to eat lunch, the conductor removed his luggage from the room and brought them to the dining carriage. And then once he was in the dining carriage they wouldn't let him back into the sleeper carriages.

This is actually pretty funny Why do some people think they're entitled to a sleeper car when they paid for coach?? Bet he won't do that again.

 

[Bad Pink Tink 2.0]

How did you find the food to be overall? It looks pretty decent in the pictures.

For what it is, 2 people in a tiny kitchen on a moving train its amazing. I travel transatlantic so I get the full economy food service and its far better than airplane food.

This is actually pretty funny Why do some people think they're entitled to a sleeper car when they paid for coach?? Bet he won't do that again.

I know. The worst part to me though was the guy expected his parents would be ok with his elderly dad taking the coach seat and they obviously were not. That would have meant his elderly dad would not only not have a proper bed but probably not even have any food while he had 3 course meals in the restaurant.