Taking The Train From Boston, Need Info/help/opinions

[vanillarum]

My DW and DD will be taking the Amtrak train (not the Autotrain) from Boston to Disney in Aug. Does anyone have any info or experience with this ? Thanx in advance.

 

[bicker]

We found the long-range train trips a bit too grueling for us. We did Boston to Chicago, which is a different routing, but I believe the same rolling stock is used.

What class of service are you booking?

 

[travelin' tigger]

My DW and DD will be taking the Amtrak train (not the Autotrain) from Boston to Disney in Aug. Does anyone have any info or experience with this ? Thanx in advance.

I did this around 5 years ago (just after 9/11) and as bicker said, it's a looong trip! Left Dedham/Rt. 128 station around 6am and arrived in Deland about 26 hours later. Had to change trains in Washington (2 hr. layover) but other than that it was an uneventful trip. Went coach, but didn't get much sleep...

HTH!!!

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

There are MANY threads discussing travel to Disney via Amtrak. Just do a search for Amtrak in this forum and you'll find plenty of information.

 

[englishteacha]

I just checked Amtrak's site this morning for August and it costs less to fly out of Portland, ME than it does to take Amtrak from Wells, ME. Right now, there are RT flights for $182 out of Logan for August. You might want to look into flying as it could be cheaper. The train is cool-I love train travel-but it's 20+ hours and there aren't sleeping compartments.

 

[bicker]

Flying is almost always less expensive than Amtrak. That's a reflection of how outrageously low airfares are.

No sleeping compartments? I know we had a sleeping compartment from Boston to Chicago... aren't there sleeping compartments from Reston to Miami?