Nice report - I've always wanted to try First Class on the Acela. I did Business Class several years ago and it was a rather nice ride - if I had lived on the South Shore of Boston instead of the North Shore, I'm sure I would have used Acela quite a bit more (hassle of parking at South Station/Back Bay wasn't worth it when it took just as long to get to BOS and it was a lot easier to manuever there than dealing with Downtown Boston). Now if I could have used Route 128 Station...