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Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11317340)

I enjoyed the Acela.

I've taken it a few times and find it absolutely maddening. It's about 5x as long as the DL shuttle (door to door), assuming it's on time. It's also very bumpy.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11317338)

I can verify that it's not the content but the host. Pandy Reterson has failed us.

Pandy, Pandy, Pandy. Why are you failing me now????

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11317325)

the Acela reminded me a lot of European train travel, at a slower speed for most of the trip.

The Acela is a cousin of the TGV. The motors and transformers in the power cars are TGV.

Euro rail travel is so much nicer, faster and smoother than in the US. We just have wider seats because we have much wider rail cars.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11317354)

I've taken it a few times and find it absolutely maddening. It's about 5x as long as the DL shuttle (door to door), assuming it's on time. It's also very bumpy.

The bumpier it is, the better I sleep. I love turbulence too!

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11317348)

That's really not very long.

Nope. Like I said, with the light meal and Internet access it went by very fast.

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11317341)

Yes, you should keep it on the list. I can't imagine that being a bad trip at all.

I was thinking that myself...I'm thinking that a day in BRU, a day or two in CDG, and then a pre day in LON would be quite the magnificent opener to the Cunard crossing back to NYC.

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Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11317315)

I was thinking maybe 9 a.m. You are right, you do not want to go to the places open now ;)

Success is near for you, Comrade!

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Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 11317352)

I am worried that is what I will be saying 4 hours into my NRT trip in two weeks!

Geez thanks for ruining that show. :mad:

You DVR Kimmel? He's not that good! :D

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Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11317365)

The bumpier it is, the better I sleep. I love turbulence too!

She had to have gotten up to go to the bathroom or something.

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Originally Posted by CO 1E (Post 11317373)

Success is near for you, Comrade!

My wh;)ring is almost :over!

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11317354)

I've taken it a few times and find it absolutely maddening. It's about 5x as long as the DL shuttle (door to door), assuming it's on time. It's also very bumpy.

Totally false.

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11317282)

I did a train in sleeper car, loved it. Had my sprint car for net access in most places as well.

I'd do it again. I went MIA to DC, DC to CHI, CHI into TX.

It looks like a MR route to get to texas :D

I also rather liked the coffee station they had setup in the sleeper car, some very good green mountain vermont blend coffee anytime we wanted, an if it wasn't fresh they'd have more in a few minutes.
If you do a sleeper car they also have a juice and water station setup for anytime access, I'd not bring botled water since they have it already, but I'd instead bring drink mixins.

Well it depends. Certain long-haul Amtrak routes get more goodies for the sleeping car passengers than others. In 2006, when I did my trip, service cuts were in full force on less profitable routes, including the Sunset Limited that I was on. We had the "juice," which tasted like Tang, and some ice, and some awful coffee set out for us. There were two very small bottles of water in the room when you boarded, which were never replenished. Had I not brought my own I would have been buying it in the snack bar on a regular basis.

That's part of Amtrak's problem on the long-haul stuff. Even if you have the time to kill on the journey, the service is highly unpredictable, and varies greatly by route.

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Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11317379)

4000!!!!!!

YEA!

The confetti was a bit cold when it rained down on me. The Cristal is very nice though ;)