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Gren King
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Boarding Cardinal in Charlottesville at 2:30 pm.On Cardinal to Chicago. Sleeper car . How make reservation to eat lunch? Lunch ends at 3:00 pm.
Hmmm. I’d heard that it usually takes forever to be served and that quality is very mediocre.cpotisch--I have had a different experience than you with the Cardinal service--I've been on it a few times now (I've done the LD for a short distance, getting off at ALX, as well as my one trip to/from Chicago), and the service has ranged from quirky and erratic to efficient and well organized. But I've always found it friendly and welcoming.
In this case, I got the info from multiple AU members' experiences, including one who rides the Cardinal every year and blogs it, which I assumed could be considered a good source overall, but I will certainly let someone who is on this very thread and has firsthand experience in the Card's diner-lite take the floor on this one.And thus a valuable lesson about passing off advice based on what you’ve read on the Internet was (hopefully) learned.
Sticking to what you know by experience is what you get credibility for. (Well that and not talking about politics, I guess.)
Firstly, thank you and I did mean you.Thank you, cpotisch--that is very gracious of you. (That is, if you meant me!)
I do tend to have a special fondness for the quieter trains (like the Keystone and Cardinal) that don't get a lot of the limelight but just trundle along trying to do their best with what they have.
YOU TALKING ABOUT ME?Although he is picky (no vegetables, no seafood), he is OK with eating preservatives.
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