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sandgk
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My wife and I are contemplating making a rail journey up the West Coast next year, using sleeper accommodations on the Coastal Starlight. After a day or so in Seattle take the Seattle to Vancouver train - flying back east.
But, to be honest, I'm concerned by the reviews I have seen recently on Travelocity. There are a fair number of glowing (5*) reports, some as recent as November of 2018. Then again, there are a depressingly high number of wincingly bad (1*) reviews of similar vintage. (Some referring to reductions in service quality from prior rides on the same route). I realize that everyone's travel experience is individual, unique. Still, that is quite the spread of ratings to see. Some of the worst reviews suggest that you might end up with MREs rather than the expected assortment of catered, hot food advertised as going along with a Sleeper reservation - or the Coastal Starlight menu for other paying passengers for that matter!
So, help me out if you can. Have there been downgrading changes in the Coastal Starlight service? Or, put another way, which reviews are reliable for the route we are considering?
But, to be honest, I'm concerned by the reviews I have seen recently on Travelocity. There are a fair number of glowing (5*) reports, some as recent as November of 2018. Then again, there are a depressingly high number of wincingly bad (1*) reviews of similar vintage. (Some referring to reductions in service quality from prior rides on the same route). I realize that everyone's travel experience is individual, unique. Still, that is quite the spread of ratings to see. Some of the worst reviews suggest that you might end up with MREs rather than the expected assortment of catered, hot food advertised as going along with a Sleeper reservation - or the Coastal Starlight menu for other paying passengers for that matter!
So, help me out if you can. Have there been downgrading changes in the Coastal Starlight service? Or, put another way, which reviews are reliable for the route we are considering?