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    Hotel near Emeryville Station

    I stayed at the Hyatt House last July. I would recommend it. Nice property, very easy walking distance to the station and to shops and restaurants in the area. There's also a Trader Joes nearby if you are catering for yourself. I had a room facing the tracks and don't recall be bothered by...
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    CZ to CS

    I stayed at the Hyatt House in Emeryville when I arrived from the CZ in July. It was very nice and super convenient being right across the tracks. There were lots of shops and some restaurants in convenient walking distance. I had a room that overlooked the station and it was awesome being...
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    Palmetto Charleston to Washington, D. C.

    Thank you!! I will look that up on the map, I was so curious but falling asleep really didn't help me keep track of where I was.
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    Purchasing a good US rail map

    Hema maps show Amtrak routes. I have this: http://www.amazon.com/HEMA-United-States-Road-Atlas/dp/1934006742 plus I have their south west and north west maps, they are a better scale but when I last checked, the rest of the country hasn't been issued yet...
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    Palmetto Charleston to Washington, D. C.

    I took the Palmetto from Charleston to Washington in October a few years ago. We were scheduled to leave an hour early because planned track work meant a planned route variation. Well I don't know what went wrong but we wended up hours late. I wish I knew what route we ended up taking...
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    Menus

    I pick what I want, not based on the price (though I do always go for the steak). For that matter, I miss out on breakfast and lunch because it's too hard for me to have gluten free, but there's no point in bemoaning the waste of that money. I'm paying for a roomette because I want a...
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    How do you board?

    I've always been a book worm, I read everything, I can't see a sign and not want to know what it says. But when I complain that people don't read signs or ask stupid questions that are clearly addressed by the sign *right in front of them* my mother points out that plenty of people aren't...
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    Coast to Coast with Amtrak in September

    It sounds like an awesome trip! I can't eat gluten either and I am really sensitive to cross contamination. Unfortunately Amtrak do not offer gluten free special meals. However, I have done fine having the steak (no sauce) , veges and the baked potato. I usually have that for dinner each night...
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    what to do in Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara is a lovely place. I second the walk up State Street, but you're also close to the beach and pier and could wander around there if you want to see the ocean. The mission is great but I also really loved the court house and that is closer to downtown. Details are here...
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    EB - Lateness Problems This Summer

    Thanks for getting back to me so quick, I'd been googling without much success! Shame about the delay but the reason is pretty awesome. I confess to spending a lot of time staring at the forest in the hope of seeing a bear. I've zero desire to meet one in the woods, but I'd feel brave if I...
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    EB - Lateness Problems This Summer

    I missed the grizzly bear story! What happened? Apologies if I've missed it here but I thought I'd read the whole thread.
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    which direction of travel on the chief

    It sounds like you can't go wrong. I went eastbound because that's what i needed to do and it was AMAZING. I woke up in Arizona, had the entire day crossing New Mexico which was gorgeous, we had a fresh air break at La Junta at dusk which gave me an awesome sense of the space in the centre of...
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    EB - Lateness Problems This Summer

    Amamba, on my late EB trip recently they bussed people to Illinois destinations (I'm not familiar with the train numbers but there seemed to be a bunch of shorter trips), held the CONO and CL people got hotels. I think Pat Harper is going the other way? Pat, I think there are a fair few...
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    Which stations are smoking breaks?

    Yeah, the PAs are pretty bad. The only announcements I hear super clearly are the breakfast and lunch wait lists which I don't wanna hear. Last trip I taught myself to sleep through 'Larsen, party of two, Peters party of four, Mary, party of one please come to the dining car at this time' etc...
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    Beware of unwanted reservation changes!

    Hmm, maybe so and the family was a sympathy excuse? Years ago I worked in a hotel and reservations explained overbooking and how they knew which guests could be bumped easily and I was dubious and so they they told me a story about a poor couple whose child was Taken ill and they had to stay a...
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    Bad Experience on Amtrak

    I thought of this thread today. I got delayed walking because they made us use the other side of the road because they were digging up the pavement on our side. In 7 years i'd never walked on the other side of the street . Wasted valuable moments crossing over and back and nearly missed my...
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    Beware of unwanted reservation changes!

    I'm with those who think it should be first come first served too. While small children obviously need to be seated with their parents, I don't see why adults can't sit separately for awhile, or older children, until a pair of seats open up. My friend and I travelled a few hours before we got...
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    across northern US, or Canada?

    RRdude, very interesting. I've only used VIA between Moncton and Quebec City and I enjoyed that trip, but not so much as others I've done on Amtrak. I felt very claustrophobic in whatever it is they call the equivalent of a roomette (but it was for one person only) . The heat was so high, I...
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    Down stairs luggage rack

    UK trains have a very small luggage storage area, and no checked luggage. Quite often there are lots of passengers trying to stand in the vestibule too. I agree, it's so worth speaking to the other passengers about it and rearranging to suit all. We were super squashed up on my last UK trip...
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    Bad Experience on Amtrak

    We were all diverted due to thick fog in Sydney. It's pretty rare, so I was unlucky. Our pilot warned us just before landing, he tried landing once but had to abort at about 1000ft. Since they didn't know about the fog ahead of time (it's rare) we didn't have enough fuel to mess around...
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