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Good info! Thanks!! After all my efforts to keep positive & calm with the bustitutions & tight connection time, my husband will really appreciate I will still have something to fret about! Haha

I really appreciate your input & our potential outcomes…. We’ve never taken any Amtrak buses, but we already will get one between Oceanside and Irvine….so if we get the Bakersfield/San Joaquins, we will be very experienced after this trip! We will take whatever comes! 😃 There was also lots of...

Great info! We enjoy all the new adventures we get on Amtrak & their employees are always helpful to us 👍

Thank you everyone! Your amount of knowledge and expertise is astounding…. after looking at the on-time history we decided to take our chances and stick with the original plan…. our departure station is San Diego Old Town with the current 765 train-bus-train…it’s part of a single reservation...

Thank you so much! 😃

Our morning Pacific Surfliner to Coast Starlight connection in March is very tight (Surfliner arrival 8:57am…Starlight departure 9:51am=51 minutes)…. we have never had a connection this close…. Any advise about getting off and heading straight to the Starlight?….Should I check with a conductor...

Thank you very much!

We plan to take the train from the west mid-October to New England, then rent a car & drive around to see the fall colors. Would taking the Lake Shore Limited, then changing to the Ethan Allen Express to the end of its line at Rutland, VT and renting the car there be a good idea? Thank you for...

Thank you, everyone! My son & I took an awesome "Midtown at Night" walking tour in the evening offered by Free Tours By Foot, which I highly recommend-we walked all over & saw the beauty of the city lighted up, got history of all the gorgeous landmark buildings, and we all rode the subway as a...

Any advice would be appreciated: Planning a trip in October from Portland, OR to Staten Island, NY to visit relatives. I've arrived at Penn Station before & taken subway/ferry to Staten Island, but Husband has not & is fearful of arriving after dark, which in October will be early...& also of...

FYI... after traveling exclusively on Superliners, where the restrooms are down the hall or stairs from the cabins, we were the first ones boarded on our Viewliner car & I walked back & forth, back & forth looking for the restroom.... I heard my husband call to me "Honey, I found it"....and I...

I booked this trip as our "1.0 Last Hurrah" in January...at a late date, my husband was unable to go & our 29 year old son was able to take the time off work & accompany his grateful mom! I got unexpected fun one-on-one time with our adult son...& he got an amazing 16 day first train trip..for...

Thanks, everyone! This is a short leg on an otherwise all-roomette trip totally round the country, (yes! This is our last big-points-chunk Guest Rewards Last Hurrah!) so I'll take the great advice & just stay in coach & use the saved cash for the dining car meals After this, I expect with Guest...

We are taking the Crescent from NOL to BHM in coach-about a 7 hour trip....I am used to longer distance travel in first class and considering upgrading to business class-but wondering what makes business class worth the $25/per person upgrade cost on this train. Also, if we travel coach, are we...

That ALL sounds great! Thanks! It's a tough life trying to choose how many fun things you can stuff into a day!

Also just realized I posted this in SE & I should have used NE & there's a thread for NYC there! I'm going to go study it! Thanks again!

Thanks! Are the subways safe? I'm scared...

You guys gave me such great ideas for New Orleans, I would like to solicit your Great Brains for NYC in basically 2 days! We are staying in Manhattan & on the List are: (of course) the Empire State Building, the One World Observatory, & taking the ferry to Staten Island for a short visit with...

WOW! I'm excited! Great ideas! THANK YOU! But.....Bob Dylan, I don't know what a "clip joint" is! How will I know not to go in?! Haha THANK YOU, EVERYONE!

OK, we are coming in to New Orleans on the SL on a Sunday night & leaving on the Crescent on a Tuesday morning...so that gives us one day to see New Orleans! Our hotel is downtown & we are in good shape/able to walk....but need to stay budget minded... With those parameters, anyone want to give...