Starting to plan another Amtrak journey and have a choice, should we ride the Missouri River Runner or not bother?
We'd be coming up from Jacksonville, Florida by Greyhound and can easily route either to Kansas City or straight to St Louis.
The advantage of visiting KCY is we like the city and have unfinished business there, plus we get to ride the River Runner for the first time. The disadvantage is it will add an extra night's hotel cost to our journey (we are on a budget).
The advantage of bussing directly to St Louis is we save the cost of a hotel and the train fare for two. The disadvantage is we miss out on KCY and don't get to ride the MRR.
So for us it's come down to this, is the River Runner a good or interesting train ride if you have never done it, is it worth going out of our way for?
We'd be coming up from Jacksonville, Florida by Greyhound and can easily route either to Kansas City or straight to St Louis.
The advantage of visiting KCY is we like the city and have unfinished business there, plus we get to ride the River Runner for the first time. The disadvantage is it will add an extra night's hotel cost to our journey (we are on a budget).
The advantage of bussing directly to St Louis is we save the cost of a hotel and the train fare for two. The disadvantage is we miss out on KCY and don't get to ride the MRR.
So for us it's come down to this, is the River Runner a good or interesting train ride if you have never done it, is it worth going out of our way for?