Roomette assignment.
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Ryan
Court Jester
It's on there. Here's an old ticket I still had on my phone. You can see I was in room 1 in the 1910 car.
TylerP42
Conductor
Here's my printed ticket that I got at the station.
Roomette #12 is downstairs Tyler! For a trip as long as that in the Zephyr (3 days/2 Nights) you may want to call and request that the agent switch you to an upstairs Room,(#2-10), it shouldn't cost you anymore, and if the agent says they can't do it, ask for a Supervisor.
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KmH
Engineer
It's the middle of high season and all the upstairs roomettes may be booked.
But, one can keep checking in case someone with an upstairs roomette cancels their reservation.
Be sure you say to the ticket agent you want to "modify" your reservation.
IIRC, Amtrak sometimes puts a 3rd sleeper berth car on the CZ between Denver and Chicago to accommodate all the extra passengers that use the train between the 2 cities.
During high season does Amtrak leave the 3rd sleeper on the CZ between EMY and DEN?
But, one can keep checking in case someone with an upstairs roomette cancels their reservation.
Be sure you say to the ticket agent you want to "modify" your reservation.
IIRC, Amtrak sometimes puts a 3rd sleeper berth car on the CZ between Denver and Chicago to accommodate all the extra passengers that use the train between the 2 cities.
During high season does Amtrak leave the 3rd sleeper on the CZ between EMY and DEN?
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PaulM
Engineer
Yes, it goes all the way. I believe the 3rd sleeper began doing this when Amtrak was using the temporary station, supposedly because there was no place to store it at the temporary station. Obviously, Amtrak was able to come up with an extra sleeper to go all the way. My theory, counter conventional wisdom, is that they discovered that demand west of Denver was there. And so it continues to go all the way ever after Union Station was reclaimed.
On a recent round trip from the Midwest to Denver, the hoard waiting to board westbound #5 in Denver at least equaled that for eastbound #6 a week later.
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Those are good. #3 is my favorite.
Ditto! Excellent rooms!
Acela150
Super Buff
If you want to be across from each other then you should call Amtrak to see what they can do.
Seems odd that when I go from the new Amtrak home page to the sleeping accommodations, no room numbers are shown on the floor plans. But this... http://www.amtrakagentsupport.com/fam-3d-tours-diagrams.htm ...does show the room numbers. Can't remember if room numbers appeared when using the old Amtrak homepage.
Anyway, I feel Amtrak should fix this problem as there's no reason to keep the room numbers hidden - unless they think doing so will reduce calls requesting a certain room. DING! Wait!! Maybe that's it!!! Keep the room numbers a secret so the customer is kept in the dark. Yup, that explains it. And maybe the room numbers will soon disappear from the Agent Support page! Didn't take me long to figure that one out, eh? [Nyuk - nyuk]
Anyway, I feel Amtrak should fix this problem as there's no reason to keep the room numbers hidden - unless they think doing so will reduce calls requesting a certain room. DING! Wait!! Maybe that's it!!! Keep the room numbers a secret so the customer is kept in the dark. Yup, that explains it. And maybe the room numbers will soon disappear from the Agent Support page! Didn't take me long to figure that one out, eh? [Nyuk - nyuk]
Leap? No. But at least it wasn't written upside down in Chinese!
TylerP42
Conductor
I did it! I am now in room 7.
Darn, you weren't supposed ta finger that out. Now that you've let that out "they're" gonna hav ta shoot ya!
I like room #5 in a Superliner. It's not TOO close to the bathroom's slamming door (#2), and it's not over the trucks and by the noisy sliding door at the end (#9 & 10). I fact, #5 and #6 are my favorites.
