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Hi! I'm planning to take my 12-year-old to Disney World over spring break next year; considering taking the Silver Star from North Carolina. We would get a sleeper compartment. I've spent a night in a Viewliner roomette before (solo) but she's never been in a sleeper car on a train. I want her to have a good experience. I have a few questions, please:
- Roomette vs bedroom: How does sleeping in the top bunk compare between these two? Do you feel more like you'll fall out of the top bunk in the bedroom (perpendicular to travel direction) or in the roomette (parallel)? (I'm wondering if there's a reason other than cost to get a roomette. But for what it's worth, even the bedroom is less expensive than 2 plane tickets right now.)
- Anyone have recent experience renting a car at the Orlando or Kissimmee stations? I'm not seeing the Orlando station as a pickup option for Hertz; is it correct that they don't have a counter there anymore?
- When I stayed in a roomette, the upholstery smelled like stale cigarette smoke, which made it hard to sleep (I couldn't smell it until I was lying down, and then I couldn't ignore it). Is this common, in which case maybe we should take our own pillows?