they deserve it but we need them to stay independent :)

Me too

Do more travels without the roomette. Not everyone can afford the extra$$$ Great channel though…

Dude its the cheapest room. They're traveling multiple days ​@@johnarcher8090

@@johnarcher8090 Why are you saying this as a reply to someone else's comment?

I'm planning something similar this fall.

@@Mimilikesstuff it will be a great time. I also looped the southwest chief and California Zephyr in sleepers with connecting trains last year. That's a must! Between them I will see most of the states. Then next year I'll do the New England states and the following year 2026 maybe Florida.

Yes

If you book the train for Seattle, you get that sleeper car #7. If you book the train for Portland, you get that sleeper car #27.

I’m also curious about any layovers. Are there enough trains that the layovers are short or do you have to get hotels?

No the sleeping attendant will order the food you want and bring it back to your rom if you do not want to eat in the dinning room. Yes you pay for hotels or whereever you what to stay at the end of each trip and also give at least 1 extra day for changing trains.

They have an Ada room on the 1rst floor and can sleeping car attendent will bring you all the meals to your room, the only thing you will not have a shower subcritical shower is not ada accessible on this train but you can either deal without it or do a sponge bath with the sink in your room. Coach you will have lots of room but open, no meals or showers are included.

If you have a stateroom there are no charges for meals, it's included. Food in the stateroom should require a tip for the service.

You are right. The Coast Starlight ended up in LA.

In exact cash.

They say 98 percent they have hot water for the showers.

Count on any given train being late and forget about making a tight connection. It won’t happen. If you’re ok with that you’ll enjoy the journey and know you’ll get to your destination eventually. That’s train travel until more money is allocated to improvements.

​@@sallyjane5943 Except twice when I took the Sunset Limited westbound into LA it came an hour EARLY so instead of arriving at 5:30am it came at 4:30am! which was even before the Metropolitan lounge (the fancy first class lounge) opened, plus they woke me in coach an hour BEFORE arrival! Only a few hours sleep that night. When it happened again the second time (45 min early that time) I now wonder if that's common for that line. Other long-distance Amtrak routes I have taken have more commonly been late into the last station, so yes if you really want to be certain of making a connection it's safest to give yourself a layover day in the hub station.

Yes you can when you arrive in New York. I think the best metropolitan lounge is Chicago since that is the only one that has showers.

Thanks for the reply!

I believe they book rooms lowest rm numbers first. Rm 2 is upstairs.

That should be a viewliner train which is only a 1 floor train if my memory serves me correctly. On that train no observation car.

You're right only passengers with a room of any sort are allowed to use the showers.

Only fir sleepers, you can either use body wipes or carefully do a sponge bath with the sink in the coach bathroom, or if you have money has pass through Chicago you can get a day pass for the metropolitan lounge which have showers.

It would be too complicated do that

Most people dont feel comfortable being filmed on social media posts. Its rude to even ask them.

@@TheWestlandgirl it's not necessary to video them as there have been several sites who video scenery during various movements in the dining car us they showed the meal layout. Hope this clears it up for you. All the best.

Me too. By next year or fall on empire builder .