Brightline Train in Florida - Comparing Premium VS. Smart Class

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Hop aboard with me as I embark on an exciting journey via the Brightline Train from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, Florida! In this thrilling video, I'll be taking you through my experience traveling in style with a Smart Class ticket and exploring the fantastic amenities this modern train has to offer.
First, I'll show you how easy and convenient it is to use the self-operating market at the station. Get ready for a comfortable and seamless ride as we whiz through the beautiful Floridian landscape towards Miami.
Once we arrive in Miami, I'll take you along as I upgrade my journey to the next level by purchasing a luxurious Premium First Class ticket to West Palm Beach, Florida. The Premium First Class offers an unparalleled travel experience, and we'll delve into the lavish amenities and exclusive services available to passengers.
One of the highlights of the Premium First Class lounge is the automated alcohol service, where you can quench your thirst with a selection of beverages at your fingertips. Join me as we explore the lounge, taking in the sophisticated ambiance and relaxing atmosphere, creating the perfect environment for unwinding during the journey.
Whether you're a seasoned traveler or simply curious about the Brightline Train experience, this video will provide you with valuable insights into what to expect during your trip. So, sit back, relax, and let's embark on this fascinating adventure together!
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@Ven100 Жыл бұрын

It should be mentioned that Premium includes a complimentary Brightline+ pickup or drop-off within 5 miles of the station via Uber. This is especially nice in Miami as that 5-mile radius also includes South Beach. When you consider the cost of an Uber in conjunction with the food and alcohol, Premium is definitely worth it. Great video.

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 for the kind words. And for mentioning that, I forgot to put it in.

@johnm7882 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for nice tip. How is that set up?

@Ven100 11 ай бұрын

@@johnm7882 Through the app.

@Redblueboy11 6 ай бұрын

it’s only in miami. you do not have that benefit in orlando

@lexirowe3151 3 ай бұрын

Does this benefit exist at palm beach station as well? We are looking at cruising in the future and think that would be a great perk for us

@kida758 Жыл бұрын

Incredibly thorough & informative! Best review of the Brightline so far!!! You are so much more detail-oriented than the other reviews I've seen!! Thank you tremendously for your review...you have my LA butt excited for them to build Brightline West, from LA to Las Vegas!

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️🙏. I’m glad I was able to show you what Brightline has to offer ☺️.I’m excited for that Vegas route too!! Hopefully they invite me to review it when they launch it

@juliekm6495 15 күн бұрын

Great to see your channel! This was a great informative discussion on the Briteline! Looking forward to more vlogs! Keep up the good work!

@DavionWest 10 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️. I can’t wait for Brightline West ☺️

@universalastrophotography Жыл бұрын

This is an impressive video, I’m not sure what type of camera you are using but the quality is great and the cinematography is exceptionally well done.

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, it really means a lot ☺️. I’m using a Canon EOS R5. And trying to show train travel and other parts of the world differently from others.

@portcybertryx222 6 ай бұрын

I am so hyped for Brightline west! Can’t wait for true high speed rail to come to this country. Plus seeing Amtrak upgrade its train stations in Baltimore, NYC Moynihan and several others, the future of rail is bright in the US. Let’s hope that we keep this momentum going!

@DavionWest 6 ай бұрын

Same!!! I can’t wait to ride that train. It really Ami’s a good time for rail.

@Gert-DK 11 ай бұрын

Texas is talking high speed train between the 3 big cities. They will import Japanese trains and rails, to avoid inventing the wheel again. Very smart, I think. These Japanese trains (Shinkansen) are very very fast.

@DavionWest 11 ай бұрын

Yessss I’ve been following that!! Cause I’m from Dallas and I can’t wait to see it

@portcybertryx222 6 ай бұрын

They recently got funding to study the corridor from Dallas to Fort Worth and connecting it to Houston along with Amtrak and are thinking of starting construction sometime in the next 2 years. Stay tuned!

@asiena 10 ай бұрын

love your review and your refined etiquette and behaviour. please continue creating great content and being a great person.

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️🙏. I have a train video coming out, it’s about a Ukrainian Sleeper Train.

@jandyprins8109 Ай бұрын

We are traveling to south Florida soon and will be trying out the Brightline train for the first time. I’m so exited! Your video is very informative!

@DavionWest Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️. It was definitely a nice train ride, a step in the right direction for train travel in the US. I hope y’all enjoy y’all’s trip.

@phyllingajackson1588 6 ай бұрын

Such a great video! It made me make my decision for when I travel next month!!

@DavionWest 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. :). I hope you enjoy the train ride.

@andersonjray Жыл бұрын

love trains

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

Same!!!! 🎉hopefully a Brightline becomes the blueprint for intercity rail in America

@aroundcentralfloridawithshalay 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I’m headed out on Bright line. I’m excited!

@DavionWest 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I hope you have a great trip!! They are really nice trains

@michaelvalcourt9978 Ай бұрын

Just watched it again......I'm subscribing!

@DavionWest Ай бұрын

Thank you for the support 🙏🙏

@michaelvalcourt9978 Ай бұрын

This is a great review.... Thanks so much

@DavionWest Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words sir !!!

@serendipity6970 10 ай бұрын

Loved how you showed the details! From ram access, chart of other public transportation options etc. - Thanks

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :) I’m glad I could help 😊

@bro_FREE 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful video. I think we’ll try taking brightline for our next family trip. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@DavionWest 7 ай бұрын

Yes yall should try it :)! I’m glad you enjoyed the video ☺️

@jeremywendelin Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to ride it!!! Have plans for when they open the Orlando line.

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

You'll enjoy it! I cant wait for the Orlando too!

@travelbyshaiy 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful, glad I got the premium round trip.

@DavionWest 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. :) I’m glad you enjoyed the trip. I can’t wait for more trains like this in the US

@sarahalexander6756 10 ай бұрын

I’m going down there in November can’t wait to try the train out

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

I hope you will love the experience! Hopefully this can be a blue print for more trains like this in the US.

@jamnorge 7 ай бұрын

Great review Davion.

@DavionWest 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words 🙏🙌

@stevenhabermehl9122 9 ай бұрын

Good video! Well done sir 👍🏻

@DavionWest 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️

@quocmaster1 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it bro 🙏

@DiscoveringJapan1 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great vid! I live in Tokyo, Japan and will be visiting Florida soon. I'm thinking of taking the train, but I am VERY VERY spoiled by Japan's highly efficient rail system and high speed trains. I think I better just enjoy the experience and not try to compare the two. I'm pretty sure there is no comparison. Thanks again!

@DavionWest 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️. I hope you’ll enjoy Florida :). I can’t wait to visit Japan one day and ride y’all’s trains and make a video about them. Haha yeah we are no where near y’all’s level when it comes to transportation

@DiscoveringJapan1 7 ай бұрын

@@DavionWest I'm actually born and raised in Florida, but there was no 'hohg speed' rail when I moved. Looking forward to it. Keep up the great work!

@earnthis1 8 ай бұрын

The premium looks so worth it!

@DavionWest 8 ай бұрын

Definitely was a great experience, I did not expect it to be like that in America

@johnm7882 Жыл бұрын

Brother, keep those video coming 🙂

@DavionWest Жыл бұрын

More to come! Thank you for the support.

@cy_torrent 11 ай бұрын

Loved your review and how more idk how to say wholesome..? It was, idk it just felt a lot more personable and not annoying or repetitive. And yes Brightline gets me super excited as well. I really wonder how LA-Vegas will be. Will you be planning to check it out when that day comes?

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words ☺️. Yes!! Hopefully I can be one of the first ones to ride it :). I’m super excited for train travel in the States.

@exoressdelivers70 10 ай бұрын

For some reason the seat direction you pick on the app or website or kiosk when you purchase the ticket is facing the complete opposite direction of the actual seat you will sit in when you board the train. It's been a glitch in the online ticketing system since forever. So whatever direction you want to face when picking a seat, pick a seat facing the opposite direction when you purchase your ticket. 😅

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Yeah…. I was quite sad about it actually :( Good to know it wasn’t my fault. 🤦🏿

@pixelsandpixies1 8 ай бұрын

Is that still happening?? I will get severely motion sick if sitting backwards but I picked a seat that shows forward facing travel…

@MainStreetMoments 10 ай бұрын

Just found your channel! Love this video :)

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words :). I wanna of my favorite train rides, I felt like a kid again.

@josepho.8039 3 ай бұрын

Heck ya repping 214 from Dallas!

@DavionWest 3 ай бұрын

Most definitely!!

@qwesimccray5036 4 ай бұрын

"They say it is a high speed train... It probably is not." is crazy. lol

@DavionWest 4 ай бұрын

haha I hope we will truly get high speed trains within the next decade

@chrisb0418 8 ай бұрын

from what i remember. the seats in smart (and premium i believe) have USB c in the ports in front of the seat

@DavionWest 8 ай бұрын

Dang, I’m gonna have to take it again haha. 😂. Thank you for the comment, I must have missed this. Was too excited with train

@MadridHopper005 10 ай бұрын

Catching up to EU idk about that, maybe China but the EU has a good train system but I am rooting for this product, I hope they expand all the way up north! I would take a ATL to Miami high speed train but I bet there are lobbyist trying to kill the train system. Great video overall, just hope people take care of the train seems some seats had some damage already but hey all good!

@rij3142 10 ай бұрын

You realize China has better trains than most of the EU right?

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

I did notice some of the damage too, ohhhh you were really watching the video?:). Thank you for watching and your comments. I hope within the next 20 years we see a surge in train infrastructure and a shift to more livable cities for people.

@LucidStew 6 ай бұрын

5:48 😂

@MyFeminineCloset 8 ай бұрын

How was the WiFi? I’m considering taking it but I’ll be in online school during my train ride.

@DavionWest 8 ай бұрын

I tested the WiFi with Netflix and was good without buffering. But it could be different for you 😅 but it worked pretty good for me.

@thomascrosby6105 10 ай бұрын

They need to addess the horn at every intersection up the coast all day long early and late...very stressful if you live and or work in the general proximity of one.

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

Ahhh I did not know that... I can see that being stressful indeed. Is the city doing anything to make this better for the locals?

@exoressdelivers70 10 ай бұрын

No horn policy has resulted in 99 people dead so far. Indeed two people were killed in the last 6 days because the train doesn't blow the horn in certain areas.

@LP-tu8li 10 ай бұрын

Do they take your ticket before you get on?

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

You use your ticket to pass through the gate. So they never took my ticket from me

@patricialamarche3914 9 ай бұрын

Do you have go into airport in Orlando to get to train?

@DavionWest 9 ай бұрын

I’m not sure, I haven’t taken the train to Orlando yet.

@MiamiManiac 8 ай бұрын

The Orlando station is in the airport but it has its separate area away from the busyness of the rest of the airport

@earnthis1 8 ай бұрын

Can America catch up to Europe and Asia when it comes to trains? I want to believe in the USA!

@DavionWest 8 ай бұрын

Me too!!! Fingers crossed 🤞! I’m actually filming another train video rn haha 😂

@lagomorphamage5875 6 ай бұрын

Would you be willing to share your relative height for the folks who ha e an interest in legroom specs? I’m hopeful that the 6’5” folks like me will have a good experience.

@DavionWest 6 ай бұрын

I’m 5’8 , 68 inches, 172 centimeters, but there was a good amount space

@LucidFL Жыл бұрын

Noice

@Gert-DK 11 ай бұрын

Definitions of high a speed train are +200 kmph.

@tonyburzio4107 10 ай бұрын

That's because Brightline is a land development company, not a railroad. It's fast enough.

@tylerkriesel8590 10 ай бұрын

So brightline by that standard is actually HSR.

@tonyburzio4107 10 ай бұрын

Disney surrenders to bad business results, plans a $31 Billion expansion in Florida!

@biggjamess 10 ай бұрын

Premium is way to expensive from Miami to orlando

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

How much?

@biggjamess 10 ай бұрын

@@DavionWest it’s a shame but it’s almost 50% more expensive than taking a plane. But it wouldn’t be first class

@tonyburzio4107 10 ай бұрын

Apparently not, the railroad is already bursting at the seams with passengers on the small part they have working.

@exoressdelivers70 10 ай бұрын

They have to keep the prices high enough so the hood won't get on. Imagine tickets $10 or $20 to Orlando. It would be ghetto AF! It would become the Carnival Cruise Lines and Spirit Airlines of the rails☹️. So I pray they don't lower the price.

@Shytot-1 10 ай бұрын

It's weird to hear of people getting excited about a train that is taken for granted in the rest of the modern world. It's even been fazed out in some countries because it's so old. The UK had these trains in 1975 and stopped using them in 2017, almost 50 years ago. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esqSbLyYsOCZdnU.html

@DavionWest 10 ай бұрын

I just hope the US will see more of these trains and more modern newer versions of these trains in different states. In Texas were suppose to be getting Japanese high speed trains. Fingers crossed

@Shytot-1 10 ай бұрын

@@DavionWest Put simply. No you're not.

@exoressdelivers70 10 ай бұрын

Trains are prevalent in the rest of the 'modern' world because they are behind in air travel. Look at Flight Aware over the United States and you see so many planes that you can barely see the country itself compared to the relatively scarce air transport systems in Europe and Asia. In other words this train is taking the United States back to the relatively primitive standards of transportation (trains) that currently exist in Europe and other parts of the 'modern' world.

@Shytot-1 10 ай бұрын

@@exoressdelivers70 Trains are prevalent because they make sense, and run from city centre to city centre. Trains in India carry nearly as many passengers in a day as the US carries in a year. But then again you could be right, perhaps that's why London has six airports?

@exoressdelivers70 10 ай бұрын

@Shytot-1 There are only 40 airports in all of England and 13,000+ in the United States. There are only 2,000 airports in all of Europe. So trains are more prevalent in Europe because it's an old-fashioned mode of transportation that's been unchanged since the 1800s. Air travel is the mode of transportation in the United States, not trains.