tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291013600194973063.post3408418030939780903..comments2023-11-03T08:27:46.444-04:00Comments on LV Voice: Amtrak IIKatie Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278567541069425535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291013600194973063.post-36153763166126266982008-10-07T06:48:00.000-04:002008-10-07T06:48:00.000-04:00I feel that any relationship with Amtrak is a litt...I feel that any relationship with Amtrak is a little bit masochistic. Perhaps it will all pay off in the not-so-distant future? I hope you at least got a few laughs out of the family! Sometimes it's just plain embarrassing to sit near people like that because you WANT SO BADLY to stare at them and watch them like a television show but then you remember that they stare back and are embarrassed! I have done it a few times on the train.Katie Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278567541069425535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291013600194973063.post-12503768909412310332008-10-06T16:01:00.000-04:002008-10-06T16:01:00.000-04:00Ahh, Amtrak. My hubby and I attempted to take a tr...Ahh, Amtrak. My hubby and I attempted to take a train from Philly to Tampa one Easter to see my brother. It cost about $125 a piece to ride coach. The ride was off to a nice start, after leaving late, of course! We rode behind a family of four headed for Disney. They were exactly like the Griswolds from the National Lampoon flicks. EXactly! Silly Mickey Mouse hats, Angry Dad, passive-aggressive mom...<BR/>So...we got all the way down to Richmond, Virginia when we stopped. I asked one of the porters what was up and he said a freight train (what else?) up ahead knocked into a bridge and engineers had to come out to assess the damage before allowing us to pass. There was NO other way around this bridge. Since this review would take hours they turned us around and sent us home. It was an 18 hour ride to nowhere! Easter cancelled. Dad Griswold was flipping out. (I thought we were going to have to tranquilize him.) We got back to 30th St at 4 in the a.m. and Amtrak gave us a refund and put us up in a hotel. So much for our big journey. It certainly was a learning experience. Oddly enough, I would probably try it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com