Aside from those who commute on a train, does anyone have experience traveling or vacationing by train?
In the South, we have a pretty sad lack of access to trains. I think its actually something the US lacks in general except closer to larger cities (DC, NY, Boston etc).
In the past, when considering travel by train, the routes have been way out of the way, or the cost has been way more or at least equal to flying. I recently looked into it again for my families trip to Disney this September. Surprisingly, from Charleston to Orlando or Kissimmee, the prices are really decent. I'm more than likely going to do it if I can nail down transportation from the Amtrak station to our resort. Disney will shuttle you to and from the Airport, but seems to have no such service for Amtrak.
ANYWAYS...are there any veterans of the rails who care to share stores, tips, tricks etc?
In the South, we have a pretty sad lack of access to trains. I think its actually something the US lacks in general except closer to larger cities (DC, NY, Boston etc).
In the past, when considering travel by train, the routes have been way out of the way, or the cost has been way more or at least equal to flying. I recently looked into it again for my families trip to Disney this September. Surprisingly, from Charleston to Orlando or Kissimmee, the prices are really decent. I'm more than likely going to do it if I can nail down transportation from the Amtrak station to our resort. Disney will shuttle you to and from the Airport, but seems to have no such service for Amtrak.
ANYWAYS...are there any veterans of the rails who care to share stores, tips, tricks etc?