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Miami to Orlando
The train would probably not be much slower than the plane,
considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... -- Kindly Konrad --------------------------------------------------- May all spammers die an agonizing death; have no burial places; their souls be chased by demons in Gehenna from one room to another for all eternity and more. Sleep - thing used by ineffective people as a substitute for coffee Ambition - a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy --------------------------------------------------- --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
The train would probably not be much slower than the plane,
considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... -- Kindly Konrad --------------------------------------------------- May all spammers die an agonizing death; have no burial places; their souls be chased by demons in Gehenna from one room to another for all eternity and more. Sleep - thing used by ineffective people as a substitute for coffee Ambition - a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy --------------------------------------------------- --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:15:21 +0100, "Konrad Den Ende"
wrote: The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... there are no guarantees on Amtrak unless you reserve a seat beforehand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not included, reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:15:21 +0100, "Konrad Den Ende"
wrote: The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... there are no guarantees on Amtrak unless you reserve a seat beforehand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not included, reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
... The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? I don't know about this. Try their web site buying a ticket for one day in advance and see what the fare is. But I can't imagine the regular fare being much more than $30. How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... There will be a seat for you, but it may not be a reserved seat. They don't overbook. It's more like Southwest Airlines, no reserved seats. On longer routes there may be reserved seats. I took Amtrak from San Jose to Sacramento with my kids a year or so ago, and there were no reserved seats. Horrendous food at the snack bar (frozen sandwiches, still frozen). The trip was amazingly slow, and they managed to be an hour late on a 100 mile run. In 1975, the Amtrak run in Florida was on time. But I took the train from NYC to South Florida in 1962, and it was 13 hours late (the Silver Meteor on Seaboard Coast Line). The best part of that trip was getting the little paper cups of water from the water dispenser and dropping Fizzies into them. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
... The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? I don't know about this. Try their web site buying a ticket for one day in advance and see what the fare is. But I can't imagine the regular fare being much more than $30. How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... There will be a seat for you, but it may not be a reserved seat. They don't overbook. It's more like Southwest Airlines, no reserved seats. On longer routes there may be reserved seats. I took Amtrak from San Jose to Sacramento with my kids a year or so ago, and there were no reserved seats. Horrendous food at the snack bar (frozen sandwiches, still frozen). The trip was amazingly slow, and they managed to be an hour late on a 100 mile run. In 1975, the Amtrak run in Florida was on time. But I took the train from NYC to South Florida in 1962, and it was 13 hours late (the Silver Meteor on Seaboard Coast Line). The best part of that trip was getting the little paper cups of water from the water dispenser and dropping Fizzies into them. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
... The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? I don't know about this. Try their web site buying a ticket for one day in advance and see what the fare is. But I can't imagine the regular fare being much more than $30. How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... There will be a seat for you, but it may not be a reserved seat. They don't overbook. It's more like Southwest Airlines, no reserved seats. On longer routes there may be reserved seats. I took Amtrak from San Jose to Sacramento with my kids a year or so ago, and there were no reserved seats. Horrendous food at the snack bar (frozen sandwiches, still frozen). The trip was amazingly slow, and they managed to be an hour late on a 100 mile run. In 1975, the Amtrak run in Florida was on time. But I took the train from NYC to South Florida in 1962, and it was 13 hours late (the Silver Meteor on Seaboard Coast Line). The best part of that trip was getting the little paper cups of water from the water dispenser and dropping Fizzies into them. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:15:21 +0100, "Konrad Den Ende"
wrote: The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... there are no guarantees on Amtrak unless you reserve a seat beforehand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because of the current email spam attacks my email account is not included, reply via the newsgroups or ask for a valid email address. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
... The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? I don't know about this. Try their web site buying a ticket for one day in advance and see what the fare is. But I can't imagine the regular fare being much more than $30. How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... There will be a seat for you, but it may not be a reserved seat. They don't overbook. It's more like Southwest Airlines, no reserved seats. On longer routes there may be reserved seats. I took Amtrak from San Jose to Sacramento with my kids a year or so ago, and there were no reserved seats. Horrendous food at the snack bar (frozen sandwiches, still frozen). The trip was amazingly slow, and they managed to be an hour late on a 100 mile run. In 1975, the Amtrak run in Florida was on time. But I took the train from NYC to South Florida in 1962, and it was 13 hours late (the Silver Meteor on Seaboard Coast Line). The best part of that trip was getting the little paper cups of water from the water dispenser and dropping Fizzies into them. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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Miami to Orlando
"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
... The train would probably not be much slower than the plane, considering the time involved in getting to/from the airport at each end, and all the waiting. It appears to cost $29 and take 5 hours, 20 minutes. I took one more look at www.amtrak.com and found the train at the rate you mentioned. What i didn't understood is wheter i need to book to get this price or if it's the same price even i i buy the ticket directly at the station the day i plan to go. Would you be so nice and advice on this? I don't know about this. Try their web site buying a ticket for one day in advance and see what the fare is. But I can't imagine the regular fare being much more than $30. How does it work on trains in US? I know buses are always guaranteed to have a sit for you, no matter how many people would like to go. How about trains? Never been on one in US so every tip is of value... There will be a seat for you, but it may not be a reserved seat. They don't overbook. It's more like Southwest Airlines, no reserved seats. On longer routes there may be reserved seats. I took Amtrak from San Jose to Sacramento with my kids a year or so ago, and there were no reserved seats. Horrendous food at the snack bar (frozen sandwiches, still frozen). The trip was amazingly slow, and they managed to be an hour late on a 100 mile run. In 1975, the Amtrak run in Florida was on time. But I took the train from NYC to South Florida in 1962, and it was 13 hours late (the Silver Meteor on Seaboard Coast Line). The best part of that trip was getting the little paper cups of water from the water dispenser and dropping Fizzies into them. --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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