Miami to Orlando

"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
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I seem to have much trouble finding a way to get from Miami to Orlando.
The
only option i find is byt rantal car and that's not a real option since my
DL isn't valid in US. Any tip on how to get from Miami to Orlando
relatively
cheap?

With an advance Internet fair, Southwest Airlines is $34, and it takes less
than an hour. You'd have to take the Tri-Rail commuter train from Miami up
to the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, but this is easy to do. There is a
shuttle from the train station over to the airport terminal.

http://www.southwest.com

Once in Orlando, you'll have to figure a way to get where you want to go.

See: http://www.orlandoairports.net/goaa/ops/bus_taxi.htm

It's not a very interesting bus ride, so I'd opt for the plane.

"Steven M. Scharf" wrote in message
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"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
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Greyhound bus
http://www.greyhound.com/

There are several buses a day , time is about 6 hours
and the fare is around $30 each way with advance purchase

Thanks. I was hoping for a shorter time travel, though. I checked
on the map, it's not that far between those cities. How come it
takes such a painfully long time for the bus?

One of the buses goes from Miami to Orlando in 11 hours, like if it
was going in circles. Are there such great trafic problems in Florida?

It's a four hour drive, so a six hour bus ride isn't unreasonable. There
is
a train,but it is almost certainly slower than the bus, plus the train
station is not actually in Orlando.

My mistake, the station is actually in Orlando (I was thinking of the
AutoTrain station in Sanford).

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 this train in 1975 (Hollywood to Waldo) and it was fine.

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...


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"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
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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.

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:29:34 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:


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.

I have also ridden the Capitol in California and it is not the
same as an AMTRAK long distance train, which is what the trains
from Miami to Orlando are (they are destined further north).

In fact, the San Jose-Sacto train is a CalTrans train with AMTRAK
contracted as operator. Like CalTrain, the Capitol doesn't have
reserved seating, but the train from Miami to Orlando probably
does.


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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

With an advance Internet fair, Southwest Airlines is $34...

Yes--the answer is to fly from the FLL airport. And if Southwest isn't
available, try standard airlines since they might be trying to be
competitive.

In article k.net,
Steven M. Scharf wrote:

"Konrad Den Ende" wrote in message
...

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.

On most long-distance trains (including the Florida trains) you must make
a reservation beforehand, but it doesn't reserve a specific seat as on an
airliner. It simply means that there will be an unoccupied seat for you
somewhere on the train. And trains *do* fill up sometimes, making it
impossible to book a trip on a particular train. Amtrak usually cannot
add extra coaches on short notice, because they don't have enough
equipment for that, or if they do, it's not available in the needed
location.

Traveling by train in the U.S. is usually very different from traveling by
train in Europe. The Florida-Orlando route is better than most in that
there is more than one train per day in each direction!

Only in a few heavily-travelled corridors such as Washington - New York -
Boston will you find trains running as often as on many European routes,
with at least some unreserved trains.

--
Jon Bell Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA

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--

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--

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--