[barb1191]

Don't think that I would do it again. First of all, we had the long drive from MA to VA. Then a one-night train ride where we reserved a room with bath. Very tight quarters and the seat turns into bunk beds; upper and lower. The bathroom in the compartment was a hopper with a shower head above the hopper. I gather you sit on the hopper to take a shower. No thanks. Give me a nice comfy hotel room and real bath, tyvm

It's a good thing that hubby was used to bunks close to the ceiling from his Navy days; he slept like a log in the very small space of the upper bunk. I on the other hand didn't sleep a wink as I couldn't get comfortable, it was so closed in like in an elevator.

The food was good as well as the dining car ambience pleasant with friendly people. When you arrive in Florida, you have another couple of hours drive to TV. There's a wait both boarding and picking up the car.

Considering the price, I prefer to do the three-day, two-night drive thru where one can be comfortable in a hotel of choice and eat when the mood moves (or the tummy rumbles). I haven't really crunched the figures however my gut feeling is that the drive is less dollars (even with the current gas prices) than the train.

This is merely my opinion and it really varies from one to another's. I doubt that I would ever want to travel via coach on the auto train. I would imagine that would be most uncomfortable. ......b