We took it a couple of times when our son was in college in Florida. We live on Long Island so we had about a 5 hour drive to get to Lorton, Va. The auto train ride was nice although a bit boring. We had coach seats which are like big lazy-boys and they recline way back but don't go flat. We found sleeping a bit hard because of that so if you really want to sleep get a cabin which will cost more. Depending on the time of year there can be a few hours of daylight or very little daylight after you depart so there's not much to see even though the coach cars are double deckers. You leave around 4 pm going north or south and arrive, if I remember correctly about 9 am or so. I hate long distance driving so for me it was worth it. But we know some road warriors who would never consider the auto train. To each his own. All in all we liked it and would do it again.
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