Autotain

[rshoffer]

Has anyone used the Autotrain between Sanford and D.C. ? If anyone has used the autotrain I'd appreciate your critique.

[Peggy D]

Has anyone used the Autotrain between Sanford and D.C. ? If anyone has used the autotrain I'd appreciate your critique.


We took the AutoTrain both ways. Beats driving! Service was excellent. Only problem I found is the station in Sanford is very small.

My suggestion is to get a bedroom instead of riding coach. Costs more, but well worth it.

[Don H]

I used the autotrain a couple of times when our son was attending college in FL. Needed to get his car back and forth. As the other poster says it beats the extra driving..at least for me. Some people don't mind long distance driving but I find it a bit mind numbing..not to mention other parts of the body. We used the coach car. Getting a private room would be nice but it really jacked up the price. The coach seats are like big lazy boys. The recline and you have endless leg room. However, you need to remember that will be your home for the next 16 or so hours. I found sleeping in these seats problematic since you really can't roll onto your side. The seats are contoured like the recliners that they are and they don't go flat. Some people can sleep soundly on their back in a recliner for long periods. I'm not one of them. You can get up a roam around but there really isn't a whole lot to see. Dinner is in a dining car. The food is "ok". If you have a family of four or so you're dining at your own table. If it's just the two of you..you're sharing a table with others. On some parts of the route there is some scenery...other parts you're traveling through scrub pine areas with not much to see. Either way, much of the route is in darkness with not much to see. Would I take it again? You bet. It still beats driving!

[rshoffer]

I used the autotrain a couple of times when our son was attending college in FL. Needed to get his car back and forth. As the other poster says it beats the extra driving..at least for me. Some people don't mind long distance driving but I find it a bit mind numbing..not to mention other parts of the body. We used the coach car. Getting a private room would be nice but it really jacked up the price. The coach seats are like big lazy boys. The recline and you have endless leg room. However, you need to remember that will be your home for the next 16 or so hours. I found sleeping in these seats problematic since you really can't roll onto your side. The seats are contoured like the recliners that they are and they don't go flat. Some people can sleep soundly on their back in a recliner for long periods. I'm not one of them. You can get up a roam around but there really isn't a whole lot to see. Dinner is in a dining car. The food is "ok". If you have a family of four or so you're dining at your own table. If it's just the two of you..you're sharing a table with others. On some parts of the route there is some scenery...other parts you're traveling through scrub pine areas with not much to see. Either way, much of the route is in darkness with not much to see. Would I take it again? You bet. It still beats driving!
sounds doable with 10mg of Ambien ;)

[Sgt Mac]

Auto train DC to Fla

2 pass + Car + bedroom = 17 1/2 hours @ $908 1 way

Da Sgt

[Don H]

Yeah, suspended animation would be a good thing for the trip. :o I forgot what the coach fare was. We did the trip about 6 years ago. It was one car and two people.

[villages07]

RSH....

We hashed this topic around a couple of months ago. Here's a link to prior thread:

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/smf/index.php/topic,7831.0.html