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Just have to talk The Mrs into a three-day rail journey. So far, all our long distance train travel has only been one night. We've traveled in both roomettes and bedrooms. :)

I've been on the Crescent, Lake Shore LTD and Capitol LTD previously. My dream trip is the California Zephyr. But, this was my first time on either of the Silver Service trains. :)

I had the top bunk in a Viewliner 1 bedroom. The bed was made with the head at the corridor end. I remade the bed with the head at the window end, so I could look out at the stations as we arrived.

We had some Popeyes delivered to the Kissimmee Station on our return trip on Silver Meteor in September!

“They don't do the Amstew any more.” Aww, too bad!

I wonder if they ran out of Flex Meals and had to break out the Dinty Moore Beef Stew?

It’s simply Amtrak not updating available services onboard Silver Star. The diner returned sometime in 2020.

After clicking “Details”, under “Trip Tools” click “View/Share Details”. There you should see the room type, car number and room letter or number. Regarding the checked baggage note I previously referred to: if you scroll down to “Amenities” you will see a list of services. The 3rd one on the...

I see my car/room number on the web site. But, for the Silver Service trains it says “No Checked Baggage” under Amenities. Interesting. I know that’s not true!

I don’t see it either. 🕵️‍♀️ And my app is up-to-date! I also have the iPhone app. Is it working on the Android version?

My understanding is that the “first” alcoholic beverage was complimentary for sleeper car passengers. Subsequent ones you pay for.

Trip Report Amtrak Silver Star and Silver Meteor New York Penn to Kissimmee, FL 9/12/21 and 9/19/21 September 7th was my 30th wedding anniversary. To celebrate we booked a six-night stay at Walt Disney World. We are big kids at heart! Rather than deal with all the drama associated with flying...

Correction: The Cardinal and the CONO don't have menus yet. A prompt to download the menu results in the following error message: "Failed - No file". I'll assume Amtrak's IT Department will fix that some year!

I just checked the Amtrak website. For the Eastern LD trains, they finally have the new Flex Menu posted!

So, has anyone actually eaten (or, attempted to eat) one of these new menu choices?

What? No more "specialty" "gourmet" brownie or blondie? Unbreak my heart!!!!;)

You can always request a burger or something from the cafe car. Most SCAs will gladly do it though some will seek permission from their supervisor first. That was true in my case!

Hit or miss coffee service seems to be the norm on short-staffed trains. My recent Silver Service round trip to Florida had no sleeper car coffee. The Star had one SCA to service two sleepers and the Meteor had two SCAs to service 3 sleepers.

I may be in the minority here, but I never had an issue with the Viewliner 1 in-room toilet. I never had an issue with smell or hygiene in the roomette. Like another forum post said, ask the SCA to make up your bed, so your feet are at the end of the room with the toilet.

I just returned from FL on 98 and can confirm that car 9811 was indeed a VL1. The other two sleepers (9810 and 9812) were VL2.