Is there any breaking news from Chestler or the F&B WG? Updates on Silver Service? Any more upgrades this year?
Only Silver Star and Silver Meteor.Is there any breaking news from Chestler or the F&B WG? Updates on Silver Service? Any more upgrades this year?
Is that a paper tablecloth?On 91 today, they did not ask for pre-order when taking dinner reservations. It is like old times. I am going for the Steak with some Red Wine. Nicely laid out table with a flower vase.
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That looks good and I hope the pilot is successful enough (in whatever manner Amtrak is judging it) that it sticks and spreads to the Eaglet.On 91 today, they did not ask for pre-order when taking dinner reservations. It is like old times. I am going for the Steak with some Red Wine. Nicely laid out table with a flower vase.
Anything that covers up McDonald's grade Formica is a win in my book.Is that a paper tablecloth? Linen would be nicer, but better than just a placemat, I suppose…
That salad looks sad, but otherwise it looks like a proper meal on a train.On 91 today, they did not ask for pre-order when taking dinner reservations. It is like old times. I am going for the Steak with some Red Wine. Nicely laid out table with a flower vase.
Sad? you obviously haven't seen very many Amtrak dinner salads....That salad looks sad, but otherwise it looks like a proper meal on a train.
It is real tablecloth with paper place setting matIs that a paper tablecloth?
Linen would be nicer, but better than just a placemat, I suppose…
My salad looked much better.On 91 today, they did not ask for pre-order when taking dinner reservations. It is like old times. I am going for the Steak with some Red Wine. Nicely laid out table with a flower vase.
if you are in coach you are stuck with Cafe food on both the Silvers.I have to make a quick trip on the silver meteor next week from Florida to Maryland and back. I’m traveling coach because I’m traveling alone. I have been reading about flex dining service. As a coach passenger will I be allowed to buy a meal or am I stuck with cafe food? What else can I expect in terms of food? I picked the Meteor because of shorter running time now I see that the Sliver have full dining available. Did I make a mistake.
Usually take the Star back to Florida from DC or ALX at end of summer trips. I look forward to better food than last year. In 30+ years Ive never eaten a meal in my room.I was in V2 on 92 and V1 on 91 in bedrooms.
Toilet flushing noise is better on V1, but sliding door noise i
Is there going to be somewhere to get all the info from the RPA conference? I'd really like to see it.I think all this is now headed in the right direction.
What we learned from Chestler is that this is pilot in name only. They just did not have enough staff trained for both trains but wanted to gey something out there sooner rather than later
They have every intention to formally launch on Silver Service as soon as they can and then follow up on the LSL and the Crescent. We did not get an opportunity to ask about the Eagle and CONO and the Card.
Later at the F&B Confab the strong hint was this will go across the board in 12 to 18 months.
I did not realize that the F&B Committee has been talking to DB to learn about their Restaurant Car Service. This is very encouraging because DB does an excellent job with their food service on their premier trains. They are also looking at introducing Cart service on the day trains in addition to standard Cafe service. All pretty encouraging.
if you are in coach you are stuck with Cafe food on both the Silvers.
I have only had 2 meals in my room (after over 50 years of traveling), but I had no choice. One was Amstew on a late Lake Shore Limited many years ago. I could not eat it and ditched it elsewhere. The second time was dinner on Sunday on 92. The train was running 5+ hours late and we missed our dinner Saturday night out of Orlando. Sunday afternoon, it was decided that passengers still on the train at 5pm on Sunday would get dinner brought to their rooms. The menu was limited and no alcoholic beverage was served. I dislike eating in my room because I do not want to sleep in a room where I have consumed food. This did not bother me too much because I was not going to sleep in that room that night. (I had my alcoholic beverage once I got to ALX).Usually take the Star back to Florida from DC or ALX at end of summer trips. I look forward to better food than last year. In 30+ years Ive never eaten a meal in my room.
Also one additional LSA per run (1 cafe + 1 diner).Traditional dining not being imminent on the Crescent wouldn't preclude doing flex dining in a real dining car. Like the Lake Shore Limited has been. All it would take is a Viewliner Diner coming out of mothballs faster than a new dining crew being hired & trained.
The slides will be posted at some point at the RPA web site I am sure. However, most of the material I have been mentioning won't be published since it was not in formal meetings that we talked about these things. It was in corridor and chat over a Beer and at the Ale Nations confab on F&B which was not a formal session but an informal get together with two of the reps on the F&B Committee.Is there going to be somewhere to get all the info from the RPA conference? I'd really like to see it.
I only hope that I'll be allowed eat my meals, regardless Flex of Real, in a real diner on 20/19 over the May 14th weekend. My last trip six months ago on 20/19 being forced(!) to eat marginally warm Flex in my roomette was unpleasant. Though I was allowed to go to the snack bar for bourbon. LOLTraditional dining not being imminent on the Crescent wouldn't preclude doing flex dining in a real dining car. Like the Lake Shore Limited has been. All it would take is a Viewliner Diner coming out of mothballs faster than a new dining crew being hired & trained.
20(30) did not have a dinerThe crescent may be sooner as OBS comes out of NOL. Diner was on 19/27 to NOL and is returning on 20 / 29. One picture showed it next to a V-1 ?
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