Borealis Milwaukee to Wisconsin Dells Trip Report

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Anthony V

Anthony V

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Me and my best friend took a one-night vacation to Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, using Amtrak's Borealis as our means of transportation. This is a trip we would've likely not taken if the train did not exist. Our trip started in Milwaukee with a delay of over an hour because the westbound train had some mechanical issues prior to its departure from Chicago. Because of this, we were stuck at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station for around two hours (We arrived at MIS an hour before the Borealis' scheduled departure time, because traffic in Milwaukee was flowing smoothly). Once on board, everything went well. We had lunch from the cafe car, and made arrived at the Dells about two hours later.

We returned home yesterday, and while the train was delayed again, it was by only about 10 minutes, despite a winter storm at its origin point in MSP. Given Amtrak's tendency to cancel trains due to inclement weather. I was concerned that I wasn't going to have a way to get back to MKE. In the end, we got back to Milwaukee around twilight.
 
Septa9739 said:
@Anthony V Thank you for the report. Could you give us some sense of how full the trains were? Was there a lot of on/off at MKE?
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There were quite a few (estimate around 75) passengers boarding the westbound Borealis at MKE. The boarding line was similar in size to the one I was in when I took the Hiawatha to Chicago in March 2024. There were somewhat fewer passengers getting off at Milwaukee when I disembarked. Westbound, my coach was about 55-60% full. While I was walking to the cafe car to get lunch, I noticed that most of the coaches i passed through were similarly full. I'm not sure how full the train was during the eastbound trip, as I didn't go to the cafe car that time.
 

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