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Do you prefer sleeping in a roomette or bedroom with the curtains open or closed?

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OPEN - if they are closed, you cannot see outside.
 
If Awake I leave them Open to sightsee, when I actually want to sleep I Close them since I like it Dark as I can get it when Sleeping! (The Bat Cave! :lol: )I find the View from the Top Bunk in a Viewliner Roomette to be better than any Bedroom or a the Bottom Bunk in a Superliner!
 
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ScottC4746 said:
Please tell us if you prefer sleeping in your roomette or bedroom with the curtains open or closed at night and why?
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Open. That is the beauty of sleeping in the upper bunk on a single level train. You can watch the night go right past your window. My first trip in a viewliner, happened to be the night of a full moon and I will never forget that view!
 
In 2011 I went SWC #3 and somewhere in Kansas was sleeping with the curtains open. I woke up in the middle of the night and we went from the stars at night shining bright to a fantastic thunder and lightening storm that I would have miss if they had been closed, or I had slept all night :) which made me wonder with all of the lightening --- I am in a metal rail car, on metal wheels or metal tracks...am I going to die?
 
Closed, unfortunately. Otherwise I'd spend all night looking out the window.
 
Open - for the view outside!

ScottC4746 said:
1338310578[/url]' post='370184']In 2011 I went SWC #3 and somewhere in Kansas was sleeping with the curtains open. I woke up in the middle of the night and we went from the stars at night shining bright to a fantastic thunder and lightening storm that I would have miss if they had been closed, or I had slept all night :) which made me wonder with all of the lightening --- I am in a metal rail car, on metal wheels or metal tracks...am I going to die?
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I don't know - but what a way to go!
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(There has to be some insulation between the car and trucks/wheels!)
 
HA! When I first looked at the topic I thought you meant the curtains on the door, not the outside windows. Does anyone sleep with those curtains open?
 
I enjoy seeing all of the small towns in the middle of the night. I usually wake up two or three times in the evening, and just look out the window for a while.
 
MrFSS said:
1338312383[/url]' post='370190']HA! When I first looked at the topic I thought you meant the curtains on the door, not the outside windows. Does anyone sleep with those curtains open?
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Only when I use the toilet In a Viewliner roomette! I want to "share the view"!
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the_traveler said:
MrFSS said:
1338312383[/url]' post='370190']HA! When I first looked at the topic I thought you meant the curtains on the door, not the outside windows. Does anyone sleep with those curtains open?
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Only when I use the toilet In a Viewliner roomette! I want to "share the view"!
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We'd have to crane our necks pretty severely to see you up in the Penthouse! :giggle:
 
Closed--when sleeping I prefer it as dark as possible. For me that's one of the great perks of a room over coach, that and the silence.

Besides, it's a fun game to open the curtain in the morning (once the sun is up) and try to guess where you are (and how late you are).
 
Well, in Coach, I like having the other people's windows open, that way I can see out- but I want my curtains closed so I can lay my head against the window and not be cold.
 
ScottC4746 said:
Please tell us if you prefer sleeping in your roomette or bedroom with the curtains open or closed at night and why?
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Closed. Just simple privacy concerns, nothing more. God forbid I get up to use the "facilities" in the bedroom and we're

stopped at a utility or other kind of stop. And on the Auto Train, there's a rather long one in Florence, SC, right at the mid

point (i.e. crew changes, refueling, where the train sets meet (theoretically), etc.).

When I'm awake, I leave them open during daylight.
 
Depends on whether I am in an upper or lower level roomette. If in an upper level (which I prefer), open. If in a lower level, closed. The lower level roomette windows are right at eye level for anyone on the platform at any overnight stopes.
 
Never having taken a sleeper ride on Amtrak I can't say for Viewliners and Superliner bedrooms specifically, but in general while on a train I like to have curtains open. I have kept curtains open on overnight coach travel on Superliners, and also when I traveled by open-plan sleepers in trains in India, I have always kept the curtains on the windows open at night, but curtains by the corridor closed. That way the corridor lights to not reflect off the window and its a nice view outside. My favorite part of overnight train travel is waking up in the morning and looking out the window first thing, not knowing where in the country I am, trying to figure it out while half asleep :) Once on an overnight journey by non air-conditioned sleeper class in India I decided to keep the whole window open overnight but it turned out to be so cold and noisy that the fellow passengers forced me to close it around midnight
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I marked CLOSED since until after I voted, I assumed it was INSIDE curtains. At night the OUTSIDE curtains are always left open. About the only chance of someone seeing you is if you are in the Lower of a Viewliner or in a Lower Room on a Superliner.
 
Mackensen said:
Closed--when sleeping I prefer it as dark as possible. For me that's one of the great perks of a room over coach, that and the silence.

Besides, it's a fun game to open the curtain in the morning (once the sun is up) and try to guess where you are (and how late you are).
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Exactly! I unfortunately cannot sleep with too much light about, so I close both the inside and outside curtains when I sleep.

When I wake up, however, it's always nice to be waking up on the right side of a Northbound train (most recently #20) just as the sun is coming up, and trying to figure out where you are before rolling over to consult the GPS (or GPS app on the phone).

~ DCTE
 
Outside curtains open. Always. Well, except on those occaisions... :blush: ...which are more frequent in a Viewliner...

I make my room as dark as possible - a combination of newspapers and shoes by the crack under the door, coats on hangers, suitcases - whatever else it takes to block light coming in from the car - the reward is a better night view to sleep by.
 
Aww shoot... I voted closed by accident.. I meant to click open!! :angry: :angry: :angry: Well how about this... I'll sleep with my door curtains closed. :) Windows open. :) My curtains are cracked at the wall so my eyes can see out the window, the rest is shut. So they are 90% closed how about that. :)
 
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