My Amtrak Experience San Diego to Seattle in the Roomette

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Riding aboard the Amtrak train from San Diego to Seattle as first class passengers. We booked the roomette which gives you first class access to the lounge, and includes your food. 3 meals per day, you have a host that makes your bed for you ad everything. This was 2 full days and one night aboard the train. The cost for both of us was about $850.00. Flying is cheaper, but this was such a great experience. If we drove it would have cost close to the same. We rode the Surfliner, and then transfered to the Coast Starlight Express.
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@HuskyMike 12 дней назад

Great video on what it's like to travel by train. Got a good sense on what someone could expect to see and do while riding the train. Only question I was left with was whether or not they have hot coffee available?

@HeyItsTim 11 дней назад

Oh. Yea. Sorry about that. Yes they do have coffee available. But only if you want some. Me,,, I don't like too much coffee.

@DebZaragoza 11 дней назад

I am a firm believer in there never being too much coffee! I really enjoyed this video. Oh, and the coffee as well! 😆

@HeyItsTim 11 дней назад

YES.. they had coffeeeee

@genewest8426 9 дней назад

Cool vid Tim!

@HeyItsTim 9 дней назад

Thanks Gene

@DesertTony92264 18 часов назад

love the video

@HeyItsTim 17 часов назад

Thanks for watching and your kind words

@jhonyermo 12 дней назад

I see you took your Gossamer Gear Loris 25. Because of you is why I bought mine. And I love it. Hope you are enjoying your Loris 25 also.

@HeyItsTim 12 дней назад

Yea. It's a good size for this trip. Had my computer and cords, and snacks and stuff like that in there.

@DesertTony92264 18 часов назад

you can never have too much coffee

@johnslyfield5096 10 дней назад

Pacific Surfliner (that first train you were on) had a really nice cafe car compared to other Amtrak services. Not that they are bad per se it’s a train. Just saying

@johnslyfield5096 10 дней назад

Your sleeper must have been a superliner 1. Bathrooms a lot nicer than the 2’s I hear

@mikeymutual5489 9 дней назад

Information that this guy would have no idea about.

@squalli1297 5 дней назад

They were in a Transitional Sleeper Car which was originally built for the train staff. In an effort to generate more revenue, Amtrak has been selling Roomettes in these cars. All rooms are Roomettes in Transitional Sleeper Cars.

@nonbiz1520 6 дней назад

I’m about to do the Texas Eagle to the Coast Starlight to the Empire builder loop around the country! Love Amtrak!

@HeyItsTim 6 дней назад

Oh man. That will be awesome. I'm not sure how long I could stay ON the train for that one. Maybe if there was a layover or a break somewhere. Have a great trip.

@dennisc6716 3 дня назад

I'll be coming into San Diego in November by Crescent, Sunset Limited, and Surfliner.

@HeyItsTim 3 дня назад

@@dennisc6716 nice. That's what we did in reverse.

@squalli1297 4 дня назад

I like your enthusiasm & energy. I've taken The Coast Starlight since the '80's & the view from the windows looking West is incredible every time. You were assigned a Roomette in a car (Transitional Sleeper) with only Roomettes that was originally intended for the train crew. My guess is Amtrak has been looking for ways to generate revenue. At first train crews didn't like the idea of sharing space with paying customers, but many have left or retired many years ago & new employees don't know the difference.

@HeyItsTim 4 дня назад

Yea. Our hostess person was just in the roomette just a few doors down. There were a lot of empty rooms as well.

@amya8412 4 дня назад

Why did you walk to the platform in L.A.? Sleeping car passengers in the lounge get taken to the train on the golf cart. No need to walk and have to hurry unless you choose to do so. It was enjoyable to see the Amtrak roomette experience through the eyes of someone doing it for the first time. My husband and I are definitely not new at it, but we still feel that sense of excitement we don’t quite get for other modes of transportation.

@HeyItsTim 4 дня назад

@amya8412 we took the cart to the lounge, but for some reason I wanted to show my daughter the station, we actually walked around a little and went out the front door, just to see the outside of the station. Yea, I was a little excited. I've spent many rides in the coach seats.

@michlo3393 3 дня назад

I like that you like coffee so much. My doctor happens to hate that I also like coffee 🙄

@HeyItsTim 3 дня назад

@@michlo3393 Doctors.....PFFFTTT!

@NostalgiaCreationStation 11 дней назад

And what do fat birds do? The poo more

@HeyItsTim 11 дней назад

Yes. They do. The fat birds thing is a line from Mary Poppins. Michael wants to use his money to buy feed for the birds and the old man's "fiddlesticks boy. Feed the birds and what do ya got. Fat birds"

@davefields3020 6 дней назад

Cawfee gooood…!

@HeyItsTim 6 дней назад

YESSSSSS!!

@johnslyfield5096 10 дней назад

I saw the fancy coffee machine when I was at the Portland Metropolitan Lounge Yesterday. They allow anyone with business class on cascades (our local surfliner) to use the lounge as well as coast starlight and empire builder sleeping car passengers.

@HeyItsTim 10 дней назад

Oh.. that's cool. The one in LA is hidden and super hard to find. They didn't even check our tix.

@chrisdobrowolski2783 11 дней назад

What was each of your favorite meals on the sleeper train? How many hours of uninterrupted sleep did each of you get on the sleeper train?

@HeyItsTim 11 дней назад

Audrey liked the Beyond Burger she had for lunch. I liked the breakfast quesadilla. Oh and I liked the grilled cheese. I slept pretty good. When the train stops, it wakes you up. I don't remember waking up on this trip. Maybe it didn't stop. I think Audrey woke up more.

@moonbeam7702 11 дней назад

How can you mistake a changing table? Of course it's only made for babies!!!

@HeyItsTim 11 дней назад

It was the coffee.

@mikeymutual5489 9 дней назад

This video is twice as long as it should be. How many minutes were wasted talking about coffee or some other pointless discussion? If you post a travel video, it should be about the part of the trip that might be helpful or even relevant in some way to the people who are watching it. I am not even sure why you are posting a video of this trip, since you obviously know nothing about Amtrak travel. Maybe you should have taken some Amtrak trips first and learned about the experience before posting a video, so you could have passed along some useful information to others. Watching you drag your luggage downstairs because you didn't know that you were supposed to keep it in the racks on the first floor tells me everything I need to know about your vlogging skill.

@HeyItsTim 9 дней назад

@mikeymutual5489 I'm sorry it wasn't entertaining for you. But thanks for watching anyway. My stuffs not for everyone.

@michlo3393 3 дня назад

What are you? the RU-vid travelogue police? What's your badge number? I'm reporting you.

@mikeymutual5489 3 дня назад

@@michlo3393 You do that. After you watch the entire 54 minute video. lol

@mikeymutual5489 3 дня назад

@@HeyItsTim It's fine, Tim. Editing is your friend, that's all. I like your enthusiasm, at least.

@ToABrighterFuture 8 дней назад

Trying to take full sized luggage into a *roomette?* Rookie. 😉 The ultimate bucket list excursion, would involve every single long haul route, and depending on your start/end point, it's not terribly complicated to draw up an itinerary. Just add an overnight (or two) between segments. Amtrak is scenic as can be, and the food isn't terrible, but you will need some "shore leave" to properly stretch out and switch up your food...not to mention, some connections are too tight for the same day.

@HeyItsTim 8 дней назад

@ToABrighterFuture that sounds great. I'm a very busy bee kind of person and I figured out real quick that a train ride is certainly relaxing. So, doing every long haul sounds AWESOME.

@ToABrighterFuture 8 дней назад

@@HeyItsTim It's not cheap, especially if you go top city and book Bedrooms on some of the longer/more scenic routes. You'd guarantee views on both sides with a Bedroom, and the en suite can be quite handy, but great oogly moogly, does it add up. One angle you might consider, if you made it a series: collecting stories from your fellow passengers. So, dining car, Sightseer, bring your camera, and give your fellow passengers some time to shine, if they agree.

@HeyItsTim 8 дней назад

Ohhhh that's a good idea. Little interviews.