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[quote=Anonymous]Doing some long range trip planning for next spring/summer. We have 9 year old twins and relatives in Chicago, and relatives and friends in Seattle.
Here's my idea.
Drive to Chicago. Have dinner and sleep with Chicago relatives.
Next morning get ride to Amtrak station in Chicago, then take Amtrak's Empire Builder line which goes from Chicago to Seattle.
We'd get two of the "roomette sleepers" and put kids in one and us in the other at night.
Total trip is about 48 hours, all meals in the dining car (not snack car, but with tablecloths and menus) are included with the sleeper room tickets.
The scenery is supposed to be quite lovely, and I like the idea of us just "hanging out" reading, playing board games, watching movies, etc.
Obviously it takes longer than flying, but again, the idea is that this would be a trip that's as much about the journey as the destination.
I know Amtrak sometimes has delays, which is why I thought it would be good to have relatives with homes at both the Seattle and Chicago ends, so we can stay with them if there is a major delay.
If I decide to do this now, I can make sure we have enough work leave saved up to take a nice long trip with plenty of time in Seattle.

What do you think? Anyone with long distance Amtrak experience out there? (Price difference between this option and flying is minimal.)[/quote]

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