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A round about way to get to our cruise ship, but I love riding trains. En savoir plus
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  • Début du voyage
    6 novembre 2019
  • Angus McShaverFamily CruiseVoyageur

    Morning

    7 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

    It's been a long night. Our car is close to the engine and the engineer appears to have a love affair with the train's horn. And I had practice getting down and back up into my bed so I could visit Mr bathroom a few times during the night.
    Went to bed with a temperature of 67. Woke up to a temperature of 36.
    Remind me to ask the car attendant where he keeps the towels as the wash cloths made poor substitutes.
    Woke up as we were traveling along the Mississippi. Sweet. And we made up almost an hour's worth of time so we are just a few minutes behind schedule.    En savoir plus

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    Later that first morning

    7 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C

    Just sitting here chilling. Had breakfast with interesting couple from Michigan. He was retired nuclear plant worker who is now producing small batches of maple syrup from his trees. His wife works for the library in their small town of 1,000. They talked about how he discovered the contractor was completely messing up the construction of the town's new library.
    We crossed the Mississippi at St Louis a while later.    En savoir plus

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    Washington DC

    8 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    Made it here only an hour late. It looks like we made all our connections. Hoorah!
    The lounge here is the Acela Lounge.
    The train station is essentially a major mall, but it's a beautiful building. I was wandering around and decided I needed to go outside in the 30 degree weather to take pictures even though I didn't have a jacket on (I was gonna write I was only wearing a t-shirt, but somehow that didn't sound right). The driver of a shuttle stopped me to ask where I was from as, apparently, I was a topic of conversation. They figured Minnesota. When I did Texas they all nodded knowingly.En savoir plus

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    Final leg

    8 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 3 °C

    Well!! This is different. And not! There is no separate place for our bags and the toilet is in our room. But they're serving the same lousy food as the last train. Somebody hand me a straw so I can suck it up.
    The good news is the car attendant rocks.    En savoir plus

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    Orlando - Train Trip Finished

    9 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We started off from Longview, Texas, an hour late and arrived in Orlando, Florida, 4 days later and on time.
    Would I do this trip again? I would be hard pressed to do the second two legs again due to the lousy food and lack of service. The third leg I would want a room with a better toilet location and room for did our stuff. So, yes I would but I would want to head west instead of east.
    Jordan nailed it when she described the pictures of the food as "disturbing."    En savoir plus

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    Waiting

    9 novembre 2019, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Saturday:
    Spending the night at the Holliday Inn Express by the airport. Washing our train clothes is the thrill of the day.
    Jordan & Zak will be joining us early early in the morning.
    Walked to McDonald's for dinner. Debbie is definitely of the wagon for this trip.
    The rest of the family made it to Daytona Beach where they are watching Alabama lose to LSU. Yay!
    Sunday:
    Wow! It was nice to sleep in real beds. But, I do miss the ambiance of the train (has anyone ever said that before?).
    Jordan and Zak have joined us as we will all travel together to the boat.    En savoir plus

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    Day 2: Coco Cay

    11 novembre 2019, Bahamas ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Coffee? Where oh where can i find coffee? Help!!
    Success.
    Off to Coco Cay...
    Had a great time. Weather was perfect.
    I was surprised the ocean wasn't warmer. It wasn't cold, but it definitely wasn't warm.
    I enjoyed the company and the conversation. All we did was sit around in the cabana and the get wet, either in the ocean or the bar pool.    En savoir plus

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    Entrance to the Abyss, a slide that goes from the 15th deck to the 6th. Zak loved it. I will take his word for

    Bedtime

    12 novembre 2019, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Been a good but tiring day.
    After I got back from the island I wandered the boat. I checked out the gym (awesome facility), and strolled about the 15th deck where all the pools, slides, games, etc. are.
    After dinner we watched the Seahawk game. Couldn't ask for a better ending to the day weigh their victory over the previously undefeated 49ers.    En savoir plus

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    Day 3: at sea

    12 novembre 2019, Bahamas ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Getting to bed after midnight is becoming a thing. Guess I will just have to work on catching up on my sleep all day.
    Took the tour of the galley. Pretty impressive, but I'm not sure I would have done it for full price, $48. Bibi, our dining section's supervisor, got us in for $33. They crack 30,000 eggs a day! And only 2 people do it!? Each head chef (by floor I believe) has a budget of $80,000 per day, and he will have to explain himself if he exceeds it.
    Checked out the gym. I did OK for an old guy. I can still max out the back machine.
    Jordan arranged for us all to have formal pictures taken. This tied in with the formal dining night.
    Debbie's already looking to book our next cruise, probably Australia & New Zealand.    En savoir plus

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    Good night

    12 novembre 2019, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Long day. Good day.
    Dinner was different. Neither the appetizer nor the dessert were up to snuff. I sent the lobster bisque back, but I did manage to eat a very ordinary creme brulee. I took a picture of it to send to Josh. The entree, however, was to die for. It was beef tenderloinand it melted on your mouth.
    Nothing going on after dinner. Going to have an early night for a change.    En savoir plus

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