Judy NYC & Daughter - February 2006

Cast = myself and DD and many stuffed animals

Okay just some quick notes on my recent trip. I will try and make up some trip reports later in the week, from little notes that I kept everyday.

We headed out of NYC on Sunday, February 19th. Our train departed at 3:15 p.m. DD was very excited about the train. We had gotten some great information from Bruce about his adventure on the train. We had a sleeper car going down and this was great and our meals were free on the train. I would consider doing this again, but it would depend on how much airfares are at the time of travel.

We got to Florida a little past 1 p.m. on Monday, February 20th. Got off the train and quickly found Bob from Sunray Transportation. What a relief it was, to get off a train and know that I had safe transportation for me and my DD who were traveling solo this trip. We quickly got our luggage and were safely in Bob's nice clean truck and had a grocery stop and Publix, which I picked up some bottled water, a styrofoam cooler, some cereal bars, pop tarts and a few other staples for the room.

We checked into Pop without incident and we were placed on the 4th floor, not too far from the pool. We were also close to the food court, and a short walk then to the buses.

We were originally supposed to leave Florida on Saturday, February 25th, and I kept checking all week to see if a sleeper car had become available for our trip home. Because, I just decided that I really did not want to do coach seats going home. I wavered too much and lost the chance to get a room for Mondays train. I finally rebooked the train for Tuesday morning after speaking with my supervisor on Friday evening and asking if I could get an extra day and take Wednesday off from work (which was the day I was due back in).

Got that approved called Amtrak, got the sleeper car for Tuesday and then called Disney reservation and was able to get a room at All Star Music with a passholder discount. Which was nice.

We checked out on Tuesday, February 28th and at 10:30 a.m. we were back in Bob's car and headed for Amtrak, where I changed my tickets and the ticket agent tried to get me a discount on the tickets but could not. I thought it was a nice gesture. A little after 1 p.m. we were on the train heading back to NYC. Our train was late getting into Orlando and late getting into NYC. We were supposed to be in NYC at 10:30 a.m. and got back around 1 p.m.

Called for a car from the company that I use at work, and we were home by 2:30 p.m.

We took some great photos using photopass and I purchased the CD on Monday evening at Epcot. I had some problems with my cell phone breaking (weirdest thing). But T-Mobile sent me a new phone to the Pop Century and I paid $15.00 for the shipping, which was well worth it.

The service on the train heading to Florida was great. The service coming back was not as good, especially the dining cart. But more to come on that.

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