We have looked at the Autotrain, but its not going to be possible this year due to budgetary constraints - however, I have told my wife that one year I want to take the train.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > First off don't drive down. I'd check out the Autotrain from Lorton VA > to Sanford FL - just outside Orlando. > (seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Train). > > We did this about a year ago ad it worked out great. No stressful > driving; dinner and breakfast were included in the fare and were > pretty good. In the evening after 7pm, the lounge car shows movies > mostly family type fair. But the drinks are pretty reasonable. There's > a smoking room in the lower half of the lounge car. We decided just to > use the coach seats overnight. They were not the most comfortable > admittedly, but not bad. And more importantly the kids are not > strapped in and generally are not bored. > > Overall the trip took overnight. We boarded the train at 3pm and > arrived at 8 the next morning. We were on the road to the in-law's > condo by 10:30. > > larry > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My wife and I decided today that after the shitty year we have had, we >> all needed some time in the 'happiest place on earth' and are going to >> Disney. >> >> We are going to drive (from the DC area) and I was hoping that some of >> you might have some suggestions on places we can stop along the way - >> either for quick sightseeing or a place to stay over night. We plan on >> splitting the driving over 2 days with the bulk of it being on the >> first day (we want to have less drive time on the day we get there so >> that we may be able to hit a park that day). >> >> So, what do you guys got? >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
