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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dmwnc1959: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by train lady: [qb] Amen, Rich!! #s 1 and 2 are the most important to me.[/qb][/QUOTE]A lot of people get motion sick (sea sick), even in cars, planes, and on trains. My first couple cross-country Amtrak trips were preceeded by short jaunts from Salisbury-Charlotte, then SAL-Raleigh. I decided I couldnt do without assistance. So I looked at the options. Behind the ear patches were one, but conspicuous. Dramamine was OK, but BONINE, a chewable cherry flavored pill turned out to be my travelling companion for many years. Taken the night before boarding, and then every morning with breakfast, I never once got sea-sick, and neither did my family whose first cruises were also in some pretty rough waters. And there are a good number of cruise options available to where days of endless open ocean are not your demon. North- and Southbound-Inside Passage sailings in Alaska where you get maybe one day where land is out of sight. Small ship cruises up the US Intercoastal Waterways, the Columbia River, along the coast of Central America into the Panama Canal, South America and Southern Caribbean cruises that feature a port of call every day. European and Scandanavian cruises that feature a port or inland passage crusing also are quite popular and may have 1 day at sea of 7, or 3 days at sea out of 11. These sea days give you a chance to sleep in late, take breakfast in bed and a book on your balcony, and relax. [b]sbalax[/b] is exactly right when he said the many cruise lines now have the option of "Anytime" of "My Time" dining where you go to eat when you want, and with whom you want. They can seat you at a table for 4, 6, or 8 each night with new folks, or a table for 2 if you are feeling romantic. And most cruise port of call departures are set that when you are getting back on and leaving, you are relaxing from your days adventures and getting ready for dinner or the nights events. And another big advantage cruising has over rail travel is that I can, right now, reserve and book a cruise as far in advance as Fall or Winter 2010, into 2011. I can hold my exact cabin, put down a small depost, and pay along as I get closer. Amtrak has no such system. Now, imagine a cross-country Amtrak trip in which you have planned 3 or 4 stops. You get off the train and get a hotel, then do NOTHING? You sit in your room and watch TV? No. The same holds true with a cruise, you stop in a port of call and have to spend money to do stuff. You would do the same on an Amtrak trip. You stop, sightsee, buy a souveneir or two, and get back on the (ship) train and move to your next stop (port of call). Even if you are going cross country with no stops, to a single destination, you spend money once you get there. You just dont turn around within hours and get back on the return train and head back home (at least most of us dont). Same for a cruise. The ship, as well as the ports of call are the destination(s). You spend money, buy souveneirs, and get back on. And participating in the campy entertainment onboard is not mandatroy. They dont take roll call and deduct points if you dont attend. Many cruise lines have lectures, seminars, educational studies, and classes to further your knowledge and education. Research and find one. Many also have an endless array of in-stateroom entertainment options on your 32" LCD TV. Movies, shows, and lectures or briefings. Amtrak lacks grossly in entertainment options, unless looking at trees and corn fileds for a thousand miles is really your cup of tea. After a while I got a stiff neck. ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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