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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dmwnc1959: [QB] A few years back my best friend and I took a Labor Day weekend trip to NYC on the [i]Carolinian[/i] in Business Class. The trip was not interrupted by any unscheduled delays, the food was good, and we brought a deck of cards and my 10" portable DVD player and several movies. The ride was as smooth as they come and the weather was quite nice. We spent two days in NYC at a 5-star hotel off of Times Square, and returned on the [i]Carolinian[/i] in Business Class back to Salisbury. He swore he would never ride Amtrak again. He just didnt like rail travel and wouldnt even consider a SAL-CLT 50 minute trip on the [i]Piedmont[/i]. Rail travel was just not interesting to him nor was it his cup of tea. I tried for 2 years after that excursion to get him back on a train but he just wouldnt have it, remembering that 'first real' and only rail trip. He will never get to experience the LD rail travel across open plains, barren landscapes, snow capped mountains and deep canyons, along raging rivers or gaze upon a forest of trees surrounding a dormant volcano. The same can be said about one time cruisers, who may have had a mediocre experience or got wrapped up in thinking that their only option was the 'contrived merriment' or 'organized entertainment' of shipboard life. That one cruise just wasnt up to there expectations. You couldn't talk them back onto a cruise ship if the other option was 5 days r/t on the [i]California Zephyr[/i], the [i]Southwest Chief[/i], or the [i]Coast Starlight[/i]. But they will never experience the endless options that cruises can offer them either. Thats just the way it is. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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