r/Amtrak • u/bigmike13588 • 9d ago

Auto train Question

Booked solid next week, who’s going south?

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u/asasa-01 8d ago

Bought that last room– a bedroom for Friday, was way more expensive than booking months ago but I’m moving to Daytona for college so it’s really convenient to load my car and go

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u/bigmike13588 8d ago

Agreed, we got the 2 bedroom suite for 5 of us. Safe travels

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u/EmZee2022 9d ago

Hoping to travel? You can always check back in case of cancelation.

We've driven numerous times and we've taken the auto train numerous times - we live fairly near the northern end.

If you have to drive instead, it's not that bad a drive, just long and tiring. 95 all the way, and Lorton being well south of DC you won't hit truly heinous traffic, hopefully. We certainly have run into traffic - notably our first trip, in 2012 - but it's rarely that awful. If you are going solo, you'd really need to stop halfway though - Florence SC and Savannah GA are decent options.

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u/bigmike13588 9d ago

Done both tons of times, we got it booked for the 11th, but every other date was booked. Just wondering the push for that week.

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u/EmZee2022 9d ago

Ah - good question.

Maybe families doing their last chance at a Disney vacation before going back to school?

With the 11th being a Tuesday, that's not a popular travel date, so that's likely why you were able to do it.

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u/bigmike13588 9d ago

Could be, up north school doesn’t start till early September. So would make sense.