We’re taking the Autotrain to Disney!
Last Updated on Monday, 14 July 2008 08:43 Written by lorie Tuesday, 3 June 2008 06:15
We’ve decided to take the autotrain to Disney. The train leaves from Lorton, VA each day at 4 p.m. and arrives in Florida the next morning at 8:30 a.m. Of course, this is actually a longer trip than driving …. but we’re doing this for several reasons … one of which is ‘the experience.’
You see, my 11 year old loves trains and has never been on a ‘real’ train ride. He has visited Thomas the Tank Engine when he was younger and taken that short little ride at the Baltimore Museum and also up in Strasburg, Pennsylvania — but never a really long train ride to actually travel from one place to another. For that matter, no one in our family has ever done that. So, we’re all looking forward to the adventure.
I’m also hoping it will be a bit less stressful trip without either my husband or I having to do that marathon drive at 3 a.m. in the morning. I never sleep well the night before our trip — I’m always worried something I may have forgotten to do for the trip, or that I won’t hear the alarm and oversleep — so even if we don’t get a good night’s sleep on the train I figure it’s a wash.
Cost wise, it is a little more expensive — however, with gas continually increasing that ‘extra cost’ is shrinking daily — also, they serve dinner and breakfast on the train and it’s included in the price — and we are saving the wear and tear on the car. When we drive we need to stop at least twice to eat, and the trip costs at least an ‘oil change’ for the car — so we’ll be saving that amount.
We’re definitely getting excited about this new adventure and can’t wait to blog about it once we’re back home!
Update: We’re back from vacation and you can read all the exciting details about our auto train experience by clicking here.
I hope you have fun! I always wanted to go to Disney