🔴Riding Amtrak's Crescent train from New Orleans to Birmingham, AL -- Train adventure w/ my son pt 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Part 1: Amtrak Nola to BHM. Part 2: walking and touring downtown Birmingham. Part 3: Amtrak: BHM back to Nola. Here we're Riding Amtrak's Crescent Northbound #20 🌙 train from New Orleans to Birmingham, Alabama. My son loves trains. I decided one day to take him on a train ride, and we've been hooked ever since. I never anticipated enjoying the ride myself, but I did. It was peaceful, easy, no stress, no tsa, no lines, and all around a great experience. We've rode both coach and in the sleeper cars, and I look forward to many more great train journeys in the future. Currently, the City of New Orleans train is my favorite, and this was my 1st time trying a different train. I spent 8 HRS on Amtrak on the Crescent. In this video, I'll show you what it feels like to ride in Coach. Traveling by Amtrak is beautiful because you get to see how beautiful and vast the United States is and many parts of rural America that you'd never drive through bc they're off the main highways path.
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Do you love trains? Or are you just contemplating a train ride for the 1st time?
@@Naomi.RN.Travels 1st time. They seem fun. Well, they seem relaxing.
@bighomieq4580 yes definitely relaxing, that's my favorite part!
Great video, I see and ride this train all the time. I went from Birmingham to New Orleans in June for my birthday and it was amazing. I see trains in Bessemer AL, I used to be like him when I was younger, I wish I could go back in time to them days, LOL.
@bjsavy Thank you! I am fully enjoying train rides with him. Childhood innocence and enjoyment are beautiful! I'm glad he loves trains bc it's growing my love for train rides. I watch so many videos and just look to plan more train rides!
That's cute that you are taking the train because your son enjoys trains and you've gotten into it as well. Great mother son bonding experience :) .
@@mslovikosky thank you! It's great memories being made and new experiences together 😊
When you have the music playing while talking, it’s a little too loud and you can barely be heard. Your little man is the cutest!
I'm still learning, thanks for the feed back...appreciate it. I had the music at 38% volume and it sounded ok in playback, but I'll try lowering it more! And thank you, he's my always ready travel partner!!
Nice video!! I've been riding trains since I was 4 years old & can relate with your son. I've been riding the Crescent between NO & B'ham since the "50's & have always enjoyed the ride. There's nothing really to see but trees & fields, but enjoyable overall for me. Riding coach is fine as long as there aren't any major events at The Superdome. Coach cars can get crowded between NO & ATL, so it's best to check for major events before booking trips. I've learned to book a Roomette between NO & B'ham in order to avoid crowds. It's about $100.00 extra for the room, plus you get a complimentary meal between the 2 cities & a private space for 8 hours.
Thank you very much! And we've rode in sleeper cars before, and the food was ok. I find it necessary for me for any trip beyond 8 hours for sure!! This was just my 1st train video for youtube. I'm based in Louisiana not far from New Orleans, so I'm usually pretty aware of events going on. There was nothing this particular Friday and Saturday. The price was 250 each way for a roomette so 500$ round-trip. It was 93$ round-trip in coach and the train was pretty empty so it worked out. We ride the City of New Orleans to Chicago at Christmas time in sleeper and I can't wait to do that again this year!! You're right, definitely not much to see but I love how relaxed I feel on the train!
Are the trains normally booked? How long does it take to get to a from a destination?
@bighomieq4580 so most of the time, there are seats available even the day before, which is when I booked this one. There are peak times like events going on in New Orleans or holidays when you'd need to book further in advance. It took almost 8 hrs to get to Birmingham.