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Originally Posted by MSURed
already took the trip, although I have to go back in a couple weekends anyway. I tried to buy an Amtrak ticket but it sold out between when I pulled it up and when I tried to buy. I was stuck with Greyhound, which was easily the worst travel experience of my life. Employees screaming at everyone at the station, one woman, who was in charge of my line, yelling to no one in particular: "If you scrump with me, you ARE NOT going to Detroit today!"  |
Well, if it's any consolation, if Amtrak's sold out, that would be almost as much of a madhouse.
I recall buying an Amtrak ticket to come back to Lansing the Friday before Christmas last year. Well, as it turned out, there was a train derailment on the main line that the Amtrak trains take, so after about a 90 minute delay beyond the departure time, they boarded everybody on four charter busses they rounded up at the last minute and shipped everybody out to Michigan City, where we all waited around for another 30-40 minutes to board the spare-parts-and-everything-else-last-resort Amtrak train they dragged out of the archives, and then finally we were on our way.
Well, except for when boarding the final leg of the trip, the Indian Trails bus from Battle Creek to East Lansing, it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overbooked. So, basically, there were Amtrak riders standing the whole way from BC to EL. That would have SUCKED. I was lucky and got one of the last seats.