32hrs from New Orleans to New York on Amtrak Sleeper Train

We loved our previous train experiences and came back to the US for more!
This time, we'll be riding three trains and spending over a hundred hours on board Amtrak sleeper trains across the US, and we're extremely excited!

This is the Crescent Amtrak Train, and we'll be traveling from New Orleans, LA, to Manhattan, NY. The trip is 32 hours in total, and we'll be crossing 10 US states from the deep south to the north of the country.

[bjsavy]

Great video, I see and ride the crescent a lot. I see it in Bessemer AL, a small town near Birmingham. I will ride it to New Orleans from Birmingham for my birthday next month.

[stevosadventures]

Deserves many more views !!! Brilliant!!!!

[mileswinslow]

Now I want to go from St Paul to New Orleans to New York and finally back to St Paul.

[luiscarracedo]

Great video! both are adorables. I traveled from Montreal to NYC by Amtrak a long time ago in the old route through New Haven, leaving Montreal in the afternoon an having breakfast with the sun rising with NYC skyline in your window. Was a great experience, I didn't have to fight for the lower bed (I was alone! haha). Hi from Argentina

[stacydelgado]

You’re lucky you got a room in the bag-dorm. I was in one of the older VL1 roommettes with the dreaded toilet.

[himbourbanist]

you guys got the Viewliner II roomette on this journey. They're brand new and pretty damn nice. Removing the toilet was a really good move, everyone thinks it's kind of weird nowadays without a doubt, I don't think people get much use out of it and I have a feeling that almost anyone would prefer to use a shared restroom at the end of the car like the Superliner roomettes have.

[phidias]

Hello from Fort Lauderdale, Florida! I really enjoy your videos and your comments about traveling on Amtrak. They inspire me to book a long-distance Amtrak trip across the USA. My husband is not a big fan of trains so I might have to travel by myself... hahahaha!

[transitriderproductions]

Looks like fun. Are you aware you can book the ADA room that is the largest room ever on Amtrak as long its in the newer car Viewliner II cars. You can call 800 number and ask for ADA room as long its available 14 days before your trip. I always book that room because its the largest room. Way comfortable and it has private toliet/shower in it.... Glad you had fun and look forward to more your videos coming ahead. The bedroom you saw that has blue colors, these are older cars called VI, your are in the newer cars called VII. These VI cars will be phased out starting next year and they are trying to replace all VI cars into VII so every route will have VII cars only for eastern US routes. The west coast routes will be next in 2-3 years.

[paulengel]

This may be the only time the scenery inside the Amtrak train was better than the scenery outside the train. These guys are adorable!😉Thanks for the advice on the bottom bunk v the top. I took the Crescent alone and just assumed the top would be better and I had the same sleepless night as Ari. (We also had a ton of delays)

[kevinkern]

I took the Lakeshore Limited and California Zephyr across the country back in 2017. It's a unique experience, seeing the country in a way you simply can't while flying over it. It's a shame you didn't get the full dining car experience; Amtrak's holding on to that COVID excuse for far too long. I got locked out of my roomette, too, on the Zephyr. I don't know if it's different for the new Viewliners, but the catch for the lock on the Superliners is supposed to be spring-loaded to prevent that from happening. It's hard not to feel like an idiot when you have to explain what happened to the room attendant.

[JohnJage]

After leaving Atlanta traveling to wdc.
I had bruises on both shoulder from the rocking in top bed
Wife had bruises around eye from rocking on lower bed.
SC & NC rails are rough.
Arrived in wdc three hours late

[ronclark]

Riding Amtrak is a great way to see America, not fly over it. There is much more to this country than Times Square, Hollywood, and Disneyland. I recommend tourists to have a day's layover somewhere on their long journeys in a small town's B&B within walking distance of the train depot. There are hundreds to choose from, pick one. EXPERIENCE America, not just see it... I have the same recommendations for a tourist visiting Europe, spend a day at any of the small towns to fully EXPERIENCE Europe, frankly the world... For example, Rimini in Italy or Whitby in the UK... There is more to the UK than London and likewise with Italy than Rome...

[saangtoaikaa]

You could have booked New Orleans - Washington DC [Crescent] and then Washington DC - Chicago [Capitol or Cardinal]
No need to go all the way to NYC to board the Capitol or Cardinal

[JeffTaylor-trmy]

Your trip looked like it was fun despite some of the sacrifices in riding Amtrak. A lot of people like the view from that upper window. Were you able to use it without feeling you might fall?

[josephcrawford-senger]

I have notice that you used a code to get into the lounge, how many times can you use that code.