TimeCruiserMikePast Organizer of the West Coast Train TripSan Fernando ValleyRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
hey ctishman . . could i possibly get a version of the train trip logo without the year stamped on it . . it might come in handy for the promo vid i'm trying to put together
ViscountalphaThe pen is mightier than the swordhttp://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
I still would like to see a PDX group go up. I know I sat near some other pax goers and it helped the trip up. Btw, The bus stops really close to the train station and goes straight to the max line. It is a reasonable walk with extra luggage.
It looked to me from the sketchup pictures like it was two seperate beds (like bunk beds). I was thinking about getting those too... but apparently the WCTT has so much gaming going on that it may be hard to pull away long enough to sleep.
Yea, I'm thinking about just getting a regular seat for the trip to Seattle, but grabbing a room on the way back.
I figure I'll probably be hung over and tired as hell on the return trip, so it'd be nice to have a place to sleep comfortably.
No, regular passengers don't get meals, showers, the Pacific Parlour lounge/observation car, hot cookies at night, the morning paper, bed turn-downs or drinks. They pay for everything.
Also: added Dawningphoenix and Darkblade1 from LA, TCM from Van Nuys.
Hmm... like unlimited drinks? Of an alcoholic kind? ... could be fiscally worth it for one of those rooms in the long run. lol
I'm going to be bring a whole sutecase full this year.
Just make sure that if you get asked if you have a sleeper, say yes. I was asked once, and said I left my ticket in the room. And was never asked again.
I just called Amtrak about the Coast Starlight 14 and they said it stops to let passengers off at stations north of Chemult, but not on. I'm trying to reach the Portland station to see if there's any way to make an exception, with just carry-on luggage maybe, but I'm having trouble. I'll keep looking into it and see what can be done. The Coast Starlight 11, South from Seattle on Monday, will stop to drop passengers at several points including Portland, so we can at least join in on the way home.
If (likely) we aren't able to make the Coast Starlight 14 work for us, Cascades trains 500 and 506 are running on Thursday the 28th. The rates are as follows for all points North of Chemult, for both trains:
Eugene, OR: $42 (506 requires train transfer, 504 to Portland, no additional charge)
Albany, OR: $38 (506 requires train transfer, 504 to Portland, no additional charge)
Salem, OR: $34 (506 requires train transfer, 504 to Portland, no additional charge)
Portland, OR: $28
Vancouver, WA: $26
Kelso-Longview, WA: $23
Centralia, WA: $18
Olympia-Lacey, WA $14
Tacoma, WA: $11
There are two options: the Cascades 500, which starts pretty early (especially for those from Eugene, Albany, and Salem) but would require no transfers -- or the Cascades 506, which leaves about three hours later, gets into Seattle at about 4PM, but requires those from south of Portland to take the transfer Cascades 504 into Portland.
Let's see how many Northern Oregon and SW Washington people are interested! PM me with your total number of passengers and your vote for which train to take.
Tentative participant list:
frobear (+3 friends)
King Nada ?
Foxy_Roxy ?
Viscountalpha ?
God damn, is it that time of year already? I need to find a job soon so I can book my train ticket and hotel. Currently broke. Fuck staying at the hostel again this year even if it is cheap. I want to be closer to the action.
Yeah you'd have to be high to bring a PSP to PAX. Feel bad for the 4 people that everyone made fun of. ;-)
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Ah, scratch me off the WCTT's return trip *this* year. When the wife and I actually sat down and thought about the fact that we'd be there for over a week, we realized that we should probably bring the car for this one. =(
BUT she wants to go to PAX next year if this one's good (she's excited about this one now!), and if when we go next year we'll just go for PAX so we'll take the train both up and back.
Wow. Got that covered though with my launch import DS though. Paid way too much for it but at least the hinge never cracked. Would have though there were enough Sonyphiles to make a decent showing though.
BTW- Has anyone from last year talked to English? Last I saw him was, right before he got off the train. I know he said he was going to Fiji. But that's it.
I'd love to go from Australia next year (I'm over here now) but I suspect that the cost will be a little too high - kinda need my money to get home. I'll look into it nearer the time.
due to Sydney being way expensive and my work/play balance being extremely slanted towards the play side instead of the work side, BUT I assure you I will be there in '09, with bells on, and there will be partying, and there will be ownage. Yes yes.
My wife and I will be on at San Jose as well. EMY is probably closer to us, but San Jose is more accesible by public transit. By the by, why does it take 24 hours by train from San Jose, but were I to drive it would take something like 13? I thought the train would be faster.
Me and my buddy will be getting on at Klamath Falls. Totally worth $100 round trip as opposed to gas and parking fees. Plus, it looks like it's way more fun on the train.
My wife and I will be on at San Jose as well. EMY is probably closer to us, but San Jose is more accesible by public transit. By the by, why does it take 24 hours by train from San Jose, but were I to drive it would take something like 13? I thought the train would be faster.
The train makes a lot of stops, and I don't think it goes quite the 80 miles an hour you can go in a car. I'm probably wrong about that, but the train has like eighteen bajillion tons to tug behind it, whereas your car weighs maybe 1 or 2.
My wife and I will be on at San Jose as well. EMY is probably closer to us, but San Jose is more accesible by public transit. By the by, why does it take 24 hours by train from San Jose, but were I to drive it would take something like 13? I thought the train would be faster.
The train makes a lot of stops, and I don't think it goes quite the 80 miles an hour you can go in a car. I'm probably wrong about that, but the train has like eighteen bajillion tons to tug behind it, whereas your car weighs maybe 1 or 2.
Don't forget get all the 20min smoke brakes every two hours.
Think you summed it up nicely. I love San Diego though so that'd be all good but meh if I'm going to fly I'll just fly to Seattle. Maybe we should just get a lot of duct tape and cardboard and dress the cars in the CCST up as trains and tape them all together!
TimeCruiserMikePast Organizer of the West Coast Train TripSan Fernando ValleyRegistered Userregular
edited February 2008
if you do that . . . be sure to get some one to film it going by
edit: oh and Charles . . not that it's a big deal or anything but could you put a +1 friend next to my name, for my brother. i don't see him registering an account anytime soon to announce his plans to ride the train.
My wife and I will be on at San Jose as well. EMY is probably closer to us, but San Jose is more accesible by public transit. By the by, why does it take 24 hours by train from San Jose, but were I to drive it would take something like 13? I thought the train would be faster.
The train makes a lot of stops, and I don't think it goes quite the 80 miles an hour you can go in a car. I'm probably wrong about that, but the train has like eighteen bajillion tons to tug behind it, whereas your car weighs maybe 1 or 2.
The train's engine is quite a bit bigger than mine . The only other long distance train ride I've taken was NYC to Syracuse, and that was 5 hours compared to a 5 hour drive. I know this train is notoriously bad at staying on schedule (it's got like a 2% on time percentage, no joke), does this take this into account?
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TimeCruiserMikePast Organizer of the West Coast Train TripSan Fernando ValleyRegistered Userregular
edited February 2008
eh yes and no, i'd say . . . the rail way is owned by union pacific and thus the train has to make frequent stops or slow down to accommodate union pacific trains . . and as a result, from my experience, you can expect to arrive an hour to two hours later than posted on a good day
Wow, its barely february and the train trip is already getting organized, SWEET!!! Count me in for jumping on in LA. Havent bought tix yet but definately will.
Definatly gonna be prepared this year, one roomette car, two more warm covering stuffage, three DS FTW! (some of you know my frustration watching you all play on the way up and remising over mine that took a nice long sink to the bottom of a lake, enough of a pain to force me to buy a new ds in seattle, LOL), four my 360 and my pc will be coming with me so we can have access to that the whole way and we can have movie night again (yes i will have a spare DVI cable to avoid that "escapade" again), and five munchkin and a couple expansions, nuff said.
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Double limed for extra sad.
Yea, I'm thinking about just getting a regular seat for the trip to Seattle, but grabbing a room on the way back.
I figure I'll probably be hung over and tired as hell on the return trip, so it'd be nice to have a place to sleep comfortably.
Hmm... like unlimited drinks? Of an alcoholic kind? ... could be fiscally worth it for one of those rooms in the long run. lol
But no, they don't give you all the free alcohol you can drink :P
Get the PAX 2008 Countdown widget and while away your sad, pathetic life watching it tick down the hours to PAX '08!
http://homepage.mac.com/ctishman
I'm going to be bring a whole sutecase full this year.
Just make sure that if you get asked if you have a sleeper, say yes. I was asked once, and said I left my ticket in the room. And was never asked again.
I just called Amtrak about the Coast Starlight 14 and they said it stops to let passengers off at stations north of Chemult, but not on. I'm trying to reach the Portland station to see if there's any way to make an exception, with just carry-on luggage maybe, but I'm having trouble. I'll keep looking into it and see what can be done. The Coast Starlight 11, South from Seattle on Monday, will stop to drop passengers at several points including Portland, so we can at least join in on the way home.
If (likely) we aren't able to make the Coast Starlight 14 work for us, Cascades trains 500 and 506 are running on Thursday the 28th. The rates are as follows for all points North of Chemult, for both trains:
Albany, OR: $38 (506 requires train transfer, 504 to Portland, no additional charge)
Salem, OR: $34 (506 requires train transfer, 504 to Portland, no additional charge)
Portland, OR: $28
Vancouver, WA: $26
Kelso-Longview, WA: $23
Centralia, WA: $18
Olympia-Lacey, WA $14
Tacoma, WA: $11
There are two options: the Cascades 500, which starts pretty early (especially for those from Eugene, Albany, and Salem) but would require no transfers -- or the Cascades 506, which leaves about three hours later, gets into Seattle at about 4PM, but requires those from south of Portland to take the transfer Cascades 504 into Portland.
Let's see how many Northern Oregon and SW Washington people are interested! PM me with your total number of passengers and your vote for which train to take.
Tentative participant list:
King Nada ?
Foxy_Roxy ?
Viscountalpha ?
Get the PAX 2008 Countdown widget and while away your sad, pathetic life watching it tick down the hours to PAX '08!
http://homepage.mac.com/ctishman
Was I the only one to see the homeless guy with a cat, playing with a PSP?
I didn't see a PAX pass on him, so I figure he killed some one and took it. He was hangin' out at Freeway Park.
BUT she wants to go to PAX next year if this one's good (she's excited about this one now!), and if when we go next year we'll just go for PAX so we'll take the train both up and back.
Uh oh, and to think I was maybe going to get one for the trip. Don't want to be confused for a homeless guy though.
(cue the picture of the sea of DS's at PAX)
edit: found'd
okay, it doesn't really look like a sea in this picture, but trust me, about 85-95% of all PAX attendees have a Nintendo DS
to wich i replied
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later i got a pm from Maccy saying that though he appreciates our offers . .he won't be able to make it
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Edit- I keep forgeting, but I jump on at San Jose.
My wife and I will be on at San Jose as well. EMY is probably closer to us, but San Jose is more accesible by public transit. By the by, why does it take 24 hours by train from San Jose, but were I to drive it would take something like 13? I thought the train would be faster.
The train makes a lot of stops, and I don't think it goes quite the 80 miles an hour you can go in a car. I'm probably wrong about that, but the train has like eighteen bajillion tons to tug behind it, whereas your car weighs maybe 1 or 2.
Don't forget get all the 20min smoke brakes every two hours.
The other option is to go to San Diego and hop on the train there. I think it stops there, anyway.
edit: oh and Charles . . not that it's a big deal or anything but could you put a +1 friend next to my name, for my brother. i don't see him registering an account anytime soon to announce his plans to ride the train.
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
The train's engine is quite a bit bigger than mine . The only other long distance train ride I've taken was NYC to Syracuse, and that was 5 hours compared to a 5 hour drive. I know this train is notoriously bad at staying on schedule (it's got like a 2% on time percentage, no joke), does this take this into account?
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
Add a +1 for my brother too..
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Definatly gonna be prepared this year, one roomette car, two more warm covering stuffage, three DS FTW! (some of you know my frustration watching you all play on the way up and remising over mine that took a nice long sink to the bottom of a lake, enough of a pain to force me to buy a new ds in seattle, LOL), four my 360 and my pc will be coming with me so we can have access to that the whole way and we can have movie night again (yes i will have a spare DVI cable to avoid that "escapade" again), and five munchkin and a couple expansions, nuff said.