RRF/Amtrak trips
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Posted 12 May 2014 - 07:23 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 12 May 2014 - 08:47 PM
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Posted 12 May 2014 - 09:25 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 13 May 2014 - 12:39 AM
I have always rated the approach into Denver on #6 as the most scenic trip I've ever taken. You want to be in a car that has windows on both sides (not your sleeper, read: diner or sightseer lounge) because the train winds down the front range into the city. But I think we need to get as early a seating as possible, especially if we are running on time, so we can be sure they can handle us and we still have enough time to return to our accommodations after the show to prepare for arrival. Perhaps we grease the palms of the person taking the reservations earlier in the day Thursday with something green.With a first seating for dinner on 6 coming into Denver, we get a meal on the train with a great view as we come down the front range into Denver. So that is a no brainer IMHO.
As far as eating in Denver before departure as a group, there are a bunch of restaurants near the station on Yelp with a range in tastes from Mexican to italian to everything in between.
We finish riding transit at 4:23 p.m. And 6 arrives at 6:38 which leaves two hours. I don't know about luggage storage at the new Denver terminal. If luggage storage is available (it should since there is checked bags on 5 and 6) I think the easiest thing to do would be for people to store luggage before the day's activities. This would leave more time for dinner.
If we were interested in eating as a group in Denver I could post a list of suggestions.
My hotel plans call for me to be to the south of the city near Denver Tech Center, so I definitely would not want to have to return later to get the luggage. I'm on board for luggage storage at DUS on Friday morning.
Dinner on Friday in Denver, assuming the consensus at least for some is to eat well before boarding the train, would need to be at either a fast food type place, or somewhere that can handle a group of our size quickly to get us back to DUS at a reasonable time. I'd say it has to be within short walking distance of DUS, or else on the frequent free bus route along 16th Street Mall. I don't think there is much along the LRT line, but that can be determined when we take our official rides --- if we see something we like then we can consider it as an option. I also seem to recall from my own trip Denver way back in the 1980's when I had ridden the Zephyr into town but flew home out of the former Stapleton Airport, that there was a Burger King within a few blocks walk of DUS -- but I would not expect that to be certain over a quarter century later.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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