In a nutshell, our itinerary is as follows:
Saturday, July 19
Our journey will start with a trip between the Northeast and Tampa, FL on the SILVER STAR. Overnight on the train.
Sunday, July 20
Midday arrival in Tampa. Ride TECO Line Streetcar. Dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse. Overnight in Tampa.
Monday, July 21
Afternoon trip on southbound SILVER STAR from Tampa to Miami area. Participants can overnight anywhere in Gold Coast region, and can use TriRail between Amtrak stations and those points.
Tuesday, July 22
Ride entire TriRail, MetroRail, and MetroMover systems. Lunch in Cypress Creek, Dinner at Dadeland Mall. Overnight same place as Monday night.
Wednesday, July 23
Board northbound SILVER METEOR, from Miami or station of your choice. Overnight on train.
Thursday, July 24
Arrive back in Northeastern origin cities in mid-morning.
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The full itinerary, with all expected calling times, is here.
We originally were going to stop in Jacksonville on the way north, however the majority of our expected participants favor skipping Jacksonville over fighting for expensive or nonexistent hotel rooms.
Our Fest (including Silver Service trips to/from the Northeast) will therefore be six days, only half the time last year's event took. Anyone joining us from the West or Midwest, your time involved with the Fest if you travel by rail will obviously be longer.
Edited by KevinKorell, 30 January 2008 - 05:44 PM.