52 Hours on Train Across America in a Sleeper Car!
train time the California Zephyr a 52-hour train ride across the most scenic route in America is it fun is it a good experience is it a bad experience we got a 2400 private Suite I'm going to test it out today with my daughter London right now we are in Union Station in Chicago we flew here to get on a train to go across America I'm actually really excited about this thank you all right we are now in line we found the track it was a little stressful getting to here there's lots of different tracks and there's tons of waiting rooms for this crazy right they're so loud and big I know they fit a lot of people on the train and this train is completely sold out we got the last sleeper room on the California Zephyr that you can book in the next four weeks that's it the last one this is a very popular thing right now not everybody's going to San Francisco a lot of people are just getting off there's multiple stops from here to San Francisco as you can imagine usually it stops for like 10 minutes 20 minutes but the sleepers are in the front of the train so we just left the majority of the crowd it is a very long walk here's a little restaurant in there area kind of fun to be out here on the train platform [Music] picking our bags up the narrow stairs you got this London you can carry the bag very narrow we are in room B you can do it oh you got it you don't have to take it down for 50 hours this is it okay wow this is our room okay there we go the train is moving it's super dark out there but it's moving feels like night time in here it's really very smooth yeah it's smooth [Music] it's really nice it's a TV right there [Music] number five California zipper okay it's nice California Zephyr in the California's effort the highest level of room that you can get is the sleeper room and we did get that and it's a sleeper that has the toilet and the shower um it is quite small when it says bathroom and shower it's the same room like the water from the shower goes on to that and it's all waterproof you even have this that covers up the toilet paper it is quite small but it is a luxury on a train that you're sharing with a lot of people there's also one more chair inside of here this one right here it's a little bit shaky it does move awkwardly and the seat is very very hard I do have a table that you can share in between these two places if you did want to eat inside of your room it is broken right here this little thing how do you open this oh there we go we did have some extra toilet paper in here some extra tissues and some towels and little tiny paper cups the next lower level from this is a sleeper room that just has like a sleeper bed it's a smaller room in that car everybody that has those sleeper rooms shares the same shower and bathroom we're about 20 minutes into this train ride and first impressions are it's super super smooth riding on the train it's been really really slow until just now it's starting to pick up a little bit so let's play a little game London how fast do you think we are going right now foreign [Music] three things I want to show you right now one how to push the call button I pushed it to how we make the beds at night time how do you get these things converted into beds the bottom the top how safe is it up there how comfortable is it and then the third thing is our door it is safe in here we have these curtains but then we also have this door that latches right there I'm gonna open it up because we're ready and then within a few minutes we'll have the guy that will come and he will make the beds for us we'll go out and he'll make it and then the mattress for the bottom is up here that he takes and puts down below just said I made a mom I'm on TV he made it here on TV yeah oh and then there's a safety bar right there something doesn't close on you and then the important thing what if you roll off the bed well we put this thing on and it's like a safety net that holds you from looking forward I don't know is it saving your life I think one rule on a train that you may not have known is that shoes are required everywhere outside of your room and there is a logical reason behind this and this is it right here these cars are connected together but in between the cars they just have this little cover and there's this metal Gap right here and you can see it going up and down now what they told us was be dangerous for your feet if you're Barefoot your toe can get caught in there and maybe you can lose the toe or break a toe and they made a little joke and said you don't want to call a tow truck it's not the most comfortable spot it doesn't feel super safe in here right now I'm straddling both cars and it's not easy to do let's get out of that area it's a little unnerving being in there but yeah that's why you have to wear shoes when you're on the train it is time to go out and explore the few cars that we have and take a look and see what the food eating areas look like the little shop the observation train and we get to learn how to walk in a moving train you really have to keep your balance really well okay go push the button oh I don't want to push the button just press where it says press you can use your foot this is what the smaller cars look like it's just one bed up there one right there no bathroom but you can sleep inside of that all right you got this push the button yeah it's safe [Music] there we go go now over here in between the trains oh it's bouncing everywhere so this is the dining area where we have reservations for 6 30. the meals look pretty good like look at the menu very fancy they have fresh roses in them here okay this is where the little store is where you have things that you can buy the dinner tonight is included in the price of admission basically but then this is like a snack stand convenience store that you pay separately for it okay let's find a table so right now we're in the observation train car and it's really cool to have the windows that are up here and I will say after sitting in the other ones for a couple of hours these seats are much more comfortable than the ones inside of our room we just figured it would probably be a good thing to come up here and observe for a little bit before it gets dark really pretty way to see America [Music] we're crossing the Mississippi River [Music] check it out the Mississippi that's big it doesn't look very clean it doesn't no this is a key Moment In Our Journey Across America we are officially crossing the Mississippi River and this is a very wide point of the Mississippi River where we're at maybe it's just this wide all over the place but it is a massive River and it's a really big bridge crossing over it look at the birds they're crazy it's really jungly here probably because the river okay the moment I'm going to test out the um Community shower we come in and I'm definitely not the first one that showered and the train is Bumpy and moving and turning and so when you shower you have to be ready for that because you never know which way you're gonna go and then there's the shower all right I just took a shower going 70 miles an hour down a train track and it actually feels really good water was really hot it actually felt good but something interesting that I noticed this may not be the most prettiest thing ever but it goes directly to the train tracks so all of your shower water the soapy water just goes out the bottom of the train onto the train tracks for the shower water you don't need to mix it in with the actual sewage water you can just dump it to the bottom of the train so super interesting now it is 6 42 and they just called over the speaker that our 6 30 dinner time is ready so we are heading test out the food see how good it is okay good news we found the children's side of the menu and I think she can handle some of that mac and cheese is the winner what do you think can you do that yeah okay first thing on the menu is an appetizer it's an empanada a strawberry on it should be good the Empanada I'm gonna give it a two out of ten I got like a corn some kind of soup spicy thing I will give that one a four out of ten so there's where our ratings are compared to airplane food so far I would say the airplane food is probably better so this is just the appetizers we'll see but anyway and now we happen to stop at a town where there's a 10 minute break mostly a smoke break a lot of people here in this dining car just took off there's a lot of people on this train that do appreciate the smoke breaks they just left their food and they're like we'll be back during the break when people are out our food did arrive so here we go in a few minutes London's food it is the beautiful mac and cheese with the green beans yum yum you like green beans no well you will today and then here is my steak first impression is the mac and cheese mix it together and then it will all be warm okay so out of ten London what would you say the mac and cheese is that three a three okay three I would say the steak I did eat it all I mean it wasn't like grilled on a grill it was definitely more like in a microwave I said like well done and they just put it in the microwave probably another 10 seconds so I'm gonna give it a four four it's good I'm glad that I had it but there's a lot of good steaks in the world so for a train I would say the entrees airplane food still beats train food up to this point dessert is still to come dessert and a blueberry juice cake that was in um it's good it's good it's good it's good all right very good we didn't quite finish our dessert but we almost ate all of it um the chocolate toffee mousse cake something with whipped cream out of 10 what would you think a 10 a 10. maybe a nine okay wow we produce some more whipped cream I would say my blueberry cheesecake with the whipped cream and some sort of drizzle stuff on it I'm gonna give it an eight it was fantastic it was really good so I would say dessert saved the day and you forget about everything else before it because the dessert was really good and so tomorrow morning breakfast I already looked at the menu and they do have some some french toast that looks really good like with berries and whipped cream and everything we're both gonna get the same thing because it looks incredible and a little bit here it will just get dark all right dining car it was good going between the trains here it's always so sketchy and now we go to our rooms and they might have made our beds for us and I wish I would have known that I would have actually like moved stuff around and cleaned up a little bit but the people were eating what said usually they come while you're eating and fix it so let's check it out no still messy great it's night time and we went to the observation car to see the stars or to see what's out there as if they just put black over the window like yeah like we stopped in a tunnel like all you see out there the reflection that's really all I see right now it's just that I mean all you see is a reflection of us but even up there there's nothing but yep there still are people in here that are just chilling yeah I thought we'd see a little bit more we haven't stopped for like 20 minutes I'm not quite sure why The View outside now that the train is moving again this is what night time looks like driving across America probably a good idea to sleep when the sun is down because how smart how'd you come up with that okay it's a brilliant life hack what do you think tomorrow is going to be like a lot of snacks probably yeah oh are we driving through uh Colorado lots of mountains I'm excited for that the Colorado Rockies that is why this is the most beautiful or most scenic train route in all of America and it's going to be most of tomorrow as we go from Denver up into the mountains back down into Salt Lake City so we need to get some sleep all right tell us about the top bunk how did you like sleeping on the top bunk last night it was really weird I felt like it's gonna fall did you follow no roll over hard like the train just hit a bump be comfy you're gonna sleep like that now yeah you're holding on pretty tight here oh there you go how excited are you to sleep in this bed tonight if this sped is in zero out of ten what would you rate it on a train five what would you rate it if you'd realize that the other people in the other parts of Coach are just sitting in chairs all night long for three days uh probably like a 12. it'd be a 12 exactly
it's all about perspective right now we're going through a beautiful part of the canyon it's just zigzagging down a canyon with a river down on the side and there's just Cliffs everywhere rocks Red Rock foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] we've just been driving through the canyon with the Colorado River right outside and it has been incredible definitely the most beautiful part of this entire trip and also people from Colorado give you a very interesting wave they told us over the train that it's Bear Country look outside you'll see bare bottoms not grizzly bears but actually somehow everybody has gotten the message that when the Amtrak train goes by and you're in a kayak on a paddle board hiking you show the train your buttocks behind bum bum other than the bums the views have been incredible this stretch through Colorado has just been breathtaking and about 20 minutes ago we just crossed the halfway point we have about 24 hours left and just over halfway to go foreign [Music] at Glenwood Springs we're gonna get off and just stay here for five minutes I really want a picture of the front of the train but oh it's so far I don't know if we can yeah I bet we could get up there let's do it London I really want a picture at the front of the train we only have five minutes we're gonna do this we're gonna do it we found the front of the train we gotta get a picture I only have a few minutes left oh this is perfect okay we did it they were very clear that when time is up time is up and it is heading out so I'd love to go get a chocolate milk or milkshake or Monster Energy drink or Dr Pepper but I don't see a shop close enough by we do need to get back on the train pretty quick I'm just waiting for them to say like all aboard or like I'll blow a whistle all right when I was seeing it they did it where's London at oh she's already on she's very obedient we did it we are aboard look they're filming us and we're filming them hi kids oh look at that so gorgeous we're just right on the edge [Music] Grand Junction Colorado very warm uh we have a 10 minute stop here so let's see what we've got in the train station [Music] no no chocolate milk train station life I love these random train stations I mean look at this thing looks like it's been here for 50 years oh there's a shop oh that's quick and Yahoo Monster Energy Drink perfect oh my gosh I just loaded up crackers Swedish Fish chocolate milks all kinds of drinks it is a treat but you can finally get some actual treats that is one thing you just have to get used to when you are on the trains is that you just enjoy the ride enjoy the journey and you never know like when you're actually going to arrive like it's usually delayed Amtrak doesn't own these Railways and there's a lot of trains full of coal and cars or whatever things need to be transported on Rails Across America like right now we're pulled over on the side next to another train and there is another track and we're waiting for the other train to go by check out where we're at we're finally in Utah and it is looking like Utah it's like the desert out here foreign [Music] I don't even know I think it's day three It's the final day lunch grilled cheese and a cheeseburger it's really good grilled cheese is good good we skipped breakfast day oh my gosh see like look at this look out there just big old River and trees everywhere it is a very nice way to do lunch so we're supposed to get in around four o'clock but it's delayed two or three hours so we'll get in I don't know six or seven we have a flight to Las Vegas at 6 30. we are definitely gonna miss that we might need to stay in a hotel for the night and then just skip school tomorrow okay with that go shopping maybe for a little bit then fly to Vegas and then drive home to Southern Utah so this is like bear territory I would love to see a bear I would not like to see any more bare bottoms [Music] we just passed Lake Tahoe and we are climbing up the mountain up to the Donner Pass Trail we're just about to the top of that to the Donner Peak I mean once we come over the top it'll be all the way down the mountain until we get to Sacramento and then San Francisco [Music] and we're out and wow look at that [Music] well our train is stopped and there's people walking around up near the front I don't know if it's the conductors oh it's Amtrak coming by it's another Amtrak maybe that's what we're waiting for for this guy to pass us we are nearing the end of our trip we're getting really close to San Francisco and it's really nice because we see the ocean we see Bays we see boats outside yes we are three hours delayed and I'm not sure if we're gonna make it all the way to Las Vegas tonight on an airplane and then back home but really interesting trip and I want to give you all my final thoughts attribute off the train [Music] this is it goodbye to our room we have reached Emeryville I'll be honest we almost got off in Reno but we made it I'm glad that we made it all the way here it was a long haul 54 Plus hours almost 55 hours it was supposed to be 50 but there were some delays on the way 55 hours we are off the train Welcome to California the California Zephyr we have accomplished that check that off the bucket list I can feel that cool San Francisco breeze it's actually kind of cold I think this video is probably super fun showing you everything that we saw while we were here and thank you to our editor for spending days and days and days on editing it I'm probably gonna give him like 24 hours of footage it's insane thank you Jason you are the best editor in YouTube world that's right 55 hours on the California Zephyr are you glad that you came with your dad and did this yes it was a lot better than a place this was a really fun video someday London would you take your own kids on this train ride I don't know oh you can't so I said kids not cats [Music] check this out this doesn't quite fit properly and so they Jerry rigged this toilet thing they got a water bottle cap and they put it right there and that makes it so that it actually fits I don't know if the train people did it or if someone that was staying in here just decided to be creative and fix it but it works he's grabbing his pants he was ready for the shot why do they do that weird probably saw 50 people's bums today but why'd you want to look like if it's Stone in here
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