The woman seemed a lot more sensitive to time and hassle than cost. I put the quotes around no one because it’s more like no one I know. When traveling, like at WDW, saving time is valuable. She quoted 2hr15 to Paris which I replied was faster than I can get to WDW from Jax.
It was my understanding that you could book it as one ticket but would have to go through security in Brussels while the train stood there for half an hour. You're right, though. They seem to have stepped away from that idea in the end and are only selling Thalys/Eurostar connections at the moment. Mea culpa.
Just crack the window while it's travelling at 300mph and you should be good.
It is a nice idea but only US guests get luggage taken from airport to the hotel for them the rest of us have to bring it down to DME bus and give it to the driver, Also they do not post magic bands outside the US so we need to go to the hotel to pick that up and at least for UK flights they tend to arrive late afternoon so often not worth using park tickets for a few hours on arrival day unless you have annual pass.
Florida East Coast Industries doesn’t have power and influence?
Good point. But in regards to the Orlando International Airport Mears might have a little bit of a home court advantage. It has sort of been there defacto home base for so long. Regardless I'm interested to see how all this plays out.
The Brightline is already going to serve Orlando International Airport. This is about Brightline being allowed to do what the relevant agencies all say they want. I don’t think GOAA is much of a key unless they refuse actually having service to their new train station.
I hope your right. I want this to happen.
Disagree strongly with that last part. I am an American who seeks to take the train when I travel, because having a rental car is usually an expensive hassle. Can't avoid it in Orlando.That's a cultural thing. Tokyo Disneyland, for example, has the majority of its customers and CM's arrive and depart via the busy Maihama station about a 10 minute walk from the front gates of the parks. But that's also why Tokyo Disneyland closes up shop promptly at 10pm even on busy days, without an extra "convenience shopping hour" on Main Street USA - they have to get all the CM"s out of there by the time the last train leaves for the night at Midnight. It's also why if you stay at the ultra-expensive Tokyo Disneyland Hotel or MiraCosta at DisneySea your sole perk is "Early Entry" of exactly 15 minutes before park opening each morning. That's all the time they can spare for Early Entry because the CM's can't get there any earlier than the first train of the day. Seriously - 15 Minutes!
Tokyo Disney Resort is fabulous, but it's daily operation is hindered by the constraints of trying to operate at the whims of Tokyo's public transit system. It's unlike anything you'd have to deal with in the American parks, because most American CM's drive their own cars to work.
As for Anaheim, there is a big swanky train station just down Katella Avenue from Disneyland. Anaheim's station has over 50 trains per day stopping there; 24 Amtrak Surfliners north and southbound, and another couple dozen Metrolink commuter trains serving both the Los Angeles line and the Inland Empire line. .
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)
A free shuttle bus (funded entirely by Orange County sales tax) sits out front of the big station waiting to take anyone arriving or departing via train directly to the front gates of Disneyland. But very, very few people take that option even though the shuttle bus is free, the trains are fast and furious, and the Anaheim station is convenient and gleaming with shops and cocktail bars and restaurants inside.
Your Free Shuttle System To Disneyland Compliments of Orange County taxpayers - Usually Empty and Unused.
Americans just don't naturally take the train to vacation spots, or for their weekend entertainment plans. They prefer to drive their car, which is often faster, cheaper, and easier than a train even with some freeway traffic. It's fun to be free!
That's the problem with public transit in the US. Where I'm at most people don't realize there's a busway that'll get you downtown in 20 minutes with busses coming through every 5 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes in the evening rushes. It's $2.50 each way and is miles cheaper then parking downtown for the day. It also saves some wear and tear on my daily driver.
Just in the past week, I have taken subways in Boston, Amtrak from Boston to Penn Station in New York City, Subways in New York, and commuter train from Penn Station in NYC to Newark Airport, there was not a single security checkpoint for any of those rides
