Please share Amtrak experiences

[PrincipalTinker]

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Just Me & the Kids - WDW -1, The AutoTrain

I’m going to try and keep up with this as we go, but forgive me if it stops and starts. Ds and I start the trip by ourselves, dd flies down to join us late tomorrow night, and dh stayed home this time. My 12yo ds and I left PA this morning and hit the road at 9am after stopping at Wawa (the most wonderful stop and grab a sandwich/drink/snack store on the planet). We hit some occasional congestion, but made it to Lorton, VA in almost exactly 3 hours. We’ve ridden the AutoTrain twice before, so …