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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sbalax: [QB] Last Thursday, 27 September, we docked in San Diego after a four night cruise from Vancouver on HAL's MS Statendam. We were off the ship and through immigration, baggage claim and customs by 8:15AM. We walked from the Broadway Pier (the newest cruise ship facility) to the Santa Fe Station arriving about 8:30AM. We checked one bag and waited for boarding to begin on NB Pacific Surfliner 769. We noticed people starting to line up outside so went out to join them. At first we went to the end of the line and then realized that there was another, much shorter, line for Business Class. Boarding began at about 9:10AM and we had an on time departure at 9:24AM. I was surprised that this train stops at Old Town. I don't remember being on a Surfliner that made that stop. The car we were in had the "new" seats that do not recline. Instead, the seat bottom cushion and seat back slide forward. The advantage is that you never have anyone reclining into your lap. A disadvantage is that the bottom seat cushion seems to be angled so you feel as if you are sliding out of the seat. These seats also have the, for want of a better word, "knobs" that make moving through the car when it's moving much easier. Instead of grabbing someone's seat back you just grab the knob. Generally the Business Class car was full the entire trip to SBA. There were quite a few business men and women on the SAN/LAX sector and they, for the most part, carried on non-stop VERY IMPORTANT cell phone conversations. It would be nice to have a quiet car as they do on some Eastern trains. This was our first experience with an e-ticket. No problem at all having it scanned by the small, hand held device the Conductor had. He said it will also read the image on a Smart Phone. We were pretty much onetime all the way to the Sea Cliff siding just south of Carpinteria. We were pulled over there for the SB train and arrived in SBA just a few minutes late. We were surprised to find that the Western half of the parking lot at SBA is closed and torn up for a storm drainage project. No estimates have been given on how long this will take but it seriously affects long term parking at that facility. All in all the crews did their jobs efficiently and were pleasant in their interactions with passengers. We didn't go to the Cafe Car having had four days of great meals on HAL. We were pleasantly surprised to find that HAL does full breakfast service (Main Dining Room, Buffet and Room Service) on disembarkation day. Celebrity and Royal Caribbean do not. Frank in very WARM and sunny SBA [/QB][/QUOTE]
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