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  • Larry P
    Fargo, ND679 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    It's cheap, clean, and energy efficient! We took the Link from SEATAC to Lynwood (and back). It was great and other passengers were friendly and quite helpful. One gave up his seat so that we could sit together!
    Written 28 November 2024
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  • Mary Gottschalk
    San Jose, CA4 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    While Amtrak's website shows train service between Seattle and Spokane, as we were purchasing tickets the agent said, "Here are two tickets for the bus between Seattle and Spokane."

    I immediately said we wanted the train, not the bus. She said, there is no train, it's bus service. I pointed out the website says there is a train and she kept saying, "There is no train, it's a bus" like a recording. So we bought the bus tickets thinking, "How bad can a bus ride be?"

    It can be very bad.

    At the Amtrak Station after passengers boarded, the bus was about half full. Enough empty seats that I moved to one, leaving my husband with his own. The next stop was a Greyhound station with a very long line of people waiting to board. I went back to the seat next to my husband.

    The bus was completely full, including one guy who spent most of the trip standing right in front of the sliding door to the restroom. The back two seats near the restroom were turned into nests of bags, clothing and blankets piled on the seats and floors with an indeterminate number of individuals sleeping atop.

    The driver walked to the back of the bus once and announced that everyone had to have a seat and they needed to sit in it, then he walked forward, never to look back again. He does this for a living and his duty was clearly done.

    Imagine being plunked down in a bus where all the other passengers are like the characters who frequent all night markets around 3 a.m.

    Across the aisle from me was a man with three face masks on and something inside his jacket that he seemed to be pumping. He did not look well at all and my main fear was he would not survive the trip. Thankfully he did, getting off early and leaving one soiled mask behind on the seat.

    His seat was taken by a guy who started a running commentary on the bus being late and how he had tickets to an MMA event that night and he didn't want to miss any of it. This was loudly told to everyone in general, as everyone ignored him.

    Two rows back a young woman got excited by the sight of two large donation boxes for clothing and shoes in a shopping center, recalling fondly how lovely and warm they were to sleep in when she was homeless. They guy right behind us, who spent most of the trip playing video games on his phone with a running commentary on Princess Daisy getting her head cut off and how unfair it was when he was blown up by a competitor, agreed, saying he used to climb in the boxes after dropping acid. It was cool, he said, until someone threw a four slice toaster oven in and hit his head. His acid trip turned into a bummer.

    There was the man who spoke a combination of Russian and English in a loud, outdoor voice. He seemed to be flirting with a younger woman who understood and also spoke Russian and English, but as we drew closer to Spokane he mentioned his "woman," and the bus board romance ended.

    Then there was the guy in the front seat, obviously just released from a hospital, wearing sweat pants, a sweatshirt, socks, slippers and carrying a white plastic bag. He made frequent trips to the restroom in the back.

    This bus trip ended up lasting more than eight hours and while I tried, I did eventually have to use the restroom, which is somewhat like an airplane toilet, but half the size. It's very difficult to get past a grown man standing in front of the door who is not going to move. Maybe he was getting his jollies by having people squeeze next to him. Once inside, as the bus hit curves and you're lurching from one side to the other, you finally turn around and sit down. Of course there is no toilet paper. There is no sink to wash your hands, just a box of used hand wipes with a few still sealed. As I turned to flush, I discovered the toilet paper roll was sitting in the toilet.

    After that, if the driver said we would be at a stop for 10 minutes, I was off and in line for the nearest restroom.

    We switched drivers half-way. The first driver just drove. The second driver turned on the air conditioning, so we got progressively colder as we looked at the snow outside. The second driver made several stops, probably to have a smoke or maybe he was dropping acid. (Not really.)

    Amtrak still has a strict mask policy, which it enforces on the trains. There was no mention or enforcement on the bus. If ever there was a perfect petri dish situation this was it. Unfortunately, I had an upcoming Covid test to continue on to our thrice-cancelled cruise and I could only envision the scene of me sobbing on the pier as the paddle wheeler sailed off without me, thanks to my fellow travelers on the bus.

    We finally made it to the Spokane Amtrak station, which was pretty much deserted. A call to the local cab company was answered with the info there would be a two hour wait. So we did our first walking tour of Spokane and eventually got to the hotel.

    In this fair city you can buy sweatshirts and beer cozies emblazoned with the slogan "Spokane does not suck." I did not buy any as I'm waiting for the "Amtrak does suck" version.
    Written 23 March 2022
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  • Tabatha P
    Hanoi, Vietnam119 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This was my first time taking the Amtrak. The train station was clean and safe. The staff was friendly and thankful of us for arriving early. The transition from checking our luggage, to checking our passports and the boarding queue was seamless. Let me not forget the breakfast sandwich and Bailey’s coffee …. Delicious. Very comfortable ride from Seattle to Vancouver.
    Written 1 September 2024
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  • Mohebat J
    Seattle, Washington, United States2 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Pronto Cycle has good convenient located bikes. Located in fun areas to explore. They do need to offer a receipt at the end of return. I have been double charged several times. A receipt confirms that the transaction is done correctly and this is necessary for us as customers to know the correct of amount charge. Once again I was incorrectly charged. The phone number they have on the web site does not work so hmmmm this all makes me think if I should ever used their bikes again.
    Written 14 July 2016
    This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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