# Advice on traveling long distance by Amtrak **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896 "2021-09-19T00:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 174
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896/174 "2022-05-13T06:35:47Z")
Safely arrived in Emeryville. The station is surprisingly small, for something that originates a major train, but i guess not much else goes through there. We did get a hotel room a couple miles away; had to call a Lyft as there is no taxi stand. Hotel is nice enough. Not thr Hyatt House that is so close: prices there were ridiculous for a 10 hour stay. The shower was looooovely, except for being terrifying: it was easily the slickest tub I have ever used. I was afraid to even turn around without holding onto tge grab bars - luckily we got an accessible room, so there were plenty of those. After 12 hours in a roomette, we are really looking forward to the family bedroom. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896)._