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I Surprised My Friend With Acela First Class (feat. Trains Are Awesome)
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2024
- My friend @Thom-TRA had never tried Amtrak's premium Acela First Class, usually frequented by business and luxury travelers. I figured I should indulge him...
(Also shoutout to Thom for sending me the external Acela footage!)
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Classy Whale - at-least-weekly misadventures with trains and transit!
Avengers Endgame? Nah, this is the only crossover I need.
Still waiting for the Miles in Transit/TRA crossover
The singular tomato in our meal was actually an infinity stone
@@KC3YCUtrue
When I was in 6th grade, I nearly failed math. My parents promised me if I passed my final, I'd get an Acela ride. I did. Me and my dad had a lovely ride from DC to Baltimore on the Acela
You have smart parents
@@Thom-TRA they sure knew how to incentivize me
That's so sweet!
Brilliant, two of my favourite American based transit youtubers in one video!!!
American based and based haha
Based is right
You know DC is proud of their cherry blossoms....when they cover the lounge walls with pictures of them! The DC lounge really said "No natural light, here's posters of cherry blossoms, take it or leave it". The planting of cherry trees on the Tidal Basin originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the US from Japan, but the concept of them growing in DC began in 1885, as Mrs. Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore was a world traveler, writer, and diplomat, and became the first woman on the board of the National Geographic Society in 1892. Upon returning to Washington from her first visit to Japan, Eliza approached the US Army Superintendent of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds with a proposal that sakura be planted one day along the Potomac waterfront, and in 1909, President Taft's wife received a letter from Eliza about the trees, and she agreed, though they had to get rid of the first batch of trees from Japan in 1910 because they had bugs. So they got another batch in 1912.
....just don't tell them that Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ has the nation's largest collection of cherry blossoms! Branch Brook Park has 5,300 and eighteen different varieties! Branch Brook Park is the oldest county park in the US, and the cherry blossoms have been there since 1927 when Caroline Bamberger Fuld donated about 2,000 of them to the park after falling in love with them during a Japan trip. The park was first envisioned by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and Calvert Vaux, the designers of Central Park, in 1867, and was formally created in 1895, with a redesign in 1900 by Frederick's sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The Olmsted Brothers also worked on the grounds of Oheka Castle on Long Island (the inspiration for Gatsby's mansion), Piedmont Park in Atlanta, park systems in cities such as Birmingham, Cleveland, Portland, and Seattle, Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan, and multiple universities like Ohio State, Notre Dame, LSU, Johns Hopkins, and University of Florida.
I thought Ohio state was just a made up place…
You should find the longest distance you can go with 20k points. Also, this whole trip feels like something Miles in Transit would do
Hey that is a nice compliment!
I love the absolute madness of getting meal service on a 20-minute ride. It looked good!
Best free breakfast I’ve ever had
French toast history: French toast was invented long before France even existed. The first known recorded recipe for French toast comes from Rome. The Roman author Apicius included a recipe similar to it called Aliter Dulcia ('Another sweet dish') in his cookbook titled "Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome". For centuries, the French themselves called this dish "Roman Bread". We know the dish spread throughout Europe because in the 14th century, an English cookbook titled "Forme of Cury" describes "payn fondue" as bread that has been soaked in wine, fried in grease and sweetened with dry fruit, spices, and sugar. By 1615, "panperdy" was printed in "The English Huswife" cookbook. In it, sliced bread was soaked in eggs and several spices plus sugar and salt. In Le Viandier, culinary cookbook written around 1300, the French chef Guillaume Taillevent presented a recipe for "tostées dorées" involving eggs and sugar. The usual French name is pain perdu or "lost bread", reflecting its use of stale or otherwise "lost" bread.
Did you post this comment on Miles' diner video 😂
Tasting History?
I also once read that those with the surname “Purdue” meant you had a grandparent who was a French Catholic Orphan or Foundling (without a known family name.) Now, it’s also a university known as the Boilermakers and a huge Poultry Conglomerate…
After some cancellations during COVID I had a bunch of Amtrak credit. Among other things I made a couple of trips in first class on the Acela.. First class is definitely NOT worth the price, but it is nice. As a rather reserved person traveling alone, I particularly liked the 1-2 seating,. The food was tasty, and the New York lounge is outstanding.
It was definitely worth waking up this early for though 😂
"He has no idea what awesome train we are about to ride" 😂😂😂😂
Love seeing my favorite two CZcamsrs doing a crossover video. Ugh those Acela tray tables!! I'm looking forward to riding the Avelia Liberties when actually enter service!!
🥹🥹
Thanks for taking me on this awesome trip! You did a great job keeping your true intentions hidden from me haha. And I love how the video turned out.
Next time let’s travel with our wives. I feel like they’d vibe.
Let's do it!
I loved that you said that about American food! I know those in Europe love to criticize our food, but they go off of stereotypes rather than actually giving places a chance! Texas barbecue, NJ diners, key lime pie, gumbo, Philly cheesesteak, we know how to make good food! I wish more Europeans gave American places a chance, and vice versa, because it's opening ourselves up to other perspectives!
@@AverytheCubanAmerican though of course, I am talking about flavors! American ingredients and food quality mortify me when I think about it too deeply.
next trip has to be much further on Acela and Thom has to buy the tickets.
Didn't you know how copper wire was invented? Two Dutchmen were fighting over a penny
And markets were invented when they convinced a Belgian to pay them for that copper wire
Nice work you two. 🙌
I had to laugh when the closed captions said to sign up to your Patreon “for as little as $180 per month” 😳 💵😂
I had a pretty fun experience riding Acela first class a few years ago. It was my first time riding Amtrak ever, so had to make it count. I didn't get to experience the Acela lounge in lieu of running from the metro stations (DCA airport and Union Station) to make the train. I rode from DC to Boston the whole way through and got two meals (2nd one came after leaving NYC). I got the stuffed french toast for breakfast and it was amazing. I got the stuffed chicken breast for lunch and it was decent, but I expected more from the pasta included with it.
That's cool you can still get a meal in first class even when going to the next stop.
Awesome! Classy! I just rode Acela 1st class for the first time last week, from NYC to Baltimore. Surprisingly luxurious. Only complaint was the rails were a bit rough at Acela speed. My complimentary prosecco almost bounced off the tray table 😊
Trains are classy
Wonderful video!
Looks like… you can say… the Breakfast Acela-lot of expectations! (ba-doom-cha 😅)
I don't get it
@@ClassyWhale Acela, “Excelled a” lot of expectations. not going to lie making that pun is like finding a rhyme for orange lol. 😅
Amtrak almost needs something like the Standard Premium seats that Avanti West Coast in the UK has. You get the first class seat, just without the meal for a substantial discount over a first class ticket.
The best duo
how’d I miss a premier again
HOW
4:38 that was awesome.
Classy response
Is the D.C. Metropolitan Lounge restricted to only Acela's First Class passengers? I'm taking this exact trip in a few months in Acela's Business Class
Only first!
I went on the acela first class. I got the lobster Mac N cheese it was good
Welcome to my house of employment 🚂
Look at the tomato, isn't it sad? It can't taste good. I see what you did there 😉 No comprendo (IYKYK)😆
I rode Acela last summer from BAL-DC just so the check it off the list. For the difference in price, I could never justify the extra cost compared to a Regional or MARC but it is what it is 🤷🏿♂️
@@JerrellWoolford yooooo I'm so happy you get my reference
@@ClassyWhale I scrolled through every comment and didn't see anyone mention it. That's peak 90's reference right there; only thing missing was a sombrero and some Spanish 😆
Good Afternoon,
Could you please tell me,
Was the food brought to you AUTOMATICALLY or DID YOU MAKE IT A POINT TO ALERT THE TRAIN CREW THAT YOU WERE GETTING OFF THE TRAIN IN TWENTY MINUTES AND YOU WOULD
LIKE YOUR MEAL AS SOON AS CONVENIENT.
Thank you very much.
The crew saw our seat tag and served us first
@@ClassyWhale Thank you very much for your reply.
Didn’t Fiji Water have a contamination lawsuit?
Silver ware
You couldn't even spring for one more stop to Baltimore Penn? That was really rushed.
@@paulw.woodring7304 I had to get to work that morning haha
@@ClassyWhale OK. Just seemed like you didn't give yourselves long enough to even eat breakfast, when it's only about 12-15 minutes longer to Penn Station.
@@paulw.woodring7304but how much longer is it back? Then those 12-15 add up.
Ok
City of New Orleans to la
How about tossed salad and screamed eggs
With jelly or syrup?
I would say take the Silver Star or Meteor to Savannah, GA.
I don't like that you kept insulting Thom, gave you a thumbs down.
@@Paulesso I have a slot open on my security detail if you want it
So, a 30 minute trip and you have time to eat. Why not at least go to NYC?
it's more expensive
Auto train
Unfortunately yes
@@nellyrichardsin1590 what?
@@ClassyWhale not lying, that is trains are awesome
@@nellyrichardsin1590 why is it unfortunate?
@@ClassyWhale clearly, by one video that you and Thom did from Pittsburg
@@ClassyWhaleclearly apparently