rover16 Posted August 26, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 26, 2022 We're on the Zaandam arriving to FLL on the 10th of Oct. We want to take Amtrak to Charleston, SC, but the train leaves at 8:50 a.m. If we carry our bags off the ship and leave ASAP do we have a reasonable change of making the connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 26, 2022 #2 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Its a 15 minute drive, not counting in port traffic. If you carry off your bags...which should allow you off the ship before 8am, and grab a cab, you should make it pretty comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandrr Posted August 26, 2022 #3 Share Posted August 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said: Its a 15 minute drive, not counting in port traffic. If you carry off your bags...which should allow you off the ship before 8am, and grab a cab, you should make it pretty comfortably. Assuming traffic is favourable, and you do get off right quick, and the train is not early (LOL!). I think it will be tight, but you might be willing to take the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlaMariner Posted August 26, 2022 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2022 We did just that last October w/no problem. We did early dis-embark (took our luggage) and we were at Amtrak Fort Lauderdale with plenty of time to catch the 8:50am northbound train. (We did hop in a waiting cab instead of waiting for Uber. As usual with cabs in Broward County, the taxi driver missed the Amtrak exit off 95 and took the scenic route. If we had to do it all over again, I wish we would have taken Uber.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily@Sea Posted August 26, 2022 #5 Share Posted August 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, rover16 said: We're on the Zaandam arriving to FLL on the 10th of Oct. We want to take Amtrak to Charleston, SC, but the train leaves at 8:50 a.m. If we carry our bags off the ship and leave ASAP do we have a reasonable change of making the connection? Is #98 running in October? It has been suspended since April or May. Otherwise, it will be the Silver Star #92 - due in FLL at 12:18 pm and your connection in Savannah to the Palmetto #90 will be in the middle of the night for #92 [01:30] to #90 at 07:45 am to Charleston. This is just a warning. Only #91 [So] and 92 [No] have been running for the last few months - and they go the inland route to Columbia SC. I would recheck with Amtrak to see if Silver Meteor #98 [your early morning departure 08:50-ish] is confirmed as restarting operations yet. This is just a heads-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlaMariner Posted August 26, 2022 #6 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Both the Silver Meteor and Silver Star are running.....on 10/10.... 8:50am and 12:18pm departures heading northbound. (And the 8:50am Silver Meteor is the one that stops in Charleston and hugs the coast) Edited August 26, 2022 by FlaMariner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 26, 2022 #7 Share Posted August 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, wandrr said: Assuming traffic is favourable, and you do get off right quick, and the train is not early (LOL!). I think it will be tight, but you might be willing to take the risk. Amtrak doesn't leave a station early. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily@Sea Posted August 26, 2022 #8 Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 minute ago, FlaMariner said: Both the Silver Meteor and Silver Star are running.....on 10/10.... 8:50am and 12:18pm departures heading northbound. Thank you. They have been delaying the restart for several months. Maybe they were waiting for snowbird season to restart the Silver Meteor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily@Sea Posted August 26, 2022 #9 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I always used the train/bus connection to get to FLL and back from my area. Silver Star is the one that works for me in NC Fla, unless I want to drive back and forth from JAX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlaMariner Posted August 26, 2022 #10 Share Posted August 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Happily@Sea said: I always used the train/bus connection to get to FLL and back from my area. Silver Star is the one that works for me in NC Fla, unless I want to drive back and forth from JAX. I'm pumped about Brightline to Orlando. We will be able to avoid South Florida hotels ($$$) and just jump on the Brightline train on embarkation day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover16 Posted August 30, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Thanks for the input, DW has mobility issues so a fast exit might not be possible. May just spend the night in FLL for the train the next day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling2 Posted August 30, 2022 #12 Share Posted August 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, rover16 said: Thanks for the input, DW has mobility issues so a fast exit might not be possible. May just spend the night in FLL for the train the next day. We’ve taken this train several times. We always stay the night - not worth the stress of hoping to make the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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