"Two Oceans by Railroad" Excursion in Panama -THROUGH Carnival

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I have read posts from people on here who have taken this excursion - though from nobody who booked through CARNIVAL...

 

It would seem that one of the cars of the train is a DOMED CAR, the rest are of a more standard variety. The domed car is said to offer the best views (stands to reason).

 

The other thread on here indicated that those people were able to "request" the domed car when booking (it filled up first) - however none of those people were on Carnival ships.The Carnival webpage offers no such option, and upon calling Carnival, they were CLUELESS (hmmmm:rolleyes: ) about booking "some sort of domed car"...

 

I e-mailed a previous fellow CC'er that (while on the Carnival Legend) took this excursion last year - he did not recall that as an "option" either, but reported that upon entering the train he was able to go sit in that area (and the excursion was not very crowded)...

 

What experiences have any of you had with this excursion? (Crowded? Booked Dome Car specifically? Etc...)

 

Thanks!

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Here is an interesting link I found that give the HISTORY of the DOME CAR!!!

 

http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/002/861kemxt.asp

 

Tom

[Mooguy]

Carnival now wants $155.00 for this tour on their web sight but the article claims $35.00 RT.. GO Figure.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Carnival now wants $155.00 for this tour on their web sight but the article claims $35.00 RT.. GO Figure.

 

I suppose the cruise lines want to make a small profit... LOL

 

Tom