点评:We took the 4-hour Verde Canyon rain ride. Excellent parking availability. They tell you to get there very early and this is a marketing ploy to spend time buying “stuff” in the Gift Shop and eating and drinking at their cafes.
The entire experience is well-orchestrated, you have assigned seating on a specific train car and line up to board near your car. Our train was about 12 cars long, and they have open viewing cars interspersed between the passenger cars. We were in a car with very comfy couches, they provided a meat/cheese/cracker/brownie lunch and a small bottle of champagne or sparkling cider and water bottles. There is a bathroom on each car.
The attendant in our car, Michael, was friendly, amusing and gave great service to all guests. His patter on the sites was helpful and informative. Unfortunately the train managers have decided to include a music track that plays overhead that is WAY TOO LOUD, and drowned out Michael and the outdoor car attendant, Tristan, on many occasions. They were both wonderfully helpful even though they cannot turn down the music. And who knew there were 4 hours of train songs!!!
Going over the old trestles and through tunnels was fabulous and the scenery is beautiful, especially as you are way down in the canyon for much of the ride. We saw 2 bald eagles soaring in the canyon.
All in all we loved our journey.
翻译:我们乘坐了4小时的维德峡谷雨中列车。停车位非常充足。他们建议游客尽早到达,但这其实是一种营销策略,目的是让游客花时间在礼品店购物,并在他们的咖啡馆里吃喝。
整个体验安排得井井有条,您会被分配到指定的车厢座位,并在车厢附近排队登车。我们的列车大约有12节车厢,在客车车厢之间穿插着开放式观景车厢。我们乘坐的车厢里有非常舒适的沙发,他们提供了肉类、奶酪、饼干和布朗尼蛋糕的午餐,以及一小瓶香槟或起泡苹果汁和瓶装水。每节车厢都设有卫生间。
我们车厢的乘务员迈克尔非常友好风趣,为所有乘客提供了优质的服务。他对沿途景点的讲解既实用又信息丰富。遗憾的是,列车管理人员决定在车厢内播放一段音量过大的背景音乐,很多时候都盖过了迈克尔和另一位车厢乘务员特里斯坦的声音。他们俩都非常热情周到,尽管音乐声太大,他们没办法关掉。谁能想到竟然有四个小时的火车歌曲!
火车驶过古老的栈桥,穿过隧道,感觉棒极了,沿途的风景也很美,尤其是大部分路程都在峡谷深处。我们还看到了两只白头鹰在峡谷中翱翔。
总之,我们非常喜欢这次旅行。