Anyone been on the Venice Simplon Orient Express?

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Thinking about it for my 40th, but as it's not cheap, would like to know if its worth it.

Puff are youn posing!?
Hope someone comes up with all the luxorious details so that I can experience them vicariously!

Hope my spelling improves at the same time..

lol moondog .

This would be a RARE treat, believe me! But I do want a little taste of luxury on my 40th .

We could probably stretch to the day trip from Venice to Rome. The other options are astronomical!

Sounds lovely!!!!!
Hope someone pops up for you!

Puff, I have done the UK lunch trip and it is very luxurious, the interiors are beautiful and really take you back in time, and a great excuse to dress up nicely! Food was delicious, but for all it's splendour it is a train, you whizz past everything really quickly just like a UK train ride and you are eating/sitting in train dimension sitting area, if you see what I mean!

But yes, I would go again, I would love to sleep on it, just to have a little man prepare my cabin into a little berth, dress up for dinner and hear the piano tinkling away in the distance ......

Great 40th idea, as it is a real treat and you will always remember it.

Thanks for that info bluesky .

I would love to sleep on it too, but its soooo expensive!

I agree Hausfrau, it's not full of posh rich people, the majority are people there to celebrate an occassion, or have won an incentive or have saved and saved, so everyone is enjoying it having a WOW time.

I'm glad to hear that bluesky and hausefrau - I'd like it to be relaxing. I'd be rather stressed out if someone incredibly posh was asking lots of questions while I was trying to eat my lunch and enjoy the views!

We bought a trip on it for dh's parents' for their Golden Wedding anniversary. Sounds like they thoroughly enjoyed it (though they didn't know how much it had cost us of course!).

I went on it for a dinner trip in the UK, as bluesky says, it is very luxurious, lovely food, service etc.
I was working (interviewing people up and down the train) so didn't enjoy it as much as I might have.
Others on train were, yes, regular people doing it for birthday, anniversary etc.
Would be lovely to go into venice by train (any train really) as that is "the classic" way to do it.