旅行
账户
Christopher S
Platinum class Brisbane to Adelaide.
Great Southern的点评
点评：A retiree couple, we opted to go Platinum for a lux experience at considerable cost. Was it worth the extra? Maybe for the larger twin bed cabin and en suite, but otherwise definitely NO. The hors d’oeuvres with champers was a once only event.
Pre dinner drinks in the small lounge were only accompanied by salty potato crisps,
- very classy! Unlike in Gold, there was no bar in Platinum with dining and lounge not seperate, but lumped together. Meals were not up to the standard we experienced travelling Gold class on the Ghan in 2016. It was catering rather than restaurant.
Ownership has changed, and you suspect some cost cutting.
On the other hand we enjoyed helpful staff who were warm, friendly and efficient .
Great Southern is plagued with certain problems. The condition of poorly maintained rail tracks provide a very rough, bumpy and noisy ride. It was impossible to stand or move about without something to hold onto. Sleep for most was impossible,
especially because we were always racing over bad tracks to make up for lost time.
A big factor was the use of marshalling yards, instead of city stations due to the
700 m train length. Thus excursions were cut short to allow for bussing to e.g. Melbourne where we had lunch, then a mere 50 minutes to visit the advertised NGV before bussing way out to somewhere 20 minutes the other side of Geelong!
In summing up we have enjoyed other sleeper trains such as Rovos in S Africa, Spirit of the Outback in QLD, and Trans Siberian without loosing sleep.
Our grateful thanks to the train staff for doing a sterling job.
Maybe if Great Southern was half the length it could travel slower and pull into near city terminals. 4 nights not 3.
Note to Journey Beyond - you need to rethink this journey.
Chris and Diane
Pre dinner drinks in the small lounge were only accompanied by salty potato crisps,
- very classy! Unlike in Gold, there was no bar in Platinum with dining and lounge not seperate, but lumped together. Meals were not up to the standard we experienced travelling Gold class on the Ghan in 2016. It was catering rather than restaurant.
Ownership has changed, and you suspect some cost cutting.
On the other hand we enjoyed helpful staff who were warm, friendly and efficient .
Great Southern is plagued with certain problems. The condition of poorly maintained rail tracks provide a very rough, bumpy and noisy ride. It was impossible to stand or move about without something to hold onto. Sleep for most was impossible,
especially because we were always racing over bad tracks to make up for lost time.
A big factor was the use of marshalling yards, instead of city stations due to the
700 m train length. Thus excursions were cut short to allow for bussing to e.g. Melbourne where we had lunch, then a mere 50 minutes to visit the advertised NGV before bussing way out to somewhere 20 minutes the other side of Geelong!
In summing up we have enjoyed other sleeper trains such as Rovos in S Africa, Spirit of the Outback in QLD, and Trans Siberian without loosing sleep.
Our grateful thanks to the train staff for doing a sterling job.
Maybe if Great Southern was half the length it could travel slower and pull into near city terminals. 4 nights not 3.
Note to Journey Beyond - you need to rethink this journey.
Chris and Diane
翻译：我们是一对退休夫妇，我们选择白金舱，享受奢华体验，但花费不菲。这值得吗？也许因为有更大的双人床舱和套房，但除此之外绝对不值得。开胃小菜和香槟是一次性活动。
小休息室里的晚餐前饮品只配咸薯片，
- 非常优雅！与金舱不同，白金舱没有酒吧，餐厅和休息室不是分开的，而是合在一起的。餐食没有达到我们在 2016 年乘坐 Ghan 的金舱时所体验的标准。这是餐饮，而不是餐厅。
所有权已经改变，你怀疑有些成本削减。
另一方面，我们享受了乐于助人的员工，他们热情、友好、高效。
大南方号存在一些问题。维护不善的铁轨状况使乘坐体验非常颠簸、颠簸和嘈杂。如果没有东西可以抓住，就无法站立或移动。大多数人都无法入睡，
尤其是因为我们总是在糟糕的轨道上疾驰以弥补失去的时间。
一个重要因素是使用编组站，而不是城市车站，因为火车长度为
700 米。因此，短途旅行被缩短，以便乘坐公共汽车前往我们吃午饭的墨尔本，然后仅用 50 分钟参观广告中的 NGV，然后乘坐公共汽车前往 20 分钟路程外的吉朗另一边！
总而言之，我们享受了其他卧铺列车，例如南非的 Rovos、昆士兰的 Spirit of the Outback 和 Trans Siberian，而没有失眠。
我们非常感谢列车工作人员的出色工作。
如果 Great Southern 的长度只有一半，它可能会行驶得更慢，并停靠在附近的城市终点站。4 晚而不是 3 晚。
给 Journey Beyond 的注释 - 您需要重新考虑这次旅程。
Chris 和 Diane
小休息室里的晚餐前饮品只配咸薯片，
- 非常优雅！与金舱不同，白金舱没有酒吧，餐厅和休息室不是分开的，而是合在一起的。餐食没有达到我们在 2016 年乘坐 Ghan 的金舱时所体验的标准。这是餐饮，而不是餐厅。
所有权已经改变，你怀疑有些成本削减。
另一方面，我们享受了乐于助人的员工，他们热情、友好、高效。
大南方号存在一些问题。维护不善的铁轨状况使乘坐体验非常颠簸、颠簸和嘈杂。如果没有东西可以抓住，就无法站立或移动。大多数人都无法入睡，
尤其是因为我们总是在糟糕的轨道上疾驰以弥补失去的时间。
一个重要因素是使用编组站，而不是城市车站，因为火车长度为
700 米。因此，短途旅行被缩短，以便乘坐公共汽车前往我们吃午饭的墨尔本，然后仅用 50 分钟参观广告中的 NGV，然后乘坐公共汽车前往 20 分钟路程外的吉朗另一边！
总而言之，我们享受了其他卧铺列车，例如南非的 Rovos、昆士兰的 Spirit of the Outback 和 Trans Siberian，而没有失眠。
我们非常感谢列车工作人员的出色工作。
如果 Great Southern 的长度只有一半，它可能会行驶得更慢，并停靠在附近的城市终点站。4 晚而不是 3 晚。
给 Journey Beyond 的注释 - 您需要重新考虑这次旅程。
Chris 和 Diane
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