Luxury Train Trips Between Denver And Moab Begin On The Rocky Mountaineer – CBS Denver

(CBS4) – After years of planning, a luxurious practice that may make runs between Denver to Utah has hit the tracks.

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The Canada-based Rocky Mountaineer took off for its maiden voyage in Colorado on Sunday.

“We’re excited, we’re prepared and I can really feel the power as everyone seems to be boarding the practice,” stated Wendy McMichael, Senior On Board Supervisor.

There’s simply over one week earlier than we welcome you onboard our latest route, Rockies to the Pink Rocks!

Take pleasure in scrumptious meals and drinks introduced proper to your seat and take within the panoramic views of the Colorado Rockies earlier than the glow of the pink rocks welcome you to Moab, Utah pic.twitter.com/rb4j7XtF5a

— Rocky Mountaineer (@rmountaineer) August 6, 2021

Ray and Debbie Lee from South Carolina have been among the many excited passengers ready to board.

“We’re veterans from the Canadian model of the Rocky Mountaineer and we needed to be on the maiden voyage for the American model,” Ray stated.

After leaving from thirty sixth and Wazee Road in Denver, the practice makes an in a single day cease in Glenwood Springs after which continues into canyon nation in Utah with a ultimate cease in Moab. The practice additionally makes separate journeys from Moab again to Denver.

The ticket value to trip the practice in a single path begins at round $1,200. It might appear fairly costly, however the concept is just like an all-inclusive cruise with elaborate meals and wine. It’s a luxurious expertise as visitors sit again and benefit from the mountain views from large home windows.

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“It might be the one time in my life that I’ve ever refused meals as a result of they feed you and drink you a lot,” stated Ray.

The runs will present a lift for Colorado’s financial system, particularly Glenwood Springs, which has been not been getting its standard vacationer {dollars} since destructive Glenwood Canyon mudslides blocked normal interstate access there for greater than two weeks.

“They’ve been heat, they’ve been welcoming,” stated McMichael of the companies they’ve been working with in Glenwood Springs. “We all know we’re going to have an incredible partnership with them. And the truth that we get to assist assist that neighborhood that has been going by means of such tough occasions, that’s simply heartwarming to us.”

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The Rocky Mountaineer’s inaugural season will final by means of mid-November with 56 journeys by means of the Rocky Mountains. Be taught extra at rockymountaineer.com.