Brightline Train in Florida - Comparing Premium VS. Smart Class

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @Ven100
    @Ven100 Год назад +73

    It should be mentioned that Premium includes a complimentary Brightline+ pickup or drop-off within 5 miles of the station via Uber. This is especially nice in Miami as that 5-mile radius also includes South Beach. When you consider the cost of an Uber in conjunction with the food and alcohol, Premium is definitely worth it. Great video.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +12

      Thank you 🙏 for the kind words. And for mentioning that, I forgot to put it in.

    • @johnm7882
      @johnm7882 Год назад +2

      Thanks for nice tip. How is that set up?

    • @Ven100
      @Ven100 Год назад

      @@johnm7882 Through the app.

    • @greathingsaregold
      @greathingsaregold 11 месяцев назад +1

      it’s only in miami. you do not have that benefit in orlando

    • @lexirowe3151
      @lexirowe3151 7 месяцев назад

      Does this benefit exist at palm beach station as well? We are looking at cruising in the future and think that would be a great perk for us

  • @kida758
    @kida758 Год назад +27

    Incredibly thorough & informative! Best review of the Brightline so far!!! You are so much more detail-oriented than the other reviews I've seen!! Thank you tremendously for your review...you have my LA butt excited for them to build Brightline West, from LA to Las Vegas!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +1

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️🙏. I’m glad I was able to show you what Brightline has to offer ☺️.I’m excited for that Vegas route too!! Hopefully they invite me to review it when they launch it

    • @chiaralistica
      @chiaralistica 2 месяца назад +1

      I heard yours will be even better with a bar car and everything.

  • @universalastrophotography
    @universalastrophotography Год назад +19

    This is an impressive video, I’m not sure what type of camera you are using but the quality is great and the cinematography is exceptionally well done.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +5

      Thank you for the kind words, it really means a lot ☺️. I’m using a Canon EOS R5. And trying to show train travel and other parts of the world differently from others.

  • @portcybertryx222
    @portcybertryx222 11 месяцев назад +4

    I am so hyped for Brightline west! Can’t wait for true high speed rail to come to this country. Plus seeing Amtrak upgrade its train stations in Baltimore, NYC Moynihan and several others, the future of rail is bright in the US. Let’s hope that we keep this momentum going!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  11 месяцев назад

      Same!!! I can’t wait to ride that train. It really Ami’s a good time for rail.

  • @Gert-DK
    @Gert-DK Год назад +15

    Texas is talking high speed train between the 3 big cities. They will import Japanese trains and rails, to avoid inventing the wheel again. Very smart, I think. These Japanese trains (Shinkansen) are very very fast.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +2

      Yessss I’ve been following that!! Cause I’m from Dallas and I can’t wait to see it

    • @portcybertryx222
      @portcybertryx222 11 месяцев назад

      They recently got funding to study the corridor from Dallas to Fort Worth and connecting it to Houston along with Amtrak and are thinking of starting construction sometime in the next 2 years. Stay tuned!

  • @jandyprins8109
    @jandyprins8109 6 месяцев назад +1

    We are traveling to south Florida soon and will be trying out the Brightline train for the first time. I’m so exited! Your video is very informative!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️. It was definitely a nice train ride, a step in the right direction for train travel in the US. I hope y’all enjoy y’all’s trip.

  • @andersonjray
    @andersonjray Год назад +9

    love trains

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +2

      Same!!!! 🎉hopefully a Brightline becomes the blueprint for intercity rail in America

  • @asiena
    @asiena Год назад +3

    love your review and your refined etiquette and behaviour.
    please continue creating great content and being a great person.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️🙏. I have a train video coming out, it’s about a Ukrainian Sleeper Train.

  • @serendipity6970
    @serendipity6970 Год назад +3

    Loved how you showed the details! From ram access, chart of other public transportation options etc. - Thanks

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for watching :) I’m glad I could help 😊

  • @juliekm6495
    @juliekm6495 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great to see your channel! This was a great informative discussion on the Briteline! Looking forward to more vlogs! Keep up the good work!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️. I can’t wait for Brightline West ☺️

  • @bro_FREE
    @bro_FREE Год назад +1

    Very helpful video. I think we’ll try taking brightline for our next family trip. Thanks for sharing your experience.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  11 месяцев назад

      Yes yall should try it :)! I’m glad you enjoyed the video ☺️

  • @jeremywendelin
    @jeremywendelin Год назад +4

    Can’t wait to ride it!!! Have plans for when they open the Orlando line.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +1

      You'll enjoy it! I cant wait for the Orlando too!

  • @exoressdelivers70
    @exoressdelivers70 Год назад +3

    For some reason the seat direction you pick on the app or website or kiosk when you purchase the ticket is facing the complete opposite direction of the actual seat you will sit in when you board the train. It's been a glitch in the online ticketing system since forever. So whatever direction you want to face when picking a seat, pick a seat facing the opposite direction when you purchase your ticket. 😅

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Yeah…. I was quite sad about it actually :( Good to know it wasn’t my fault. 🤦🏿

    • @pixelsandpixies1
      @pixelsandpixies1 Год назад

      Is that still happening?? I will get severely motion sick if sitting backwards but I picked a seat that shows forward facing travel…

  • @phyllingajackson1588
    @phyllingajackson1588 11 месяцев назад +1

    Such a great video! It made me make my decision for when I travel next month!!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the kind words. :). I hope you enjoy the train ride.

  • @DiscoveringJapan1
    @DiscoveringJapan1 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the great vid! I live in Tokyo, Japan and will be visiting Florida soon. I'm thinking of taking the train, but I am VERY VERY spoiled by Japan's highly efficient rail system and high speed trains. I think I better just enjoy the experience and not try to compare the two. I'm pretty sure there is no comparison. Thanks again!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +2

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️. I hope you’ll enjoy Florida :). I can’t wait to visit Japan one day and ride y’all’s trains and make a video about them. Haha yeah we are no where near y’all’s level when it comes to transportation

    • @DiscoveringJapan1
      @DiscoveringJapan1 Год назад

      @@DavionWest I'm actually born and raised in Florida, but there was no 'hohg speed' rail when I moved. Looking forward to it. Keep up the great work!

  • @aroundcentralfloridawithshalay
    @aroundcentralfloridawithshalay 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! I’m headed out on Bright line. I’m excited!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for the kind words. I hope you have a great trip!! They are really nice trains

  • @travelbyshaiy
    @travelbyshaiy Год назад +1

    Very helpful, glad I got the premium round trip.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for the kind words. :) I’m glad you enjoyed the trip. I can’t wait for more trains like this in the US

  • @chrisb0418
    @chrisb0418 Год назад

    from what i remember. the seats in smart (and premium i believe) have USB c in the ports in front of the seat

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Dang, I’m gonna have to take it again haha. 😂. Thank you for the comment, I must have missed this. Was too excited with train

  • @bbsara0146
    @bbsara0146 19 дней назад +1

    is it worth it for premium? It looks really nice but a corona and a couple of snacks doesnt seem to be worth like $40 more

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  12 дней назад

      If you got money 💰 then why not. But tbh it’s not worth that price. At least not for me. Sorry for the late reply

  • @sarahalexander6756
    @sarahalexander6756 Год назад

    I’m going down there in November can’t wait to try the train out

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      I hope you will love the experience! Hopefully this can be a blue print for more trains like this in the US.

  • @cy_torrent
    @cy_torrent Год назад +1

    Loved your review and how more idk how to say wholesome..? It was, idk it just felt a lot more personable and not annoying or repetitive. And yes Brightline gets me super excited as well. I really wonder how LA-Vegas will be. Will you be planning to check it out when that day comes?

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️. Yes!! Hopefully I can be one of the first ones to ride it :). I’m super excited for train travel in the States.

  • @jamnorge
    @jamnorge Год назад +1

    Great review Davion.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Appreciate the kind words 🙏🙌

  • @earnthis1
    @earnthis1 Год назад +1

    The premium looks so worth it!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Definitely was a great experience, I did not expect it to be like that in America

  • @MadridHopper005
    @MadridHopper005 Год назад +2

    Catching up to EU idk about that, maybe China but the EU has a good train system but I am rooting for this product, I hope they expand all the way up north! I would take a ATL to Miami high speed train but I bet there are lobbyist trying to kill the train system. Great video overall, just hope people take care of the train seems some seats had some damage already but hey all good!

    • @rij3142
      @rij3142 Год назад +1

      You realize China has better trains than most of the EU right?

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +1

      I did notice some of the damage too, ohhhh you were really watching the video?:). Thank you for watching and your comments. I hope within the next 20 years we see a surge in train infrastructure and a shift to more livable cities for people.

  • @michaelvalcourt9978
    @michaelvalcourt9978 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is a great review.... Thanks so much

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the kind words sir !!!

  • @MyFeminineCloset
    @MyFeminineCloset Год назад +1

    How was the WiFi? I’m considering taking it but I’ll be in online school during my train ride.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад +1

      I tested the WiFi with Netflix and was good without buffering. But it could be different for you 😅 but it worked pretty good for me.

  • @michaelvalcourt9978
    @michaelvalcourt9978 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just watched it again......I'm subscribing!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the support 🙏🙏

  • @l6kyuf
    @l6kyuf 4 месяца назад +1

    Quality public transportation is extremely lacking, but happy to see this going in the right direction

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  4 месяца назад

      My thoughts exactly!!! It’s a push in the right direction

  • @stevenhabermehl9122
    @stevenhabermehl9122 Год назад +1

    Good video! Well done sir 👍🏻

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for the kind words ☺️

  • @quocmaster1
    @quocmaster1 Год назад +2

    Great video!

  • @josepho.8039
    @josepho.8039 8 месяцев назад +1

    Heck ya repping 214 from Dallas!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  8 месяцев назад +1

      Most definitely!!

  • @lagomorphamage5875
    @lagomorphamage5875 11 месяцев назад +1

    Would you be willing to share your relative height for the folks who ha e an interest in legroom specs?
    I’m hopeful that the 6’5” folks like me will have a good experience.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  11 месяцев назад

      I’m 5’8 , 68 inches, 172 centimeters, but there was a good amount space

  • @bsmith8209
    @bsmith8209 Год назад +1

    Great video!

  • @LP-tu8li
    @LP-tu8li Год назад

    Do they take your ticket before you get on?

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      You use your ticket to pass through the gate. So they never took my ticket from me

  • @patricialamarche3914
    @patricialamarche3914 Год назад

    Do you have go into airport in Orlando to get to train?

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      I’m not sure, I haven’t taken the train to Orlando yet.

    • @MiamiManiac
      @MiamiManiac Год назад +2

      The Orlando station is in the airport but it has its separate area away from the busyness of the rest of the airport

  • @earnthis1
    @earnthis1 Год назад +1

    Can America catch up to Europe and Asia when it comes to trains? I want to believe in the USA!

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Me too!!! Fingers crossed 🤞! I’m actually filming another train video rn haha 😂

  • @thomascrosby6105
    @thomascrosby6105 Год назад

    They need to addess the horn at every intersection up the coast all day long early and late...very stressful if you live and or work in the general proximity of one.

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Ahhh I did not know that... I can see that being stressful indeed. Is the city doing anything to make this better for the locals?

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 Год назад +1

      No horn policy has resulted in 99 people dead so far. Indeed two people were killed in the last 6 days because the train doesn't blow the horn in certain areas.

  • @LucidStew
    @LucidStew 11 месяцев назад +1

    5:48 😂

  • @qwesimccray5036
    @qwesimccray5036 9 месяцев назад

    "They say it is a high speed train... It probably is not." is crazy. lol

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  9 месяцев назад +1

      haha I hope we will truly get high speed trains within the next decade

  • @johnm7882
    @johnm7882 Год назад

    Brother, keep those video coming 🙂

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      More to come! Thank you for the support.

  • @Gert-DK
    @Gert-DK Год назад +2

    Definitions of high a speed train are +200 kmph.

    • @tonyburzio4107
      @tonyburzio4107 Год назад

      That's because Brightline is a land development company, not a railroad. It's fast enough.

    • @tylerkriesel8590
      @tylerkriesel8590 Год назад

      So brightline by that standard is actually HSR.

  • @MainStreetMoments
    @MainStreetMoments Год назад

    Just found your channel! Love this video :)

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      Thank you for the kind words :). I wanna of my favorite train rides, I felt like a kid again.

  • @biggjamess
    @biggjamess Год назад +1

    Premium is way to expensive from Miami to orlando

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      How much?

    • @biggjamess
      @biggjamess Год назад +1

      @@DavionWest it’s a shame but it’s almost 50% more expensive than taking a plane. But it wouldn’t be first class

    • @tonyburzio4107
      @tonyburzio4107 Год назад

      Apparently not, the railroad is already bursting at the seams with passengers on the small part they have working.

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 Год назад +1

      They have to keep the prices high enough so the hood won't get on. Imagine tickets $10 or $20 to Orlando. It would be ghetto AF! It would become the Carnival Cruise Lines and Spirit Airlines of the rails☹️. So I pray they don't lower the price.

  • @tonyburzio4107
    @tonyburzio4107 Год назад +1

    Disney surrenders to bad business results, plans a $31 Billion expansion in Florida!

  • @LucidFL
    @LucidFL Год назад

    Noice

  • @Shytot-1
    @Shytot-1 Год назад +1

    It's weird to hear of people getting excited about a train that is taken for granted in the rest of the modern world. It's even been fazed out in some countries because it's so old. The UK had these trains in 1975 and stopped using them in 2017, almost 50 years ago. ruclips.net/video/Ddb9YgKz5FA/видео.html

    • @DavionWest
      @DavionWest  Год назад

      I just hope the US will see more of these trains and more modern newer versions of these trains in different states. In Texas were suppose to be getting Japanese high speed trains. Fingers crossed

    • @Shytot-1
      @Shytot-1 Год назад +1

      @@DavionWest Put simply. No you're not.

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 Год назад

      Trains are prevalent in the rest of the 'modern' world because they are behind in air travel. Look at Flight Aware over the United States and you see so many planes that you can barely see the country itself compared to the relatively scarce air transport systems in Europe and Asia. In other words this train is taking the United States back to the relatively primitive standards of transportation (trains) that currently exist in Europe and other parts of the 'modern' world.

    • @Shytot-1
      @Shytot-1 Год назад +2

      @@exoressdelivers70 Trains are prevalent because they make sense, and run from city centre to city centre. Trains in India carry nearly as many passengers in a day as the US carries in a year. But then again you could be right, perhaps that's why London has six airports?

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 Год назад

      @Shytot-1 There are only 40 airports in all of England and 13,000+ in the United States. There are only 2,000 airports in all of Europe. So trains are more prevalent in Europe because it's an old-fashioned mode of transportation that's been unchanged since the 1800s. Air travel is the mode of transportation in the United States, not trains.