Trip to CP August 2003

I'm planning a trip to CP next year via tain from Boston to Sandusky and was wondering how far the station was from the park. I've got a hotel in mind that is only a couple of miles from the park so I'm trying to gage the distance from the station to the hotel. Can anyone help me out?

I don't know about the train station but I would reccomend staying at an On-Site location like Breakers Lighthouse Point and you can get into the park 30 minutes early for ERT. I am not sire if Lighthouse Point does it but I know Breakers does it.

Thanks for the advice. The onsite hotels seem rather expensive. I'm trying to keep the week's hotel expenses under $300.

I took the train from Chicago and then on to Cleveland this past summer. The station is actually pretty far from the park. It will cost you about $15 by cab to get to a hotel near it.

Interestingly enough, when I got off the train there were no cabs. (Not surprising since I was the only one getting off) You can go into this office next to the waiting room in the station and they'll call you a "ride share" which is cheaper than a cab. Set the price before you depart though, as when I took the ride share the price changed half way through my trip. I called her on the mistake and was given the first quoted price.

Once you're at the hotel, they're bound to have a shuttle. Don't take a cab to the park as the cabbie informed me that sometimes he sits in traffic on the causeway (sp?) and a $10 ride becomes $40.

However, I've only been that one time and you may want to hear from someone with a better knowledge of the area.

I would first make sure the hotel you are staying at offers a shuttle to CP. The cost of taking a cab to and from the park could get expensive.

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Actually, the Amtrak Station is at OH4 and N Depot St in Sandusky, which (according to Microsoft Streets and Trips) is only 4.1 miles away. If you want, I can send you an email with the screen shots of this. I am not sure of the transportaion options though. The prior responses were probably correct, but with the station within a mile or two of OH250, it doesn't seem like it would be two hard to get around (but I may be wrong). Since I live 35 min away, I never had to think too much about it.

Like Brian said, the train station in Sandusky isn't far from all the action, but transportation options in town are limited. These guys advertise a $5 ride anywhere in town. Might be an option.

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*** This post was edited by Gemini on 11/14/2002. ***

Thanks for the great advice. Accommodations are complete. Now I need some adive for weeklong visit to the park on my own. Am I gonna have fun? Let me know how I should tackle this park.

Yes, you are going to have fun-in August-of 2003-a really long time from now.

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You're spending a whole week at the same park?

That may be overkill.

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