From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 09-Apr-15 20:26, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > * Unlike current Viewliners, the [new] roomettes won't have a toilet   
   > in each room, the passenger will have to go down the hall.  Apparently   
   > this is actually better when two people share a roomette,   
      
   I wouldn't want to stand out in the hall every time my companion needed   
   to use the toilet.  If they're the one that needs to go, they should be   
   the one to walk down the corridor--and they'd get more privacy, too.   
      
   > but it is a step backward when there is only one person.   
      
   It still disturbed me to have a toilet in the room I was sitting or   
   sleeping in, even though I was alone; I actually used the one in the   
   corridor anyway, just so I didn't have to think about it.   
      
   Granted, if I woke up in the middle of the night, I'd be slightly   
   annoyed at having to get at least minimally dressed to do that, but I'd   
   still prefer that over trying to get back to sleep knowing the toilet I   
   just used was mere inches from my bed.   
      
   > I think in Canada they still use sections.  I wonder if they can rent   
   > out the upper berth--in the U.S., back in the 1930s the upper berth   
   > lost favor, which is why they came up with the roomette for single   
   > travelers.   
      
   What's a "section"?   
      
   I traveled overnight from Paris to Amsterdam in a couchette, and I   
   really liked that concept.  There was absolutely no privacy (5 other   
   strangers in the same room), but it was a _lot_ cheaper than having a   
   room to myself and more comfortable than a coach seat; I probably   
   wouldn't have made the trip at all if that option weren't available, so   
   it was a good trade-off for me.  The fare was about the same as another   
   night in either hotel, so that side trip was effectively free!   
      
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