worth checking out -- dinner was nice for sure...but like i said its a slow moving train, not a ton to see and a bit boring especially on the way back i was ready to be done. More

ride was nice, but the entree was poor, soup and desert were good,but we had different entrees and all were poor (salmon, very dry, prime rib, over done, chicken bland) More

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of dining on the Minnesota Zephyr out of Stillwater, and I assumed the WGNR would be similar to that experience: elegant dining, well-dressed fellow diners, live musical accompaniment, and scrumptious fresh and original foods. Unfortunately, the WGNR was nothing but disappointment. I can safely say you could not pay me to drive... More

Our train ride experience was so bad it was comical. We bought a Groupon for dinner for four for $100 and drove 2.5 hours from the Twin Cities for the “Elegant Dinner Train”. We had a bit of difficulty finding the train because it was located in a dark and abandoned train yard. We finally spotted a passenger train with... More

The dinner ride is good for a party of 3 or 4. We took this ride too late in the year to fully appreciate it due to darkness. Food is not great. More

A five-course dinner, night on a train - sounds great! Oh how disappointing... Arrival -- basically a train junkyard, nice initial impression! You are then escorted to your dining and sleeping coach, the only functioning rail stock in the yard, by a pleasant (unpolished) young man and shown to your sleeping compartment. No surprize, a very small, bunk bed, all... More

Be careful! It's impossible to get a good night's sleep as a BnB customer if you're in compartment E, D, or even C due to the roar of the generator underneath. The same is true if your bunk slopes downward in any compartment - the fear of falling out of bed keeps you awake. And if a wedding party is... More

We traveled from the Twin Cities to do this train ride after purchasing it as a Groupon. The Groupon offered the Elegant Dinner Train ride for $100 for a group of four, which is 50% off the regular price. There seemed to be a lot of other groupon customers there and the train was completely full so I guess their... More

In late June 2011, we took the Elegant Dinner Train outing. The five-course meal was: (1) Cheese, meat, crackers, olives. (2) Simple Dinner Salad. (3) Soup: Chicken Wild Rice. (4) Entree: We had Chicken and Salmon. (5) Dessert: Cheesecake. Overall, it was average meal that made me think 'Adequate Dinner Train' might be a better name. The cheesecake was quite... More