Hill train observation car sold out - ordinary reserved still worth it for the windows we actually get
Observation is gone. Ordinary reserved is available. Is the view still the view, or did we miss the only carriage that matters.
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Ordinary reserved is the view. Observation is a nicer window, not the only hill. Sit on the right or left as you prefer the valleys. You will still get tea country. Do not skip the train because the observation sticker is gone.
Ordinary reserved. Windows were windows. Someone in observation looked smug and then the tunnel was a tunnel.
Stand unreserved if you must. Ordinary reserved if you can. Observation if you are lucky.
Shared van is ordinary. Private is a product, not a law. Ordinary bags, ordinary answer.
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