AMERICANS FIRST TIME ON CALEDONIAN SLEEPER TRAIN & IT WAS HORRIBLE

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Ooh. Today we are going to make a name for oursel today and it is not not a good one.

[00:00:06]>> No.

[00:00:07]>> No. We debated if we would even show this. Listen, all we wanted to do all we wanted to do was going to be like you Simon Wilson or like uh travel trendy or something. Just review this. I we just I to start off with we're going to skip our intro.

[00:00:30]where I call it the Caldera Express like 20 times.

[00:00:33]>> The Calderian Express. Yeah.

[00:00:36]>> We're not even going to bother with that. We're not even going to show that.

[00:00:40]This has to be You got to keep in mind this is day what? 10.

[00:00:44]>> Yeah.

[00:00:45]>> Of traveling the entire UK. We are down to bare bones. I am Rich Tripping.

[00:00:51]>> And I'm Tiffany.

[00:00:52]>> And we like travel in the UK. it. We are called tripping through adventures because we trip through most of it.

[00:01:00]We're we're not good at this.

[00:01:01]>> This is our biggest trip.

[00:01:03]>> And this is not this is not cutesy stupid. This is big boy stupid. Okay, prep yourself for big boy stupid because it gets big boy stupid. All right, let's jump into it.

[00:01:27]lift going up.

[00:01:30]>> So, we talked to the ticket guy and he said that we're able for first class lounge. I don't know how true it is.

[00:01:35]We're going to go see. Hopefully, we do because it's cold out there.

[00:01:41]>> So, let's go see.

[00:01:42]>> Doors open.

[00:01:43]>> We got kicked out. We were denied first class.

[00:01:49]Not the first time, won't be the last.

[00:01:50]How do you feel, Tiffany?

[00:01:54]>> Highly disappointed.

[00:01:55]>> I'm insulted.

[00:01:57]>> How rude.

[00:01:59]>> So, now we got to go sit on the cold.

[00:02:02]No, it's this one.

[00:02:04]>> Tiffany's about to sit up.

[00:02:07]>> Tiffany's about to go down into the actual station.

[00:02:12]All right, we're going to sit. Might as well just sit right here. Or Yeah. You know, you think, >> huh?

[00:02:26]>> Just sit down right here.

[00:02:28]>> Yeah.

[00:02:28]>> We got eyes on the station.

[00:02:31]So, we're going to sit out here like the peasants that we are and we'll come back when the train gets here.

[00:02:55]The train just arrived.

[00:02:58]I think they're cleaning it out and we'll see when it's time to get on.

[00:03:04]But we'll hop on here in a minute for the train and to our room. Tiff on the train. Okay, we're boarding.

[00:03:15]So that's >> B >> B.

[00:03:20]So this next one is ours.

[00:03:26]Boom.

[00:03:35]We wasn't supposed to bring that luggage or suitcases on narrow.

[00:03:42]Okay, we should have boarded at the far end.

[00:03:50]>> We should have noticed that nobody else had suitcases. We should have noticed that nobody else Can you hear the scratching going down?

[00:04:00]>> What?

[00:04:00]>> How are we going to do this?

[00:04:02]>> I don't know.

[00:04:08]Okay.

[00:04:17]I can't turn around.

[00:04:21]Okay.

[00:04:24]>> Can you come get these?

[00:04:26]>> What?

[00:04:27]>> Can you come get them?

[00:04:28]>> Yeah. Hold on.

[00:04:34]>> Oh [ __ ] This is not good.

[00:04:47]>> Feels like a closet. This is Harry Potter.

[00:04:52]>> How do you feel?

[00:04:54]>> Wee bit claustrophobic.

[00:04:57]>> It's better than It's better than just being like with a bunch of people. No, I think it's cool, but I'm just saying it's it's a lot smaller than I imagined it.

[00:05:08]>> Well, it's a train.

[00:05:12]>> I felt like it would be um double this or maybe not even fully double, just another quarter of it.

[00:05:21]>> Yeah.

[00:05:21]>> One issue I see is I don't think we're going to be able to open those suitcases.

[00:05:26]>> Oh, no. Unless we put the suitcases up here.

[00:05:31]>> Yeah.

[00:05:32]How are we going to lift 50 lb suitcases up there?

[00:05:35]>> I don't know.

[00:05:36]>> And you just stood there for like >> That had to be an hour. You did not move positions.

[00:05:44]>> That's I was so confused. I knew it was wrong, but I didn't know what to do.

[00:05:48]>> We even say that. We're like, I don't think this is right. But like they did mention that on the announcement.

[00:05:56]>> Yeah. And uh I said I'm I'm not bringing that out there.

[00:06:02]>> No, >> that's that's that's that's too embarrassing to practice.

[00:06:07]>> Yeah. They like drag them back out.

[00:06:08]>> There was a person just waiting so patiently and British people like Scottish people are so friendly they but you know that person so bad wanted to say you American idiot do not bring that in. You got to come get these.

[00:06:28]>> Sorry.

[00:06:29]>> Sorry.

[00:06:30]>> Yeah, that was that was mis that was like a big mistake because we should have like pack clothes in a smaller bag or in one bag just for the train.

[00:06:40]>> Yeah, >> we didn't. It'll be fine. I just don't think we can change clothes.

[00:06:45]>> No, >> we're sleeping in this and we're waking up. But next time we know to pack like a little duffel bag or backpack.

[00:06:53]>> What is it called?

[00:06:54]>> But there's pretty much nothing to do on this train but sleep.

[00:06:59]>> Right.

[00:07:00]>> What?

[00:07:01]>> Right.

[00:07:01]>> Yeah. Hence the term >> slipper train.

[00:07:05]>> Hit the hype button.

[00:07:10]>> Yeah.

[00:07:14]>> Hype this video. This video is Everybody needs to see this video.

[00:07:20]>> So, for breakfast, they had the continental breakfast, the Scottish pork uh porridge pot, >> I said that right. A Lorraine sausage roll, I >> think, >> and a bacon roll. And then for their drinks, they have coffee in a bag. Never heard of that before. Yeah.

[00:07:40]>> And the hot drinks is the same as before. Then >> they got alcohol.

[00:07:44]>> Wow.

[00:07:46]They have lots of different regular soft drinks, beer and cider, spirits, and wine. I say we should try something just to say we done it.

[00:07:56]>> Okay.

[00:07:57]>> So, maybe the pizza thing.

[00:07:59]>> Yeah.

[00:07:59]>> Or nachos.

[00:08:01]>> So, we're moving.

[00:08:04]Tiffany, I don't feel like I don't feel like you've moved.

[00:08:07]>> I took my my shoes off and my coat.

[00:08:12]No, I was laying down for a minute. Oh, and we left ahead of schedule. I think we were supposed to leave at 11:55 and it started moving at like 11:43.

[00:08:21]Oh, >> okay.

[00:08:22]>> Um, I think that we should order a snack and eat it and go to bed.

[00:08:27]>> Okay.

[00:08:28]>> But you got to do it.

[00:08:30]>> I got to do what?

[00:08:32]>> Order the snack.

[00:08:33]>> Why?

[00:08:34]>> I'm scared.

[00:08:35]>> Of what?

[00:08:37]>> Press the button.

[00:08:38]>> All right. Yes.

[00:08:39]>> Get a Coke.

[00:08:40]>> All right. But you talk. Okay.

[00:08:42]>> Okay.

[00:08:43]What do you want?

[00:08:46]>> Let's get the pizza thing.

[00:08:48]>> Okay.

[00:08:49]>> And the the chocolate bar and the salt.

[00:08:52]>> How do we >> Oh, yeah. This is uh what car are we?

[00:08:57]C10.

[00:08:59]Can we get a uh can we get a pizza baguette and a uh >> two seconds? I don't know. I'll get something to come up. So, you I'll get someone to come up to your room. And what is his pizza? I don't think there any left.

[00:09:16]>> What' you say?

[00:09:17]>> She don't know if there's any left.

[00:09:18]>> None left.

[00:09:19]>> Okay.

[00:09:19]>> Of what?

[00:09:20]>> The pizza baget.

[00:09:21]>> Oh, okay.

[00:09:23]All right.

[00:09:26]So, we have do we still do we order through here or no?

[00:09:37]>> Okay.

[00:09:38]>> Okay. Right.

[00:09:39]>> Okay.

[00:09:44]She said somebody's going to come up to the room.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah, they never showed up.

[00:09:48]>> No, they they that person never came to that room.

[00:09:52]>> Yeah.

[00:09:52]>> Did we give the right room number?

[00:09:54]>> Yeah.

[00:09:55]>> Yeah, we did get the right room number.

[00:09:58]So, after waiting, Tiffany fell asleep, >> but I was violent. So, you know, I really was a snack.

[00:10:05]>> I really wanted the snack.

[00:10:07]>> She wanted to eat a snack on a train.

[00:10:08]Like even if we wanted to review it in the room >> where there was no room. You see these camera angles? These are great camera angles.

[00:10:17]>> They don't make a w a lens wide enough for that. No.

[00:10:20]>> Do they? They don't.

[00:10:22]>> They don't.

[00:10:23]>> Fell asleep hungry mad.

[00:10:25]>> Yeah, she fell asleep. I didn't.

[00:10:30]I sure was.

[00:10:32]Just kind of wandering around the train.

[00:10:53]It's 3:00 in the morning.

[00:10:56]We're going to be quiet because there's a lot of people through here.

[00:11:03]>> You all right?

[00:11:03]>> How you doing? Yes, sir. Just kind of exploring the train a little bit. Know if you guys got bottled coers.

[00:11:21]All right. Can I just take the can or no?

[00:11:24]>> Do you want the any ice? It's not exactly >> Oh, no. I'm fine. I'm from I'm from Florida. It's cold.

[00:11:32]>> It's cold to me. I'm not really sure. I didn't bring our phone. I'm not really sure where we're at. But I guess this is the dining car. You come up and get breakfast in the morning. To be fair with you, I've never run in a train before and it's quite nerve-racking to be quite honest to try to sleep while it's going back and forth. Listen, the Montreal at Disney, the train at Disney, in a train going into New York City, that's like a 100 yards across the Hudson River, and then I think I was on a train in North Carolina when I was three. That is my entire history of training. Um, I'd assume if you're from the UK or from Europe, you'd probably would probably be more used to it. But the idea of going back and forth and you fill every bump and I kind of always feel like we're about to derail and it's freaking me out, especially being on the top bunk. So, here's the thing. Apparently, I'm scared. Like, this started with the best intentions. This started with the best intentions. I didn't think it through. I thought to myself, Tiffany, there's a train that you can fall asleep on.

[00:12:54]>> Yeah, >> right. And then you can go from Scotland to London and you wake up in London.

[00:13:04]Didn't think of that. Didn't think that as soon as the train took off, I'd be sitting in the top bunk and it felt like every because when you're on a train, that top bunk is so topheavy that every time it's like, "We're going over. We're going over." I got to the point my nerves couldn't handle it. So, I had to get up and explore the train.

[00:13:22]And to be fair with you, I think this was the most expensive uh this was the most expensive thing like we bought. I think this was like $500 or so, I guess, to take this train.

[00:13:53]I think that's under the line.

[00:14:02]Name of the train.

[00:14:04]I'm guessing that was in front of the train.

[00:14:26]So, this is the bathroom.

[00:14:33]Probably got about 2 hours of sleep so far.

[00:14:39]I'm going go back and try to lay back down.

[00:14:42]Possibly try to drink this.

[00:14:45]See if I can try to get some type of sleep before we get to London.

[00:14:51]>> I was sleeping soundly.

[00:14:52]>> Yeah, I thought I would be so much better at this.

[00:14:56]Jingle gone. He's so much better. This is the the train. Now, I want you guys to understand none of this was a train's fault.

[00:15:04]>> No, >> besides like not bringing us snacks, but obviously you see there, I went and got and they offered me snacks. You could walk up there, but she was sound asleep.

[00:15:12]>> Yeah, >> because I did not like it. Her on the other hand, >> I thought it was lovely. I fell asleep on almost every train that we rode in the whole UK. So this to me was lovely because there was actually bed instead of me just sitting there in a chair with my mouth open.

[00:15:29]>> Yeah.

[00:15:30]>> And this is not a video of we did not like the Calonia Express.

[00:15:35]>> No, we loved it.

[00:15:37]>> It's just we're trying to convey how terrible we are at this. Speaking of that, like and subscribe. Like and subscribe because we want to I don't know what we want at this point.

[00:15:50]I can't tell you. But like and subscribe. We're so close to 20,000 subscribers and I'd at least like to get there before you figure out what type of people we we really are. Yeah, >> that' probably be the best. But let's let's get back cuz the train uh is pulling up to the station there.

[00:16:12]I think we just arrived or we're about to pull into the station and it's 6:30. I thought we supposed to get there like 7 6:30 actually fall asleep.

[00:16:30]All right. I was supposed to get ready and get out of here.

[00:16:34]Uh why don't you go ahead and tell them about the breakfast?

[00:16:38]>> There's nothing to tell. We did not get the breakfast. Completely forgot about it.

[00:16:42]>> No.

[00:16:43]>> Completely forgot about it because they pulled in at 6:30 and we're like, "Oh, it's a train." And we're so used to trains.

[00:16:51]>> Yeah. Like we got to run off.

[00:16:53]>> So we're like in full panic trying to get off that train. We're like, "Get the luggage." Apparently it sits there for an hour.

[00:16:59]>> Yeah. We had no idea. We just like immediately jumped up, finished like putting stuff back in the suitcase, which we really only even opened the one barely cuz there was no room to open otherwise.

[00:17:12]>> I don't I don't know what I don't know how it went to [ __ ] so fast.

[00:17:17]>> And then we ran off the train.

[00:17:18]>> And I promise you because everybody, you know, exactly what we did when we got home, they're like, "How was the how was the train ride from Scotland to London?"

[00:17:27]Guys, it was amazing.

[00:17:30]It was so much fun. Jesus know the truth guys. I this whole just journey and that's why you see it. I I don't think our It's just experiences.

[00:17:44]>> Yeah.

[00:17:44]>> That's why we say adventure, not trip, not vacation, because things don't always turn out good. Things don't always And if you follow the channel long enough, we try to be as honest as we can. And I think it's amazing. I don't think that I'm the smartest person in the world, but like two videos ago, we were talking about the evolution of Scottish history. In this video, we can't figure out a train.

[00:18:11]>> No, this shows how we how we work.

[00:18:15]>> Yeah, it's realistic. I I feel so dumb.

[00:18:18]I I I don't even feel like Thank you to our Patreons. These people actually pay for this. Uh >> yeah.

[00:18:26]>> And we love them for it and you can pay for it too. No, you can help support the channel. We do a lot of stuff. Uh this is the end of this series.

[00:18:36]>> Yeah.

[00:18:38]>> But next series starts next week. I am Rich Tripping >> and I'm Tiffany.

[00:18:44]>> And that was the Caldera Cardana Carda.

[00:18:46]Cardier Cardana Cardona Calonia Express.

[00:18:50]We are not good at this. Heat.

[00:19:02]Heat.