点评:My Wife and I along with some friends - South African and Spanish - went on the blue train for the second time this August. We did a trip in November '21 and because of that awesome experience decided to join this group again. What a huge disappointment it turned out to be! I'm not one to complain about petty things but decided to write this review to just put this "five star" experience into perspective. First of all, we departed late, and it was as if this had become common practice. None of the staff was even apologetic about this and we just had to accept it as "this is Africa". The train then took off at a very slow pace with countless starts and stops putting us even further behind schedule. When we got to Bloemfontein, we stopped at the station for almost three hours for the train to be refilled with water. The station is non-operational, and it looked like a rubbish dump. At this stage I was ready to disembark and buy a plane ticket back to Johannesburg, calling it quits. because of us being so far behind schedule all activities for the rest of the trip were cancelled, Kimberley mine visit. We were then informed that there will be a Six-hour layover in Worcester and were given the option to leave the train and travel by bus to Cape town. This turned out to be the best decision of the whole trip and fellow guests who opted to stay on the train only arrived their hotel at 23h30. I must make mention of the staff who was always very professional and helpful throughout the trip.
翻译:今年八月,我和妻子以及一些朋友(一个南非人,一个西班牙人)第二次乘坐了蓝色列车。2021年11月,我们又乘坐了一次,因为那次很棒的体验,我们决定再次加入这个团队。结果真是令人大失所望!我不喜欢抱怨小事,但还是决定写这篇评论,来客观评价这次“五星级”的体验。首先,我们出发晚点了,这似乎已经成为家常便饭。工作人员甚至没有一个表示歉意,我们只能接受“这就是非洲”的现实。之后,列车开得非常慢,不停地启停,让我们更加晚于预定时间。到达布隆方丹后,我们在车站停了将近三个小时,给火车加水。车站已经停运,看起来像个垃圾场。这时,我准备下车买张回约翰内斯堡的机票,就此告别。由于我们行程严重落后,剩下的行程(金伯利矿场参观)所有活动都被取消了。之后我们被告知将在伍斯特停留六个小时,因此可以选择下火车,乘坐巴士前往开普敦。事实证明,这是整个旅程中最明智的决定,其他选择留在火车上的客人直到晚上11点30分才抵达酒店。我必须得提一下工作人员,他们在整个旅程中都非常专业,乐于助人。