BRX
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Not sure how much busier friday nights are at the moment, compared to other nights. My impression is that the train is quite full on all nights at the moment.My supposedly adult son has managed to persuade me to go all the way to London with him to listen to some games music at a concert (Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Symphony ). At least it’s an excuse to try out the Mk5 Caledonian Sleeper which I haven’t yet been on.
I am wondering what the chances of getting in to the lounge – sorry Club – car are these days on a Friday night with a mere Classic Room ticket. Maybe we were lucky, but we always managed to get in to the lounge on the old Sleeper.
Sorry if this has been discussed recently but I haven’t managed to read through all the posts made since I last contributed to this thread.
I've used it twice in the last 3 months or so, in neither case on a Friday night. On both occasions we managed to get seats (2 of us, at the zigzag table stools) with a bit of strategy to get in there ASAP. It then filled up pretty quickly and people getting there ten or fifteen minutes later had to wait... But I think all/most of them did manage to get a place after a while.
So, I'd say you have a reasonable chance, but you might not get in on the first sitting.
Also, you may find multiple things on the menu have run out (seems to happen often).
And I reckon the portions are a lot meaner than they used to be - and more expensive.
And it has a slightly different atmosphere to the old lounge cars.
Still enjoyable to have your dinner in there though.