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Luxury Trains of the World: The Northern Belle - The British Orient Express

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I really wanted to enjoy this DVD, but the narration and the pace of this particular train journey is slightly dry and boring. There is more of documentary and talk, than actual shooting of the train trip. In the narration, there is reference to stunning surroundings, beautiful scenes and all that, but there really is nothing that's actually been shot as part of this journey except for the interiors! This always made me feel that something good is coming up on the way, but it never does!

The Luxury Trains of the World series is a wonderful train series, but this video, "The Northern Belle", is a major disappointment. It is certainly the worst of the series, hands down. There is an incredibly lengthy talking head, telling you about the other trains that this company runs. Very very little of the scenery is shown and where it is, it is mostly with train tracks superimposed on the scenery. Even at its low price this is one video that is vastly overpriced and best to be avoided.

Fantastic camera shots and narration; it certainly makes you want to take this trip! I certainly wish we had more short trips like this in the US.

This DVD is a very long commercial for the train service. It has very little scenery. It has very long discussions about how great the Orient Express train company is. Some detail about how they went about purchasing old cars and refurbishing them.