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The Moving Cocktail Bar Is Now Open With ACES 'Pour Tour'

As city dwellers the world over know, public transit means never having to say "No thanks, I'm driving." (Disclaimer: be responsible, kids!) The new Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) train is taking this line of reasoning a step forward with Friday night drinking specials for four weeks starting Oct. 30.

The ACE Pour Tour runs between Penn Station and the Atlantic City Rail Terminal Friday nights on the #7165 train departing at 8:21PM. The 2-hour 40-minute ride will feature a new drink special every week through November 20: Enjoy Oktoberfest ales like Victory Festbier from Pennsylvania this Friday, the 30th, or get your $29 ticket now for "One Sweet Ride," featuring chocolate "martinis" and other dessert-y libations.

These drinks aren't free, but bartenders aboard the train will show you how to make them and hand you a recipe card along with your glass. Time your cocktail hour correctly and you will arrive in AC primed to play games!

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· Pour Tour '09 (click top right hand corner) [ACESTrain.com]
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· ACES Stands For A Better Way to Get to Atlantic City [Jaunted]

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Atlantic City Express Train (ACES) Extends Summer Fare Deal

If ACES’ sleek new trains and cheap summer fares haven’t convinced you to jaunt to Atlantic City yet, the train line is giving you another few weeks to try it out. The NYC-AC express train, which launched in February and slashed its prices by about 40 percent in June, is extending its “All Afford” promotion for the rest of the month.

All coach-class tickets are $29, while first-class seats are $54 for the duration of the promotion, which runs through July 31. Foodie types will be pleased to see that’s just long enough to catch the July 30 start of the Atlantic City Wine & Food Festival, when Emeril, Tom Colicchio, and the rest of the chef-lebrity crew will be hanging around Harrah’s for a few days.

If that’s not doing it for you, check out ACES’ new twitter feed, which has been busy hyping any and every reason they can think of to lure you down the shore.

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· ACES [Official Site]
· Atlantic City's ACES Train Cries 'All Afford' For Summer Travel [Jaunted]
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Atlantic City's ACES Train Cries 'All Afford' For Summer Travel

By now we really don't need to tell you how much the casinos have suffered during the recession; like us, you've probably received far too many "special weekend escape" mailings and suffered through the commercials promoting your local gambling mecca (Foxwoods--we're talking about you). It's no wonder then that Atlantic City is jumping aboard their own train to funnel in the cash this summer.

From June 1 thru July 5, AC's new ACES train direct service to and from New York City will run a summer special of $29 coach seats, each way. This saves about $20 per ticket, with which you could spoil yourself and upgrade for $25 to first class.

The deal, aimed at bringing staycationing New Yorkers down the shore to spend a few dollars, is appropriately named "All Afford!" Face it folks: it's either this train with food and beverage service included, or climbing aboard a dirty bus armed with KFC. We've done plenty of the latter, so perhaps it's time to suck it up, take the train, and leave the hand-i-wipes at home.

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· ACES Train [Official Site]
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· Train TravelCoverage [Jaunted]

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ACES Stands for 'A Better Way to Get to Atlantic City'

When we mentioned to that we were zipping down from NYC to Atlantic City for the weekend—without the benefit of our own car--a few of our friends practically choked on their recession-priced happy hour beers. Why on earth would we gamble away our Friday afternoon (and potentially our sanity) just to cram in with the grannies on the Port Authority bus? Didn’t we understand how many hours we would potentially spend in traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike?

That’s when we casually mentioned—oh, you didn’t already know?—that there’s a brand new train that runs directly from Penn Station all the way to Atlantic City.

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Atlantic City Gives Trains Another Try

As we mentioned this weekend, Atlantic City hasn't been breaking any attendance records lately. We have to say, there's one good reason why Vegas-on-the-turnpike has never really turned that corner from senior citizens long weekend getaway to A-list resort town: There's just no great, affordable way to get there.

But East Coasters looking for a gambling fix can kiss the Greyhound goodbye, as AC is set to finally introduce regular train service to and from New York.

The town has had train service to New York before--but never any that made a profit and stuck around. Starting February 6, the new train will offer round-trip service between New York's Penn Station and AC for the pretty reasonable price of $50 each way. First-class tickets go for $75, and the Borgata, Caesars and Harrah's will each offer shuttle service from the train stop.

It's a long-awaited upgrade for sure, but is it enough to make anyone actually go?

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· By rail from NYC to Atlantic City [Detroit Free Press]
· Atlantic City in Freefall: How to Get People Gambling Again [Jaunted]
· Atlantic City Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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