Coast to Coast on Amtrak. National Lampoons Vacation Intro

A spoof on National Lampoon's "Vacation" opening movie credits. Vintage postcards of towns and depots along the route. Aboard Amtraks Lakeshore Limited, Southwest Chief, and Pacific Surfliner.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Amtrak
• railroad
• vacation
• holiday
• road
• southwest
• chief
• lakeshore
• limited
• pacific
• surfliner
• National
• Lampoon
• spoof
• train

[stdhwy]

The train passes through Flagstaff,

Aunt Edna passed away somewhere near Flagstaff...

[stdhwy]

1,000 views! 29/03/07!

[goonies85]

I think I've always wanted to do my own spin! Well done!

[stdhwy]

Thanks! It took me 5 hours of editing sound,my own pics, and searching for postcards on eBay to pull this off!

[pablogeebee1]

I like your vid.....is it the same places the Griswalds went to...well except theres no Wallyworld at the end ? ;D

I heard this song on the movie National Lampoons Vacation and played the song part like 20 times ..... Its magic dudes ;)

[jhavra]

Thanks for the inspiration for our across America road trip soon.

[mrburkey]

Great job! Movie quality.

[ReturnofRetroBoy]

Excellent job. Even has the "ruff ruff, ruff" at the end.

I love the inclusion of the border-crossers warning from San Diego, depicting a family of three running across the freeway, lmaooo!

[Marchant2]

The US is so big, it's the closest a country can get to being a huge theme park. It's many themed cities range from Colonial, Western, Tropical, Alpine, Neo-Classical, Beachy, Foresty, Deserty, and on and on. I'm so thrilled to live here (in cowboy themed Dallas). I can't think of any other single country where if you never left its borders you'd still have a million cool and varying places to vacation. Europeans may find the historical depth of the country somewhat lacking, though.

[13REDstar]

sorry i meant of course, by Lyndsay Buckingham...

[13REDstar]

Song: "Holiday Road" by National Lampoons Vacation...

[MatiRte]

Name this song pls;D

[jd00720]

Very well edited, just like the intro to the original movie...

I've been thinking of making a Family Guy / Vacation intro montage...