There are two, three, or even four dinner seatings, depending on the number of passengers. Dinner seating is limited at each seating time and dinner tickets are distributed from the ticket office on a first come, first served basis. Each seating is announced over the intercoms in each car, and in each sleeping compartment. Meals are included in the ticket price through January 14, 2020, after which time they are included for sleeper passengers and coach passengers have an option of purchasing food from a cafe car. At approximately midnight, the train briefly stops in Florence, South Carolina, for refueling and rewatering. A new train and engine crew takes over at Florence.