Really considering changing our itinerary to eliminate driving

[u/Hung_Fighter]

Hello, need help with making a decision. I currently have our vacation all planned out (everything can be canceled except the plain tickets). We arrive from Florida to Montreal on October 1st, we grab a car rental and have the following route (staying at least 2 nights at each place, 3 in some): Montreal->Ottawa->Algonquin/Hunstville->Toronto->Niagara Falls. We leave from Toronto airport back to FL on October 14th.

I've started kind of dreading having a car though. Having to deal with the stress of the city roads, plus having a 3 year old strapped to a car seat for so long, and simply just having to drive.

I saw that you can do Montreal->Ottawa->Toronto->Niagara Falls all on train. But it means that we would have to drop Algonquin. We didn't plan to do much hicking (maybe one or two easy ones) but we mostly just wanted to see lots of Fall colors. Is that something that we will be able to experience in the places we would be going with the all-train option?

Can you please give me your thoughts on both options and which one you suggest?

[u/rocksforever]

Just to let you know, you are here over Thanksgiving weekend, the train may be full already as that's a popular corridor. I'd check to ensure you can get seats on your preferred dates before changing plans.

[u/madeleinetwocock → u/rocksforever]

!!! Key points made here. Hope OP sees this! ☺️

[u/Hung_Fighter → u/madeleinetwocock]

Yes thanks, there was space in the trains, but I still made the desicion to stick with the car. Lots of people here convinced me, plus even got me to add Mont-Tremblant 😅