Is there room for a new Mardi Gras parade that rolls a day before the start of the traditional Carnival season? The leaders of the Mystic Kings Krewe, that celebrates the arrival of the three Magi in Bethlehem,

Amtrak is planning a new route between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., twice daily called "Mardi Gras Service."

Starting this summer, the new passenger rail service will offer twice-daily departures from both cities with stops along the Mississippi Coast in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.