After all the chaos a week ago - caused it would appear by a basic lack of planning on the part of the Port & Customs Authorities (who would have thought that on the first day of the school summer holidays it would get busy eh? ) - what's it look like now for those who have gone through?
Port of Dover Twitter feed reported no real problems on the roads yesterday but said allow 90 minutes to get through security, what's the "real world" experience?
We're off 2 weeks today - travelling down & staying just outside Dover on Sat night, to catch ferry first thing on Sunday. I'm thinking it should be fine by then, 3 weeks into the school holidays and Sunday rather than Saturday.
I *could* cancel and get the tunnel but really want to do the Ferry - more of an event for the kids, it's their first trip abroad, waving goodbye to the White Cliffs, first one to spot France and all that. It's feels more like you're really going abroad if you take the ferry! Tunnel is very convenient (& we've booked it for the way back when they're all tired and just want to get home) but pretty dull.
Port of Dover Twitter feed reported no real problems on the roads yesterday but said allow 90 minutes to get through security, what's the "real world" experience?
We're off 2 weeks today - travelling down & staying just outside Dover on Sat night, to catch ferry first thing on Sunday. I'm thinking it should be fine by then, 3 weeks into the school holidays and Sunday rather than Saturday.
I *could* cancel and get the tunnel but really want to do the Ferry - more of an event for the kids, it's their first trip abroad, waving goodbye to the White Cliffs, first one to spot France and all that. It's feels more like you're really going abroad if you take the ferry! Tunnel is very convenient (& we've booked it for the way back when they're all tired and just want to get home) but pretty dull.