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Derekoak
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We went through on 16th very early. 2.5 hours allowed, It took 2 hours to get into the port at all, a very long time to get through customs, only 4 kiosks working, we got to the dfds kiosk half an hour after our booking had sailed. Dfds got us on the ferry 1 hour after our booked one. It left half an hour later than its time. We were not charged extra, although our ticket was flexible.
as I see it Staff doing a good job in trying circumstances. It will get worse until we partially unwind this hard ******.
as I see it Staff doing a good job in trying circumstances. It will get worse until we partially unwind this hard ******.
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SquirrellCook
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Can't the French give the Illegal immigrants jobs at customs? It would solve many problems.
SimonM
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And probably a large portion of “we don’t give a sh*t!”
trixie88
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nephew and family was due to travel on 9.30am eurotrain via tunnel today
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....now 3.15pm....still queuing.....been queuing now for about 7/8 hours.....horrendous...
...feel for those with very young children.....nephews children are abput 10 and 11 yrs
when they do eventually get thru tunnel..there is apparently another long wait to get thru on french side.
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....now 3.15pm....still queuing.....been queuing now for about 7/8 hours.....horrendous...
...feel for those with very young children.....nephews children are abput 10 and 11 yrs
when they do eventually get thru tunnel..there is apparently another long wait to get thru on french side.
shortcircuit
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I went through tunnel a few weeks ago and it was straight out. Have things changed?
caledonia
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Yer a bad manFerry @ Lochranza still show up and board, there was a five minute delay when the captain nipped over to the sandwich station for a snack on Thursday but all running on time now.
trixie88
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news report just seem to give out info on dover (ferrys)..not much mention of folkstone euro tunnel which seems to be worse queues than dover......just been listening to folk calling in who are stuck in the folkstone queues......requiring help..police dont want to know....highways dont want to know......horrendous.....
took them 6 hours at one pont to travel 1 mile
took them 6 hours at one pont to travel 1 mile
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And who or what will we blame for this then.
Its a complete shambles and it’s costing us tens of billions every year.
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Kind of unavoidable, but this is important to this site, and relevant.Getting political now! Spend your money at home get things moving here first!
It would be a shame if it went that way and the thread deleted.
No doubt some on here will sadly have been involved in this shambles.
It will be interesting to read what they have to say, and any advice they can give.
trixie88
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its now 6.30pm...they have finally boarded train after 10/11 hour
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2nd July our tunnel crossing original booking @ 22.00hrs. Did the doggy deed and enquired about earlier crossing, granted for 19.20 hrs. Time passed and after having a meal, I returned to concierge desk to enquire an earlier crossing, granted and got on the 16.30 hr crossing. Jumped through all the hoops with no issues. I wonder what gone wrong within a few weeks?
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It just go a whole lot busier.
Apparently Dover lacks enough space to deal with the new customs and passport controls. They added 4 additional booths in what space was available, but in busy times like this it’s simply not enough. Also there are reports of problems at the tunnel, and Felixstowe.