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20/6/2018 at 11:31am
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Might be a daft question but if for example your ferry leaves at 0740 and check in was open at 0530 - does this mean you can check in, drive on and go and sit on the ferry until it's ready to depart at 740? Or do you check in, park in the lanes and just wait until a set time when they start to load the vehicles? Thanks :)
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20/6/2018 at 11:38am
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If you arrive too early they may just send you round and back out! However they may park you up in the lanes, if you're lucky you may be put on an earlier ferry. They don't hang about at Dover but I don't know about other routes.
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20/6/2018 at 1:35pm
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Usually they park you up in the check out lanes if you arrive within a couple of hours of your timed departure. If you arrive before this, and it's a busy time, they may send you away elsewhere. It it's not busy they may put you on an earlier ferry crossing. You barely get time to get out of the car and up the stairs, after loading, before the ship is ready to sail again. These things have a rapid turn-around.
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20/6/2018 at 11:32pm
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When sailing from Dover, DFDS have always let us on the imidiate next sailing even though our booked crossing would be 4 hours or more later.
No extra charge either, but I guess it's all down to available space if you get on an earlier sailing than booked.
Will miss not going with DFDS later this week, but P&O worked out a £50 cheaper for car+trailer, and the difference now is £100.
Crossing this year has worked out at £148, which is a far cry from the £56 it was back in 2009.
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