I've just returned from what was a rather pleasant day trip to France via a ferry crossing from Dover.
The only one thing that put a bit of dampener on the end of the day was the return trip from Calais, our boat was sailing at 1850 and check-in was at 1820, as we had finished our shopping in Cite Europe we set off at 1730 and reached the port by about 1750 and that's where our troubles began. We then sat in the line for the UK passport control and watched as the minutes slowly ticked by, there were about 10 cars in front and it took 40 minutes before it was our turn, this meant that when we got over to the P&O check-in at 1832 and we were told that we had missed the 1850 boat and would be put on the 1955 crossing.
My wife was quite upset about this as the weather had started to change and she was petrified of a bad crossing.
Is this kind of delay getting through UK passport normal/expected?
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