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This may sound like a daft question, but how much time should I allow for unloading/CPS taking my car?

 

I've got a 15:30 slot for embarkation, so am trying to work out what time to drive to terminal.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

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This may sound like a daft question, but how much time should I allow for unloading/CPS taking my car?

 

I've got a 15:30 slot for embarkation, so am trying to work out what time to drive to terminal.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

Don't plan to arrive so close to 3.30pm if you're travelling on the day. M25 can mess up your timings in a heartbeat. In December we had a 3.30 time, leaving Essex at 10 for a leisurely drive stopping off at services for half an hour we arrived at port at 1.30 and were onboard by 2.20 well before our allotted time.

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We're staying in the West Quay premier inn rather than drive on the day.

 

Not to turn this into another embarkation thread, but I've read increasing reports about people getting on way before their allotted time. So may well risk it.

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Aurora sailing - waved right in to the stopping point from driving through the port gates, cases out the car, keys handed over - about 5 minutes. As it was our first sailing from Southampton with P&O we were a bit shell-shocked.

 

Azura sailing following year - queued in holding lanes for about 40 mins and handover seemed slower, so about an hour in total.

 

Of course that was before the new embarkation procedures, but I think there's no telling...

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I had a 2 hour wait last May. I turned up early after an overnight stay and, as it was raining heavily outside, decided against walking around Southampton.

 

I'm intending to turn up closer to my 3pm slot for my next cruise on 3 July.

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