'Everyone was panicked and wondering what on earth they would do. The whole situation has been a nightmare.'
University students from Manchester were among thousands of others forced to endure waits of eighteen hours at Dover as severe delays caused chaos.
"They left Manchester at around 3am on Saturday morning at got to the services at Dover for around 9.30am. They are using the services as a holding area essentially, where coach drivers are told to wait there before making their way to the port," he said. P&O Ferries told coach drivers to head straight to the port to join the buffer zone queues, where advance passenger information would be taken, but warned there were hours of at least six or more hours.
And from initially arriving at the Dover services at 9am on Saturday to eventually boarding the ferry at 3am on Sunday proved for an agonising 18 hour wait. "She is tired, and just exhausted. She hasn't just lost one day as she said she will crash when she gets to the hotel and probably not wake up until midday tomorrow, meaning she has actually missed a day and a half of the trip they paid for. There hasn't been any communication about what is going on."
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