Irish Ferries - Dublin Port Check in Procedure

Berty

Hi All,

Im travelling soon with Irish Ferries on the Fastcraft at 8:45am. There is also a sailing going at 8:05.

I was at the 02 for a meeting recently so drove around for a look at the check in gates which raises this question.

(1)There are a number of kiosk / check in booths. Will it be much like an airline whereby the booth will tell me above it(on the LED board) which Ferry the check in is for?

I do not want to arrive early, join a queue only to get to the front to be told " You are in the wrong queue, check in has not opened, please join the back of that VERY LONG QUEUE OVER THERE which built up while you stupidly sat here"

(2) When does check in open? There website only says that the check in closes 30 minuts before the sailing.

Davidth88

When you arrive at the booth , they will check you in and give you the boarding passes ( which you are meant to keep with you but to be honest I have never ever been asked for ). They also give you something to hang from your mirror.

They will then say join queue number xxx , this will be the queue for the ferry you are booked on . Now there are also people guiding cards , and they will put you in the right queue

Don't worry it's easy.

Don't get to to the port more than 2hrs before the sailing because the gates are locked and you will sit in a queue . ( that may have changed because of the extra people travelling now )

Berty

Thanks David,

Given that Im going on the 8:45 and there is an 8:05 sailing am I to assume that the check in will open at 7:05am?

So even if Im going on the 8:45 I can still check in and just go into a different queue.

MoodeRator

Doesnt matter which booth you drive upto, they will then direct you to correct queue. The boarding pass MIGHT be asked for when purchasing from the onboard shop.
Whole proccess is simple enough and nothing to worry about

bazzachazza

Above each booth will be an LED display showing which sailing is which but more than likely all booths will do all sailings. It doesnt take long even with 10 cars ahead of you maybe 15 minutes from back to front of queue.

Check in will open up to 3 hours ahead of departure.

Berty

bazzachazza wrote: »

Check in will open up to 3 hours ahead of departure.

I e-mailed Irish Ferries and this is what they say

Irish Ferries wrote:

Thank you for your email. The check in usually opens 90 minutes before sailing however the actual boarding will start later (around 8:00am).

bazzachazza

Roscoff they had it open 3 hours before hand and we were onboard 2 hours before departure but there again the boat had been there for 4 hours so they were well ready for us.

I guess in Dublin with just 3 hours for turnaround on the slow boat and less on the fast boat they open up later.

Berty

bazzachazza wrote: »

Roscoff they had it open 3 hours before hand and we were onboard 2 hours before departure but there again the boat had been there for 4 hours so they were well ready for us.

I guess in Dublin with just 3 hours for turnaround on the slow boat and less on the fast boat they open up later.

Ah yeah Ireland-France on account of all the cabins that need turning over and they need much more food and drink on board and likely to have staff changes each time they dock because of the long journey.