Disney Magic
July 9, 2017
British Isles Embarkation Day
(weather – sunny high 77 °F / 25 °C)
Are we There Yet? PART III
Forgot to mention that right before we cleared Round Hill tunnel we passed the Channel Tunnel entrance.
Check this out.
You can take the Eurostar Rail from that Ashford (Kent) station via the Channel Tunnel straight to the
Disneyland Paris station in less than 2 hrs. Much faster than the DCL excursions by coach from the Port of Le Havre.
I told JQ to add this to our bucket list. If we ever sail out of Dover again, we could easily spend a couple days at the Dover Harbor and day trip it to France from here. Or fly into Paris and work our way back to Dover. 50 miles between England and France via the Channel Tunnel in 35 mins. That’s less time than we spent trying to get to London Heathrow from Earl’s court on the Tube. Even coaches can fit on the rail thru this tunnel.
So many land and sea possibilities from Kent and the port of Dover. Sign me up!!
We’re now on the A20 from the M20 heading to the cruise terminals (western docks) - 10 mins. away
And when you’re that close you’re there.
Now we see cliffs.
And a glimpse of the harbor. Judging from the looks of traffic, a ferry must have just unloaded.
Everybody’s looking for the Magic to come into view.
There she is! What a great sight to see! (grinning from ear to ear)
I can’t think of a better vessel to cruise the British Isles than the Disney Magic. No matter how many times we’d exit and re-board this ship - It never gets old.
For the entire cruise, this feeling of happiness and joy stayed with us.
Let’s drive into the terminal.
Enter roundabout 1 - and there's our beautiful cruise ship waiting at the pier.
Enter roundabout 2 - And there's the White Cliffs and Dover Castle! (where has this been all my life?)
The terminal entrance breaks to the left around the bend. Disney uses Terminal 2.
This is not a place you’d want to walk to IMO. It’s pretty far from everything with a major redevelopment project in the works.
more to come!
Next up: Welcome to Dover. This way to the ship!