Cruise passengers in town

• Guest 699

  • Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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  17 May 2011     10:19106616
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  yesterday great to see town full of cruise liner passengers , clarkes coach , turned up in market square to transfer japanese vistors back to cruise liner and must have been at least 100 looking around the town and hopefully buying local
  guess for soveniors down has museum shop but that is about it
  the old post office next to funky monkey used to have good selection before the government closed it down
  but rather than moving the cruise liner passengers off to london , leeds castle etc , nice to see dover having a few
• Guest 700

  • Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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  17 May 2011     14:19106640
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  ... at least the fountain's now going.... or is it ??
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  17 May 2011     14:41106643
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  it is actually operational now.
• Guest 697

  • Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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  17 May 2011     17:22106671
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  Good to see the fountain switched on again .... shame that the Market Square resembles a building site now that a utility company has started work just as the summer tourism season starts! Yesterday's visitors were predominantly Japanese, and today the Germans are in again on the Aida cruise ship. I would love to see their feedback on the look and feel of the town! We really must try harder if we're to capitalise on the seasonal cruise trade.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  17 May 2011     19:52106696
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  todays cruise liner.
  
  

  
• Sarah P

  • Location: Dover
  17 May 2011     20:00106697
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  It is nice to see the passengers in town , I hope they get to enjoy the " good " bits of Dover and appreciate all the history
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  18 May 2011     14:59106762
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  todays special guest the "black watch" courtesy of fred olsen.
  
  

  
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  19 May 2011     07:03106823
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  I did ask that the works in the Market Square were put off till the Autumn as they aren't urgent, but received no reply, hopefully they won't take too long.
  As they are not urgent repairs I did feel it was more than a little stupid that they should be done in the middle of summer.
  
  As regards souvinirs, Curiosity of Dover in Cannon Street have a some good Dover ones, as well as local postcards.
  
  
  
  Roger