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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
I only ever took one hovercraft ride and it was (obviously) a long time ago. Across the channel to France IIRC on an SR.N4
I was looking forward to it, but tbh it was a bot of a let down as I remember basically sitting in a big room with lots of windows, but as soon as we started moving the windows got covered with spray and we couldn't see a thing
I used them a couple of times in the 80's when travelling to and from RAFG. Yes they were quicker but the noise and vibration was akin to flying in a Herc.