Originally Posted by
AirportPlanner1
Just got back from AMS and the nightmares of early summer have very much returned. Found out the CEO quit yesterday. Over 1h45 to clear security and passport control, this wasn’t even the busiest time of day.
The other noticeable thing whether you pass through security or not is how many of the shops and catering outlets are closed. This left ridiculous queues at those which were open.
I seem to have gotten very lucky, early August arrived 4 hours early for a 10pm flight to no queues at all for bag drop or security, and only a few in front of me for immigration.
RE your second point there were no queues but the selection really was dire with over half closed. I wanted a nice meal and to read my book as I had 4 hours to kill but the choices were either McDonalds, a sandwich from the bread place that sued to be fishes or some highly overpriced pretty poor Asian food from a place out towards H pier. I chose the latter out of desperation.