Twilight Check In Gatwick

Hi. Just a quick question..I see twilight check in official hours are 5pm-10pm at Gatwick. If we turned up a little earlier would we be able to do twilight check in at say 3pm or are Virgin pretty strict with these hours? Or is there just no one at the desks?
Thanks

Hi, there isn't anyone there before 5pm nowadays.

Check in for the morning flights is normally completed by 12pm latest.

I believe it's actually 5pm to 9pm. And no, there'll be no-one there before 5. IIRC the check in staff work for Swissport so presumably they look after another airline when they're not on VS duty.