Thanks qfrodo, but that thread (like several others) do not cover connections to/from the newly opened T3 and I was hoping that someone would have some experience of connecting to that terminal and be able to tell me what the process is and how long it takes.
In addition to that, as I mentioned I am starting to suspect that the fact that I am connecting to T3 may be the only thing that makes my short connection legal and I'm naturally curious if that is due to connections to T3 being very smooth and fast or if it could be a mistake that the MCT is not updated for T3.