marky.com Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 I could attempt to write a funny, light-hearted retro trip report about my childhood visits to Dreamland in Margate, UK. They were fun times that were intertwined with Alton Towers being the UK's number one park, whilst this little park just existed - like it had for oh-so-many years - as London's little escape place. Kiss me Quick hats, awful hen nights (pre-marital last-resort expressions of freedom) and pure fun at a resort that -these days - is blessed equally with golden sands and no visitors. They all go to Brighton - which has a fun amusement park on a pier. Margate died when Dreamland died. Or was taken over by a greedy so and so who felt that there was more money to be made for him in buying up that land and making it a simply fabulous place for peeps to live. He failed. It died. I won't bore you with what's gone on since, but this is what it was in the mid 80s. When it was the UK's number three park - behind Alton Towers, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and itself... I have a strong opinion about where it's going, but if you care, you already know... Enjoy. Enjoy. x
thrillerman1 Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Loads of retro Schwarzkopfian/Intamin goodness in this thread. Thanks for sharing.
simon8899 Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Great! Looks like a German carnival from the early 80s! Except of course for the two woodies. EDIT: The Enterprise is a former German carny ride as the sign says: "Loopingspass im Enterprise!" Schwarzkopf Looping Star, Enterprise, Apollo and Zeppelin. Also lots of Huss goodness and one has to love a park who had a Weber Traumboot - here called Mary Rose. ^I can't rightaway spot an Intamin ride though...
mousch Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Fantastic photos bringing back many memories of spending many a day at the park in the long school holidays!!
BudtheWeiser Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 God I miss Dreamland the stupidly long train journey from Brighton to Margate and just the sheer joy when you got there Looping Star was my first ever coaster and who didnt love The Mary Rose to scare the crap out of your girlfriend back then great Photos thanks for bringing back all those great memories
simon8899 Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 ^ I prefer the Traumboot over the Ranger as the cabin is taller - being 1,95 it's not quite comfortable upside down inside a Range while I can hang freely inside a Traumboot.
megametal Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Did Looping Star get one of the trains from one of the shuttle loops of one of the Great America parks? I noticed that Great America is written on the side of the train.
BudtheWeiser Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 Found this while hunting around youtube [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]
thrillerman1 Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 ^I can't rightaway spot an Intamin ride though... At one time Schwarzkopf and Intamin worked together. You can see how the companies mixed in this Intamin ride catalog: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1230545#p1230545
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