I just want to clarify that the Dreamland Trust will not be operating Dreamland. The park will be operated by Sands Heritage Ltd, who will hold the lease for the park. The Dreamland Trust developed the concept for the park, secured the funding for it and oversaw its reopening, but is now allowing the operator to take the lead. In addition, Thanet District Council is responsible for the build contracts on the site.
In addition to the rides that were procured by the Trust (the Scenic Railway restoration, Jets, Dodgems, Gallopers, Double Decker/Rocket Ride), the operator will be bringing additional rides into the park. These rides will reflect all eras of Dreamland. If you scroll down to the bottom of this article, it shows how the rides reflect each different era of amusement ride history:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news ... gin-33872/It was felt by all involved in the project (both inside and outside the Trust) that it would be better to let an operator that has deeper pockets than the Trust operate the site rather than the Trust bidding to do that itself. Now that the operator is on board they are taking the lead on the running of the park; this 'switch' to the operator has been taking place gradually since the start of the year, and for this reason the Trust has stepped back from the front line. We need to allow the operator website, on which tickets can be bought, to take centre stage now, to avoid confusion. A lot of news websites, including the BBC, are still incorrectly reporting that the Trust will be operating the park. We have therefore agreed with the operator that we will take a lower profile at the moment so that people go to the correct website where they can buy tickets.
Regarding the rides that we rescued from other amusement parks, a large proportion of these were scrapped by the previous owners of Dreamland in the run-up to the transfer of the site to Thanet District Council in 2013. Most rides are now therefore incomplete so are likely to be beyond restoration. But many of them will be appearing in Dreamland in other forms - you need to visit to find out how! And we are pleased to say that following a survey of all the rides we know that the Whip, Junior Whip and Corbiere Wheel are intact and these are currently in storage for possible future restoration, subject to funding being secured.