Joyland Books

Hi all.
Was in Great Yarmouth on Saturday and lots of people were queueing at the pleasure Beach waiting for it to open at 11am! We stayed there until about twelve and the place was packed with all of the rides running. Pity Dreamland coudn't have been the same.
Nigel

Sitting here in Margate and hearing about other seaside towns that have busy amusement parks this weekend is frustrating in the extreme. If anyone has had a lovely day out in Southport and is thinking of reporting how busy the park was - please don't. I will scream. You may even be able to hear me in North Norfolk Nigel.

I understand that George isn't ready to open; looking at the park that much is obvious. 16 days and counting til the next Bank Holiday...

Sarah

Our council seem uninterested in taking the time to go and visit Southend or anywhere else that has a thriving park. I think they should visit Southend to see what a well run park can offer. I think I posted this a year or so ago on the forum, just wonder if anyone from the council has stepped out of Thanet and seen whats going on in other plaves in the Uk??Obviously I may be being cynical.

In the south/eastern part of Britain, there are nuerous thriving seaside parks that the Council could visit: Pleasure Beach (Great Yarmouth), Adventure Island (Southend), The Flamingo Family Fun Park (Hastings), Fort Fun (Eastbourne), Brighton Pier, Harbour Park (Littlehampton), Funland (Hayling Island) and Clarence Pier (Southsea) to name a few. Sadly there is now a gaping hole around the Kent coast - with the loss of both Dreamland and Rotunda, there is no major park between Southend and Hastings!

we went to Skegness

namely "Fantasy Island" ingoldsmells ,truly fantastic place ,heaving with people, relatively cheap,fair amount inside and a massive outdoor market

great fun !

come on thanet council visit this place or the web site it would easily work
in Margate

...and just to think, with 16 acres I believe the potential is there for Dreamland to be the second biggest amusement park in the UK. I think I'm right in saying
Adventure Island 7 acres
GT Yarmouth Pleasurebeach 9 acres
Pleasureland Southport 14 acres (not sure whether this includes new zoo extension)
Dreamalnd 16 acres
Blackpool Pleasurebeach 47 acres.
Unfortunately it can only be the second biggest if plans to build small scale housing are blocked, let's hope for the best.

Dreamland and Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - both easily in the Top 5 UK Amusement Parks, and both far too good to lose.