Dreamland

[mattchewmann]

Is there any other rides arrived on site yet and is there any pics avaiable from any where yet

[dave771]

As soon as rides arrive , photos will be emailed to Nick to put on the site, will be going to the park tomorrow so any new rides will appear on the site shortly.

[lanesra]

I went past the park yesterday about 5.30pm, the park is empty but there is a big wheel going up on the old Mr G's site

[lutonlad]

Good news on the wheel, and what a great location to site it, but what concerns me though is that this is quite away from the park, do they intend to bring rides all the way up to it or will people have to trek from the wheel to get to the rest of the rides on site.

Gary

[Killa]

would be fantastic to see pictures yet at the same time painful...

[Nick]

Pictures are now on the News page. More to come over the next couple of days:

http://www.joylandbooks.com/scenicrailway/news.htm

[Killa]

thanks nick

notice its M&D's travelling wheel which usually does kirkcaldy link market and newcastle town moor as well as many other fairs, will be missed this season on the road.

hopefully this means that they are expecting a good turnout this season as that wheel can take a fortune at those two locations alone!

[dreamland]

i hope that the big wheel ride will actually stay in margate every season and be a permanent fixture to margate and stay in margate , the original big wheel was in margate for 17 seasons and would be good for the new wheel to stay , it will be a shame if it was only there for this season only , ill be very dissopointed if it goes , because over the years it seems that rides only last for 1 season only in dreamland apart from the scenic railway of course , ill be filming in dreamland this year for sure and taking pictures !!

[Killa]

there is no chance of that particular wheel staying their for more than until the end of the summer as i would imagine that M&D's will have it present at one of the big back end fairs.

At the end of the day, its a travelling machine, specially built for that purpose, however it will make a great addition to dreamland and margate this summer. I hope they do well with it there, obviously they think they will as i said before- that wheel is a big money spinner for the scottish firm.

[mattchewmann]

while talking about the big wheel i was looking around one of the old thorpe park sits and the eclipse carriages look the same as the ones going on to the margate big wheel, are they the same ones or did the thorpe park ones go with eclipse to chessington maybe they fixed the ride and gave them the carriages to get new ones. i know its not really important just wondering

[mattchewmann]

here is a website showing the old carriages
http://www.southparks.org/site/features ... lipse4.jpg
tell me what you think

[Killa]

as explained before- this is a well known travelling giant wheel, nothing to do with thorpe park wheel or carriages, this is M&D's giant wheel built by Fabbri in 2003, same now as it has been since new!

[DN]

It says in todays Gazette its the same size as the old one, 147 feet

It doesnt look as big, then again the old one was on a higher level, adnd i was younger!

[Nick]

while talking about the big wheel i was looking around one of the old thorpe park sits and the eclipse carriages look the same as the ones going on to the margate big wheel, are they the same ones or did the thorpe park ones go with eclipse to chessington maybe they fixed the ride and gave them the carriages to get new ones. i know its not really important just wondering

The Thorpe Park Eclipse wheel was built by the same manufacturer, Fabbri. However, Thorpe's was a park model, requiring foundations. Dreamland's is a travelling version.

Nick

[Jim Douglas Jr.]

Hopefully, Dreamland will eventually be restored and some top notch permenant rides will be brought in. Some spaces could be dedicated to temporary spinny-type travelling rides which could be changed out every season just for some variety.