Dreamland Margate Reviews Summary

Attractions and Rides

Pros:

• "Great place for families, old fashioned rides and attractions as well as a brilliant wooden coaster."
• "Surprised that some of the rides were somewhat ok!"
• "Variety of rides for all ages, some gentle, others for thrill seekers."
• "It's good to see Dreamland putting on so many live gigs over the summer season."
• "The classic wooden roller coaster is still great fun and gives some great views."
• "Dreamland has everything to offer young and old. More than enough rides some daring some tame, PINBALL X is a must."
• "All the rides were fun, the waltzer took me back and still had me in hysterics."

Cons:

• "Some of the larger rides such as scenic railway are two tokens."
• "It is a little expensive but is a classic old school sea side day out."
• "The tokens system works out to be expensive for what limited rides are available."
• "It closes too early for families looking for things to do in the evenings."
• "Most are very tame and not aimed at adrenaline seekers."
• "Unfortunately only about 8 rides are open and to be honest, I'm not actually sure why."
• "Limited fun. Not many rides open and not much going on in the arcade."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "I recommend the burgers in the food court. The Cali burger was one of the best I've had."
• "The food is great and well priced."
• "The food and drink vendors were also excellent."
• "Lovely family friendly place! The fish and chips are one of the best!"
• "There are a range of food places on site - all reasonably priced and decent quality."
• "The fish and chips are huge and delicious."
• "Food and drink selection very good."

Cons:

• "No patrols around the place cannabis was being used across the whole venue."
• "Drinks a little expensive."
• "Food is quite overpriced."
• "The food wagon were a disgrace £14 for Hot Dog, £11 for a Burger."
• "Food and drink is over priced and nothing special."
• "The food and beverage outlets are poor."
• "Food venues a little pricey."

Events and Concerts

Pros:

• "Went to see Marc Almond and Human League there. Great night."
• "The festoon lights created the perfect backdrop for the Sugababes."
• "It's a great place for music lovers plenty of room for people to spread out and not feel too enclosed and smothered by others."
• "Really good venue. Ability to see the stage wherever you are."
• "It was good fun trying the UKs oldest rollercoaster too."
• "Dreamland is fast becoming UK's coolest music venue."
• "Great venue for a music event. 'Rag n Bone man' was awesome."

Cons:

• "Do not pay vip if you want good sound or if you think your view will be better than general admission."
• "Only downside the event later than the last train and cannot get a local taxi from dreamland."
• "Unfortunately there was far too many tickets sold for this event and the place couldn't handle that many people."
• "There are not big screens to see the artist who is playing so unless you get there super early you won't see what is happening on stage."
• "We attended the Tom Jones concert. There were just too many people and it felt claustrophobic and unsafe."
• "The event was standing only which is not great considering the average age of the audience."
• "A health and safety disaster packed in like sardines with no tiered floor so no view for the money paid and no screens."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Great value, and fun cool vibe."
• "Prices were good value and token based, £20 for 40 tokens and most rides were 1 token."
• "Definitely recommend buying a wristband in advance – it will pay for itself after two trips on the Scenic Railway."
• "Great value for money (wristbands) great old fashioned rides and a lovely general feel all round."
• "Works out about £2 per ride at best value deal."
• "Pretty good pricing (£3 or £2 for most rides)."
• "Plenty of food vendors at very reasonable prices, especially compared to LONDON."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the attendant in the ticket booth was not understanding to the situation nor my sons need and wouldn't issue a refund for the tokens."
• "The tokens system works out to be expensive for what limited rides are available."
• "Overall, it was disappointing that the rides were limited and very expensive."
• "Drinks are very pricey, they won't let you take in your own, so you are forced to buy very expensive drinks."
• "It's a shame that the scenic railway costs 2 tokens to ride."
• "Expensive, over inflated prices for cans of drink."
• "Not even a wristband scheme in place just hugely overpriced tokens."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are all very friendly and helpful and when I went were definitely enjoying working there, which is lovely to see."
• "The attendant on the ride was very patient with my son."
• "The staff were all mega friendly and happy to help."
• "Every member of staff was friendly and very polite."
• "All the staff were so friendly and helpful."
• "Very friendly and enthusiastic Dreamland history team."
• "All staff encountered were pleasantly friendly and well organised."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the attendant in the ticket booth was not understanding to the situation nor my sons need and wouldn't issue a refund for the tokens."
• "No patrols around the place cannabis was being used across the whole venue."
• "Awful discriminatory security white female staff at the entrance."
• "Just needs a little more customer care from the staff of which so looked very bored."
• "The sweet stand, who where rude and ripped us £4 for a kids lolly."
• "MAKE SURE U PAY YOUR PARKING TICKETS. Smart parking doesn’t send you the original PCN and then you will have to pay £170 to debt recovery plus."
• "Waste of time to go and visit this run-down 90's funfair lookalike place. Never again."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "I was SO impressed with Dreamland today! Really well done."
• "Good experience and clean."
• "The facilities were clean, but there were few rides and £6pp for a rollercoaster is a bit steep."
• "Toilets are pretty clean too, a rare thing these days."
• "The place was clean and tidy and well maintained."
• "The park is clean and well looked after."
• "Toilets: very nice, modern and clean."

Cons:

• "No patrols around the place cannabis was being used across the whole venue."
• "Only downside the event later than the last train and cannot get a local taxi from dreamland."
• "Unfortunately there was far too many tickets sold for this event and the place couldn't handle that many people."
• "Real shame about Margate it used to be So Vibrant but now it seems to have gone down lots of shops close couldn't sort of get what we wanted."
• "Absolutely disgusting dried sick left on the floor 2hr and a rope barrier to section of cleaning products."
• "None have been refurbished..the paint is peeling off, the plastics are faded and worn."
• "Toliets started off clean but by the end of the night they were a little gross."