Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#21
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#22
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#24
Very expensive and not all rides open as already said and it looks to me that Thanet Council will be forced to throw more council tax money at it to save face.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
#25
Only putting off the inevitable.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#26
They need to do the outside up and paint it all looks dead.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#27
"Dreamland"the name says it all,trying to relive the past,the days of Londoners coming down to Margate for jellied eels and a day on the seaside all long gone now.Far better amusment parks on offer,its a bit tame for todays thrill seeking youngsters.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#28
Is this the same Dreamland which so far has gone through [U]£18 million[/U] 'investment' from TDC, Heritage Lottery Fund and the Sea Change grant?
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
#29
London is the key market for theme parks in the South East.
But suppose you live in London and have a choice between Dreamland (£15.30 per adult plus 2 hours each way travelling) and Thorpe Park (£27.95 and it's inside the M25). Not really sure that Dreamland looks really attractive. Local market is both non-affluent and limited by geography. 80% of a 40 mile diameter circle round Dreamland is water.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#30
yes mr haddock
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#31
How about making it free admission and pay for rides individually?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#32
The above post has got it right as older ones we love to walk round there and go on a few rides but will not pay out for a band.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#33
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#34
This does not sound like a good business move to me as it seems unlikely that the loan repayments could be kept up along with the other debts. The hedge fund will get a theme park on the cheap.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/600000-dreamland-loan-secured-against-park-ownership-97687/Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
#35
Do Sands Heritage Ltd own the freehold interests of Dreamland site?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#36
I thought that Sands leased it from Thanet Council Paul which must complicate things if the attraction failed . Interesting that the executive chairman of Sands used to work for Arrowgrass.
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
#37
Yes ,great conflict of interests.
Don't this group owe Thanet DC & others large sums?
Who are the preferred creditors if it goes down in a big way.
Hope not, but !!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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