Dreamland With All The Family

On a hot and sunny summer weekend

Our twins turned six

Their birthday request?

To go to Margate

To The Hornby Visitor Centre

And to Dreamland

Their wish was our command

After a lovely, calm and quiet morning

Playing with Hornby trains and racing Scalextric

We drove to the seafront

The roads were busy

Car parks over flowing

And you could not tell where the sand met the sea

The beach was horribly busy

Crowds of people swarming like locusts

Not our idea of fun

I started to worry that going to Dreamland

Was a bad, bad idea

But I need not have worried

Dreamland was, well, dreamy

It was not too busy

Not too noisy

It felt friendly and peaceful and slow

It felt like stepping back in time

To my own childhood

When places were bustling and lively

But not dangerously heaving

Dreamland provided space for little legs to run around

It gave grown ups time to breathe

It gave us quality fun family time

Perfect for a twin birthday celebration

arrival

Entry to Dreamland is now free

So it does not cost you a penny

To come in and look around

Play on the arcades

The arcades are great

Some penny machines I remember playing on

When I was a girl

arcade

But I am guessing if you come to Dreamland

You want to try out the rides

We were given complimentary wristbands in return for this review

But they are honestly not too badly priced

A family of four can access all the rides

As many times as they like

For around £40

I think this is good value for money

If your children like ours

Want to go on everything

Over and over again

You can purchase tokens

To pay per ride

If there are one or two specific things

That you have in mind

I think for our family

At least one adult

And two child wristbands

Would always be good value for money

I do wish that the adults could share a wristband

And take turns to ride with their children

We can never both go

When we have the baby to hold!

After the arcades

We headed to the big wheel

We like to do this first

To get an overview of the park

You can see across Margate from the top

And far out to sea

smiley happy esther

Bea was too little for the big wheel

So Daddy took her on the carousel

To ride a horse

After this we spent a lot of time

At the incredibly high and wavy

Rainbow slide

slide

Esther marched up the steps first

All on her own

William went with Daddy the first time

Before racing Esther down

Time and time again

Bea went on the slide too

Sharing a mat with Daddy

And she loved it

Crying out again again!

time to slide

After the rainbow slide we walked round

To the area specially set aside

For Dreamland’s smallest visitors

Here Bea was able to play with sand tables

And static buses and rockets

There was enough to keep her happy for ages

And all completely free

free stuff

In this area though

With her wristband

Bea could also join Esther and William

On a double decker merry go round

double decker

And riding the Margate Dream Cars

dream cars

The other rides Esther and William love are

The Ghost Train and The Flying Rockets

ghost rocket

And The Caterpillar Rollercoaster

caterpillar

I am raising a trio of thrill seekers

Bea went on the rockets too!

We had such a lovely afternoon

Dreamland has a lovely, friendly, family feel

We really enjoyed our visit

And Esther and William are already asking

When we can go back again

If you are in Kent

And looking for a day of family fun this summer

Head to Dreamland, Margate

It is a little different

In a wonderful way

We received free ride wristbands in return for an honest review

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