{"id":23127,"date":"2017-02-19T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T23:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=23127"},"modified":"2017-02-26T13:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T12:54:03","slug":"geek-dreamland-margate-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2017\/02\/19\/geek-dreamland-margate-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"GEEK Dreamland Margate 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

GEEK is a 3-day indoor festival full of video games, future technology, retro-games, cosplay, board games, workshops, comic books, Minecraft cave, talks, tournaments, arcades, VR, Official Mario Kart Tournament, merchandise for sale, performing arts and more.\"GEEK<\/a><\/p>\n

GEEK Dreamland 2017 Information for Visitors<\/u><\/h2>\n

GEEK offers a mixture of activities –\u00a0some where you can just turn up, some you need to pre-book and others are only on at certain times. This is a family friendly event with something to suit all ages. With Sunday having the addition of the Octopus\u2019s Garden for the under 8s. A schedule and map are given when you enter, plus details can also be found around the venue (such as the big map that tells you every game and console in each of the rooms). Dreamland is divided up into rooms\/areas: Ballroom Blitz\/Demystify Bar; Entrance\/Markets\/Pinball; Art Lab; Hall by the Sea; Arcade; Indie Devs\/The Hub\/Markets; Board Game Boardwalk; Mario Kart Raceway; Octopus\u2019s Garden and The Shed. The map also tells you who is where in these areas and on what days.\"GEEK<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a good-sized car park and parking for the day is \u00a38.00 (there are different rates if you wish to stay a shorter length of time as this covers 15 hours). It is a short walk to the venue, which was easy to locate. Toilets are provided throughout and are also clearly marked on the map. They were found to be clean and well stocked (although one we found not all the hand driers worked). Food is available to buy on site or you could bring your own (although I didn\u2019t see anyone do this). The costs varied from \u00a35.00 for a House Salad to \u00a36.95 for a burger or hotdog) – and chips either \u00a32.50 on their own or \u00a31.50 when added to a main). Another option was to leave the venue and eat elsewhere and come back in (by showing your wristband). The price list in the bar says that they are 2016 prices but I am sure they are still the same – with soft drinks and bottled water at \u00a32.00 each and a variety of alcoholic drinks served in plastic cups included pints (4.00 draught cider); shots (\u00a32.00), wines and prosecco (\u00a35.00\/\u00a36.00), and spirits (\u00a33.00\/\u00a34.00).<\/p>\n

Highlights of GEEK 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n