Remember the chorus? Da-da-da-di-di-da, da-da-da-di-di-da
Wayne Hemingway - on my 20th century wavelength! So, we’ve been down to Margate, the Tourism Society, Visit Kent and me.
It's not quite true that I rode a white swan with creative designer Wayne Hemingway, it's just a metaphor for him being on my 20th-century-girl wavelength.
So there I was remembering David Cassidy, David Essex and T-Rex's RIde a White Swan blaring across Dreamland in the 1970s and even back to one of our gang who was so obsessed with Marc Bolan that she had the same hairstyle, put stars on her face and wore an Afghan coat, whatever the weather.
Hemingway is encouraging all that nostalgia with a major sprinkling of 21st century cool.
It was always hot and sunny in Margate.
Every summer, without fail, our school and youth club day trips were to Dreamland. No matter how the teachers tried to lure us elsewhere the vote always went to Margate.
We would race off the coach and head straight for the hot, sweet-smelling ring doughnuts' stand to eat five for, er, maybe 50p. (I am therefore proud to exclusively reveal that the best doughnuts on Planet Thanet will be back, though probably not five for 50p, when the park opens on June 19).
We'd then mess about by the crazy mirrors before leaping on the rides.
When hunger struck again it was time for a bag of chips, dripping vinegar and a crust of salt, to eat while crossing the road to the beach.
The golden stretch of sand was always packed but in a big group we would always spread out (or perhaps people just moved away) so we could swim, play football, flirt, sunbathe and bury ourselves in the sand.
Once cooked by the sun, it was time for a spot of gambling on the penny machines and the compulsory bundle into a photo booth to test how many teenagers can fit on one tiny seat.
Happy days.
And it's those happy days that Hemingway has got on his radar.
On my visit no cameras were allowed on the site but these images should give you a good feel for the part-vintage, part-retro, part-quirky styling. The almost cupcake colour branding of greens, pinks, blues and yellows deliberately shout fun and familiarity.
Where had I seen those colours before? I hadn't - they are new from Hemingway Design team's palette but echo candy floss, rock 'n' roll and 60s-70s quintessentially British seaside treats.
The Punch and Judy pub on the corner of Dreamland is now the ticket office, although guests will still pass alongside the 1930s cinema to enter.
The walk to the park was eerily familiar and those who visited Dreamland during its heyday will find nostalgia by the bucketload.
The rides represent the decades from when the park opened in the 1920s to a 21st century skyfall ride.
Dreamland's iconic Scenic Railway has been rebuilt to the same shape on the original site to give returning visitors a sense of history and place. It's no longer a rickety boneshaker but a smart new affair made from German spruce. It won't quite be ready for the big opening day but there's plenty more to do.
The Big Wheel is up, the horses on the Galloping Golden carousel have shiny new paintwork and look ready to race; the hurricane jets were inviting – remember the ones with a lever so you go up and down and the chain swings were calling me. Cute sailing boats for little ones through to beach huts for VIP days out will cater for everyone.
I had never noticed the former menagerie. The animals would have been long gone in the 70s but look up to see old flint walls with bars where exotic creatures were kept in the early days of the park.
Hemingway, the founder of Red or Dead, now specialises in breathing new life into old concepts and how lucky we are for having such an ambassador for Dreamland, Margate and Kent.
He pulled no punches at the Tourism Society's Symposium 2015 and told the story just how it is.
More on that at kentonline bit.ly/1EV7zsv
It's not quite true that I rode a white swan with creative designer Wayne Hemingway, it's just a metaphor for him being on my 20th-century-girl wavelength.
So there I was remembering David Cassidy, David Essex and T-Rex's RIde a White Swan blaring across Dreamland in the 1970s and even back to one of our gang who was so obsessed with Marc Bolan that she had the same hairstyle, put stars on her face and wore an Afghan coat, whatever the weather.
Hemingway is encouraging all that nostalgia with a major sprinkling of 21st century cool.
It was always hot and sunny in Margate.
Every summer, without fail, our school and youth club day trips were to Dreamland. No matter how the teachers tried to lure us elsewhere the vote always went to Margate.
We would race off the coach and head straight for the hot, sweet-smelling ring doughnuts' stand to eat five for, er, maybe 50p. (I am therefore proud to exclusively reveal that the best doughnuts on Planet Thanet will be back, though probably not five for 50p, when the park opens on June 19).
We'd then mess about by the crazy mirrors before leaping on the rides.
When hunger struck again it was time for a bag of chips, dripping vinegar and a crust of salt, to eat while crossing the road to the beach.
The golden stretch of sand was always packed but in a big group we would always spread out (or perhaps people just moved away) so we could swim, play football, flirt, sunbathe and bury ourselves in the sand.
Once cooked by the sun, it was time for a spot of gambling on the penny machines and the compulsory bundle into a photo booth to test how many teenagers can fit on one tiny seat.
Happy days.
And it's those happy days that Hemingway has got on his radar.
On my visit no cameras were allowed on the site but these images should give you a good feel for the part-vintage, part-retro, part-quirky styling. The almost cupcake colour branding of greens, pinks, blues and yellows deliberately shout fun and familiarity.
Where had I seen those colours before? I hadn't - they are new from Hemingway Design team's palette but echo candy floss, rock 'n' roll and 60s-70s quintessentially British seaside treats.
The Punch and Judy pub on the corner of Dreamland is now the ticket office, although guests will still pass alongside the 1930s cinema to enter.
The walk to the park was eerily familiar and those who visited Dreamland during its heyday will find nostalgia by the bucketload.
The rides represent the decades from when the park opened in the 1920s to a 21st century skyfall ride.
Dreamland's iconic Scenic Railway has been rebuilt to the same shape on the original site to give returning visitors a sense of history and place. It's no longer a rickety boneshaker but a smart new affair made from German spruce. It won't quite be ready for the big opening day but there's plenty more to do.
The Big Wheel is up, the horses on the Galloping Golden carousel have shiny new paintwork and look ready to race; the hurricane jets were inviting – remember the ones with a lever so you go up and down and the chain swings were calling me. Cute sailing boats for little ones through to beach huts for VIP days out will cater for everyone.
I had never noticed the former menagerie. The animals would have been long gone in the 70s but look up to see old flint walls with bars where exotic creatures were kept in the early days of the park.
Hemingway, the founder of Red or Dead, now specialises in breathing new life into old concepts and how lucky we are for having such an ambassador for Dreamland, Margate and Kent.
He pulled no punches at the Tourism Society's Symposium 2015 and told the story just how it is.
More on that at kentonline bit.ly/1EV7zsv
View from the car park of The Scenic Railway, not quite ready to roll
   |   Size nines to go on site. It's all they had but hey, I was living the dream ... |
Tickets prices and being the 21st century you can book in advance
No pix allowed on site but no stopping me in the Wurlitzer seats
And lastly, a little reassurance that you can still try to win some tat in the seafront arcades
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